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CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF OREGON

COMPILED BY GEORGE H. HIMES.

This convention was held in Salem, the territorial capital. August 17-September 18, 1857. The following table gives the name of each delegate, the date of his birth, the state or country of his nativity, residence when starting to Oregon, date of arrival, county represented, and occupation:


Name. Born.


Native. Came from.


Arrived.


County. Occupation.


Anderson, Levi


.1818


Ky.


Iowa


1852


Washington


Farmer


Applegate, Jesse


.1810


Ky.


Mo.


1843


Umpqua


Farmer


Bibcock, A. D


1818


N. Y.


Ind.


1852


Polk


Lawyer


Boise, Reuben P


.1819


Mass.


Mass.


1850


Polk


Lawyer


Brattain, J. H


.1813


Tenn.


Iowa


1846


Linn


Farmer


Brattain, Paul


. 1801


N. C.


Iowa


1852


Lane


Farmer


Bristow, Wm. W


.1826


Ky.


111.


1846


Lane


Farmer


Burch, Benj. F. .


1825


Mo.


Mo.


1845


Polk


Farmer


Campbell, A. J


.1828


Ind.


Ind.


1853


Lane


Mechanic-


Campbell, Hector


.1794


Mass.


Mass.


1849


Clackamas


Farmer


Chadwick, Stephen F.


.1825


Conn.


N. Y.


1851


Douglas


Lawyer



. 1821


Mo.


Mo.


1851


Lane


Farmer


Cox, Joseph


.1811


Ohio


Mo.


1847


Marion


Farmer


Coyle, Reuben F


1821


Ky.


111.


1847


Linn


Farmer


Crooks, John T


.1807


Va.


111.


1848


Linn


Farmer


Deady, Matthew P...


.1824


Md.


Ohio


1849


Douglas


Lawyer


Dryer, Thomas J


.1810


N. Y.


Calif.


1850


Multnomah


Editor


Duncan, L. J. C


1818


Tenn.


Ga.


1850


Jackson


Miner


Elkins, Luther


.1809


Me.


Ohio


1852


Linn


Farmer


Fitzhugh. Solomon . . .


.1804


Ky.


Mo.


1850


Douglas


Farmer


Farrar, William H....


1826


N. H.


Mass.


1853


Multnomah


Lawyer


Grover, L. F


.1826


Me.


Pa.


1851


Marion


Lawyer


Hendershott, S. B, ,


.1832


111.


Iowa


1853


Josephine


Miner


Hoult, Enoch


.1820


Va.


111.


1853


Lane


Farmer


Kelly, James K


.1819


Pa.


Pa.


1851


Clackamas


Lawyer


Kelsay, John Kinney, Robert C


.1819 .1813


Ky. 111.


Mo. Iowa


1853 1847


Benton Yamhill


Lawyer Farmer



.1810


N. Y.


Mo.


1845


Benton


Farmer


Logan, David


.1826


N. C.


111.


1849


Multnomah


Lawyer



1811


Mass.


Mo.


1843


Clackamas


Lawyer


Marple, P. B


1819


Va.


Mo.


1851


Coos


Lawyer


Matzger, William ....


,1819


Hanover


111.


1847


Benton


Mechanic


McBride, John R


18-52


Mo.


Mo.


1846


Yamhill


Lawyer


McCormick, S. T


1828


Ireland


N. Y.


1851


Multnomah


Printer


Meigs, Charles R


.1830


Conn.


Ohio


1855


Wasco


Lawyer


Miller, Richard


.1802


Md.


Mo.


1847


Marion


Farmer


Moores, Isaac R


.1796


Ky.


111.


1852


Lane


Farmer


Newcomb, Daniel ....


.1800


Va.


111.


1853


Jackson


Farmer


Nichols, H. B


1821


Conn.


Iowa


1852


Benton


Farmer


Olds, Martin


.1799


Mass.


Mich.


1851


Yamhill


Firmer


Olney, Cyrus


1815


N. Y.


Iowa


1851


Clatsop


Lawyer


Packwood, William H.


.1832


111.


111.


1849


Curry


Miner


Peebles, J. C


1826


Pa.


Ind.


1850


Marion


Farmer


Prim, P. P


,1822


Tenn.


Tenn.


1851


Jackson


Lawyer


Reed, J. H


.1824


Pa.


Mo.


1855


Jackson


Lawyer


Robbins, Nathaniel . . .


.1793


Va.


Ind.


1852


Clackamas


Farmer


Shannon, Davis


.1815


Ind.


111.


1844


Marion


Farmer


Shattuck, Erasmus D.


.1824


Vt.


Vt.


1853


Washington


Lawyer


Scott, Levi


.1797


111.


Iowa


1844


Umpqua


Farmer


Shields, James


181 1


Ky.


Mo.


1852


Linn


Farmer


Short, Robert V


.1823


Pa.


111.


1847


Yamhill


Surveyor



,1803


Tenn.


Mo.


1846


Marion


Farmer


fmith, Delazon


1816


N. Y.


Iowa


1852


Linn


Lawyer


tarkweather, W. A..


.1822


Conn.


Ohio


1850


Clackamas


Farmer


Watkins. William H..


.1827


N. Y.


N. Y.


1852


Josephine


Physician


Watts, John W


.1830


Mo.


Mo.


1852


Columbia


Physician


White, John S


1828


Tenn.


Tenn.


1845


Washington


Farmer


Whitted, Thomas


.1832


Pa.


Ind.


1850


Douglas


Farmer



1807


Ohio


Mo.


1845


Polk


Mechanic


Williams, George H..


.1823


N. Y.


Iowa


1853


Marion


Lawyer