to vote against the Declaration of War against Germany which had been the product of an April 2 speech by the President. Joining Lane in opposition were just five other Senators: Robert La Follette, William J. Stone, James Vardaman, Asle Gronna, and George W. Norris. Shortly after the vote Lane's health gave way and he collapsed. He died en route to Portland on May 23, 1917. Harry Lane was buried at Lone Fir Cemetery in Portland and Charles L. McNary was appointed to finish Lane's term. A small collection of Harry Lane papers are held by the research library of the Oregon Historical Society in Portland. The material includes a small number of letters to and from Lane, as well as a draft for an uncompleted biography prepared during the 1940s. Footnotes Works Panama Canal Tolls: Speech. Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office, 1914. Child Labor and the Constitution: Speech in the Senate of the United States, August 8, 1916. Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office, 1916. One Way to Keep Out of European War: Remarks of Hon. Harry Lane of Oregon, in the Senate of the United States, February 7 and 8, 1917. Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office, 1917. See also List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–49) Further reading Paul S. Holbo, "Senator Harry Lane: Independent Democrat in Peace and War," in G. Thomas Edwards and Carlos A. Schwantes (eds.), Experiences in a Promised Land: Essays in Pacific Northwest History. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1986; pp. 242–259. E. Kimbark MacColl with Harry Stein, Merchants, Money and Power: The Portland Establishment, 1843-1913. Portland: Georgian Press, 1988. Kimberly Jensen, "Harry Lane (1855-1917)," The Oregon Encyclopedia online External links Harry Lane, late a senator from Oregon, Memorial addresses delivered in the House of Representatives and Senate frontispiece 1919 Willamette University alumni Oregon Health & Science University alumni Physicians from Portland, Oregon Mayors of Portland, Oregon Oregon Democrats Democratic Party United States senators from Oregon Politicians from Corvallis, Oregon Burials at Lone Fir Cemetery 1855 births 1917 deaths Corvallis High School (Oregon) alumni Lane family of Oregon 19th-century American politicians Willamette University College of Medicine alumni