Stephen Knowlton Lane was the Mayor of Bayonne, New Jersey

Bayonne, New Jersey

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 from 1879 to 1883.

Lane was born in New York City

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 in November 1833. He became a member of the New York Produce Exchange. He married Euphemia Fox of Natchez

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, Mississippi

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 on February 6, 1856. Lane moved to Bayonne in 1858.

A Republican

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, Lane was elected as a councilman in 1876. Running unopposed in 1878, he was elected mayor of Bayonne secceding Henry Meigs. Ward was re-elected in 1879 defeating Democrat

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 councilman David W. Oliver

David W. Oliver

David W. Oliver was the Mayor of Bayonne, New Jersey from 1883 to 1887.Oliver was born in Ireland and immigrated to the United States.Oliver married Mary Warner of Vermont and became involved in real estate. A Democrat, Oliver ran for mayor of Bayonne in 1879 but lost to Republican Stephen K. Lane....

. While mayor, Lane oversaw bring water into Bayonne. His attempt at a third term ended when he lost to Oliver in 1883. Business problems forced him to retire from public service.

Lane died from Heart Failure at age 63 in his home on November 14, 1896.