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 GOVERNOR WILLIAM P. LORD January 14, 1895—January 9, 1899

William P. Lord was inaugurated Governor of Oregon on January 16. 1 895, but the business of the legislature then in session was largely interfered with by a * 'dead-lock'* in the election of a United States Senator. The second term of

Hon. J. N. Dolph had expired and his candidacy for re-election was bitterly opposed by a minority of the members who belonged to the same party as himself. The contest was continued until the last minute before adjournment, when the name of Hon. George W. McBride was presented and his election as United States Senator followed.

Governor Lord was born in Dover, Delaware, on July 1, 1839, and graduated from Fairfield College, New York, in 1 860. He served in the Civil War under General Lew Wallace and was admitted to the bar in New York in 1866; came to Oregon in 1 868, was elected state senator from Marion County in 1878, and a member of the supreme court in 1880. Governor Lord served as a member of that body until elected Governor in June, 1 894. He died in San Freuicisco, February 11. 1911.

Eugene Bible University. Eugene Bible University, first known as the Eugene Divinity School, was established by the Christian Church in 1 895, for the training of ministers and other Christian workers in the western states. It was built adjacent to the University of Oregon, with which it co- OOV. WILLIAM p. LORD