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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