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
