Cannon Beach, Clatsop County, Oregon. Elk Creek. 1910. RPPC from the Oregon Republican League Collection, on loan.
Tuesday, May 23, 2006
Oregon Republican League Photo History Series: Clatsop County
Cannon Beach, Clatsop County, Oregon. Elk Creek. 1910. RPPC from the Oregon Republican League Collection, on loan.
Oregon Republican League Photo History Series: Clackamas County
Canby, Clackamas County, Oregon. Canby Lumber Company. 1899 Image. RPPC from the Oregon Republican League Collection, on loan.
Oregon Republican League Photo History Series: Harney County
Burns, Harney County, Oregon. Main Street. 1909. RPPC from the Oregon Republican League Collection, on loan.
Oregon Republican League Photo History Series: Lane County
Blue River, Lane County, Oregon. Hotel Owen. 1909. RPPC from the Oregon Republican League Collection, on loan.
Oregon Republican League Photo History Series: Columbia County
Clatskanie, Columbia County, Oregon. Benson Timber Company. 1910. RPPC from the Oregon Republican League Collection, on loan.
Monday, May 22, 2006
Oregon Republican League Photo History Series: Deschutes County
Bend, Deschutes County, Oregon. Bond Street. 1915. RPPC from the Oregon Republican League Collection, on loan.
Oregon Republican League Photo History Series: Deschutes County
Bend, Deschutes County, Oregon. 1913. RPPC from the Oregon Republican League Collection, on loan.
Oregon Republican League Photo History Series: Deschutes County
Bend, Deschutes County, Oregon. Wall Street. 1910. RPPC from the Oregon Republican League Collection, on loan.
Oregon Republican League Photo History Series: Deschutes County
Bend, Deschutes County, Oregon. 1906. RPPC from the Oregon Republican League Collection, on loan.
Oregon Republican League Photo History Series: Deschutes County
Bend, Deschutes County, Oregon. Wall Street. 1905. RPPC from the Oregon Republican League Collection, on loan.
Oregon Republican League Photo History Series: Tillamook County
Bay City, Tillamook County, Oregon. Bay City Fourth of July Celebration. 1911. RPPC from the Oregon Republican League Collection, on loan.
Oregon Republican League Photo History Series: Washington County
Banks, Washington County, Oregon. Banks Public School. 1919. RPPC from the Oregon Republican League Collection, on loan.
Oregon Republican League Photo History Series: Coos County
Bandon, Coos County, Oregon. 1918. RPPC from the Oregon Republican League Collection, on loan.
Oregon Republican League Photo History Series: Coos County
Bandon, Coos County, Oregon. Bandon High School. 1918. RPPC from the Oregon Republican League Collection, on loan.
Oregon Republican League Photo History Series: Coos County
Bandon, Coos County, Oregon. US Life Saving Crew. Bandon Lighthouse in background. 1918. RPPC from the Oregon Republican League Collection, on loan.
Oregon Republican League Photo History Series: Coos County
Bandon, Coos County, Oregon. Main Street. 1914. RPPC from the Oregon Republican League Collection, on loan.
Oregon Republican League Photo History Series: Coos County
Bandon, Coos County, Oregon. 1912. RPPC from the Oregon Republican League Collection, on loan.
Oregon Republican League Photo History Series: Coos County
Bandon, Coos County, Oregon. First Street. 1910. RPPC from the Oregon Republican League Collection, on loan.
Thursday, May 18, 2006
Oregon Republican League Photo History Series: Baker County
Baker Lumber Yard, Baker, Baker County, Oregon. 1921. RPPC from the Oregon Republican League Collection, on loan.
Oregon Republican League Photo History Series: Baker County
Cornucopia Mine, Baker County, Oregon. 1919. RPPC from the Oregon Republican League Collection, on loan.
Oregon Republican League Photo History Series: Baker County
Baker, Baker County, Oregon. Baker Taxicab Company. 1917. RPPC from the Oregon Republican League Collection, on loan.
Oregon Republican League Photo History Series: Baker County
Baker City, Baker County, Oregon. 1922. RPPC from the Oregon Republican League Collection, on loan.
Oregon Republican League Photo History Series: Baker County
Baker City, Baker County, Oregon. 1921. RPPC from the Oregon Republican League Collection, on loan.
Oregon Republican League Photo History Series: Baker County
Baker City, Baker County, Oregon. 1918. RPPC from the Oregon Republican League Collection, on loan.
Oregon Republican League Photo History Series: Baker County
Baker City, Baker County, Oregon. Main Street. 1909. RPPC from the Oregon Republican League Collection, on loan.
