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took ship for the Cokimbia. They arrived at Oregon City March 2, 1849, and on the following day the new territorial government was proclaimed.^

1 This was the day before Polk's administration came to an end. General Lane acted as governor less than two years, resigning in June, 1850. In 185 1 he was elected to represent the territory in Congress, and filled the office until 1859, when he took his seat as one of the United States senators from Oregon. In 1860 he was nominated for Vice-President on the ticket with John C. Breckenridge. He died in 1881.