William Preston Lane, Jr.
MSA SC 3520-1483
Governor of Maryland, 1947-1951 (Democrat)
Born: May 12, 1892 in Hagerstown, Maryland1
Father: William Preston Lane2
Mother: Virginia Lee (Cartwright) Lane3
Education: Attended public schools of Hagerstown,
Maryland. University of Virginia, LL.B. Graduated 19154
Marriage: January 17, 1922 to Dorothy Byron of
Hagerstown5
Children: Dorothy Lane Campbell, Jean Lane Goddard6
Religious affiliation: Episcopalian7
Military Service:
Captain, Maryland National
Guard, 1916
Captain, 115th Infantry,
29th Division, U.S. Army, 1918
Major, Adjutant General
Department, 115th Infantry, February, 19198
Lieutenant Colonel, Commander, 8th Battalion, 2nd Infantry Maryland State Guard, WWII.
Positions held:
Admitted to the bar, 1916;
joined law firm Keedy & Lane (later Lane, Bushong & Byron), Hagerstown
Executive chairman, Hagerstown
Trust Company
Member of the Board, Fairchild
Hiller Corporation
Manager, Hagerstown Shoe
and Legging Company
President and later
chairman of the board, Herald-Mail Company, 1922-1962
Delegate, Democratic National
Convention, 1928, 1932, 1940, 1944, 1948
Attorney General of Maryland,
1930-1934
Presidential elector at-large,
1936
Democratic National Committeeman
for Maryland, 1940-1950
Chairman, Southern Governors'
Conference, 1947-1948
Governor of Maryland, 1947-1951
Chairman, National Governors'
Conference, 1948-1949
President, Council of State
Governments, 1948-1949
Member at large, governing
board, Council of State Governments, 1949-1954
Honorary chairman, Constitutional
Convention Commission, 1965-19679
Died: February 7, 1967 in Hagerstown, Maryland10
Burial: Rose Hill Cemetery, Hagerstown11