Career
Vane served in the Washington House of Representatives as a Democrat from the 29th district from 1933 until his appointment to the State Senate on January 9, 1953, after Donald West. Eastvold resigned to become the Attorney General of Washington. He served in the Senate until 1955. In 1957, after state representative John G. McCutcheon resigned the seat in the House of Representatives which Vane had previously held, he was appointed to fulfill the unexpired term, and would serve until 1961.
Vane, who was born in Wisconsin, was a realtor, and lived in Tacoma, Washington since 1914.
In 1993, he died at the age of 100.
