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By the resignation of Governor Grover in February, 1877, Stephen F. Chadwick, who was Secretary of State, became acting Governor to fill the unexpired term. He had been elected Secretary of State in 1870, and again in 1874. As there was no session of the legislature held during the short term of Governor Chadwick, his responsibilities were confined to the ordinary discharge of the official duties pertaining to the execution of the laws as he found them, and he retired in September, 1878.

Governor Chadwick continued his residence in Salem until his death in January, 1895. He was born in Connecticut, December 25, 1825; was admitted to the bar in New York in 1850, and came to the Umpqua Valley in Oregon in 1851. He was the first judge of Douglas County; and in 1857, he was a member of the constitutional convention, and was presidential elector in 1864 and 1868.

War With Chief Joseph and the Nez Perces. "When Chief Joseph of the Nez Perces, and his brother, Olicut, inherited the name and power of their father, Old Joseph called the two sons to his death bed (1872) and requested them to hold forever the beautiful Wallowa Valley, in Oregon. It was in defense of this valley and protest against