THE QUARTERLY
OF THE
OREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
POLITICAL HISTORY OF OREGON FROM 1876–1898 INCLUSIVE.
By M. C. George
At the commencement of this period the officers of the state were: Governor, L. F. Grover; secretary of state, S. F. Chadwick; treasurer, A. H. Brown; state printer, Mart. V. Brown; superintendent of public instruction, L. L. Rowland. All democrats save L. L. Rowland, republican.
Judges E. D. Shattuck, B. F. Bonham, John Burnett, L. L. McArthur, and P.P. Prim constituted the supreme court of the state, the members of which also performed circuit court duty in the several judicial districts of the state.
The district attorneys serving as state officers were H. Y. Thompson, J. J. Whitney, W. B. Laswell, C. W. Fitch, and H. K. Hanna.
Our United States senators were James K. Kelly, democrat, and John H. Mitchell, republican; and our
