[4] He served in the Senate from 1942 to 1943, succeeding Arthur F. Foran, and stepped down to enter the United States Navy.
[7] He married, in 1951 to Anne Anderson, then the Director of the Hunterdon County Welfare Board.
One of his sons, Leonard Lance, served in the Assembly from 1992 to 2002, in the New Jersey Senate from 2002 to 2009, and in the House of Representatives beginning in 2009.
[8] James Lance, Leonard's twin brother, is an attorney practicing in Clinton, New Jersey.
His memorial service was held on August 30, 2007, at the Spruce Run Evangelical Lutheran Zion Church.