Oregon Republican League Photo History Series: Baker County
Baker, Baker County, Oregon. 1917. RPPC from the Oregon Republican League Collection, on loan.
Wednesday, May 17, 2006
OREGON'S NEXT GOVERNOR: REPUBLICAN RON SAXTON
Republican Ron Saxton advances to seize Mahonia Hall. Kevin Mannix and Jason Atkinson vow unity in collective purpose. Congratulations to all of our candidates, for a race fought hard and unity re-established.
More coverage of the primary election results forthcoming.
More coverage of the primary election results forthcoming.
Oregon Republican League: History 101
Every Wednesday, the Oregon Republican League will post the biographies of important figures, in the League's/State of Oregon's history. Click on the head link above, to visit more of our listings at genealogy.com. Feel free to comment or share stories of your family's Republican affiliation.
Oregon Republican League:
Republican League Register of Oregon, The Register Publishing Company, 1896, page 211-217.
FULTON, HON. CHARLES W., an attorney of Astoria, has occupied a prominent position in the Republican party the past twenty years. He has been a member of the county, district and state conventions almost constantly, of county central committees, of the state central committee, and the league conventions. He was chairman of the state conventions in 1882, and of the Second District Convention in 1896. In 1888 he was a delegate to the national convention, and in 1892 a Presidential Elector. In 1894 he was elected a delegate to the National League. In 1890 he was elected to the state senate, and in the session of 1893 was president of the body. He has taken a prominent part as a campaign speaker. He received strong support for nomination for Governor in 1894, and United States Senator in 1895.
FULTON, DR. J. A. [Editor inserted: Jacob A. Fulton], of Astoria, was born in Harrison County, Iowa, January 3, 1858. He came to Oregon in 1883 and located in Astoria in practice of medicine. He is an active worker in the Republican ranks. He was a delegate to the county conventions of 1884-86-88 and ’90, chairman of the county central committee in 1888, and is chairman of the city committee. In 1895 he was appointed Health Officer at that place.
GANTENBEIN, C. U. [Editor inserted: Calvin U. Gantenbein], of Portland, was born in Philadelphia, March 22, 1865. In August, 1874, he removed to Portland, Oregon. Here he attended the city public schools and Bishop Scott Academy until 1878. He then went to Europe and attended the Royal Gymnasium, of Stuttgart, Germany, graduating in 1884. Then he attended the Royal Gymnasium, of Stuttgart, Germany, graduating in 1884. The he attended the College de France, Paris, and returned to his native country in 1885, teaching in the State Normal School at West Chester, Pennsylvania, being at the head of the department of ancient and modern languages. He then returned to Portland and became an instructor in the city high school for four years, teaching German, general history and the most advanced classes in Latin. September 15, 1894, he was honored with the appointment of Deputy County School Superintendent of Multnomah County, which position he has since filled with marked ability and to the satisfaction of the entire public. He graduated form the Law School of the University of Oregon at the head of his class in 1891, and is now a member of the firm of Davis, Gantenbein & Veazie. He is a thorough educator, and he has a deep interest in the successful education work of our city, county and state. Major Gantenbein is an ex-member of Company G, of the First Regiment, and organized Company II in 1892. After commanding the latter company for two years and a half, he was elected Major of the Second Battalion, and upon General Beebe’s promotion became Senior Major of the First Regiment.
GARRIGUES, S. PARKER [Editor inserted: Samuel Parker Garrigues], of Heppner, was born in Delaware County, ----------, January 2, 1849, and came to Oregon in 1872, settling in Heppner in 1873, where he has resided ever since. He has been a prominent Republican and continuously active worker. In 1886 Governor Moody appointed him County Clerk when Morrow County was organized. He was a delegate to the county convention in 1890.
GATCH, CLAUD, of Salem, was born at Olympia, Washington, June 29, 1859, and came to Salem when four months old. His father, Thomas N. Gatch, was president of Willamette University and was Mayor of Salem two terms. Mr. Gatch is a stalwart Republican, of old Whig and Protectionist ancestry. Since 1888 he has been a delegate to every country convention, and was a delegate to the league meetings of 1895 and 1868, being elected at the latter vice-president of the Republican League of Oregon by a large majority. He is president of the Salem Republican Club, the largest in the state, having a genuine membership of 1002. Mr. Gatch was elected Mayor of Salem 1892 and re-elected in 1894. He is cashier of Ladd & Bush’s Bank, and a business man of reputation and capacity.
GAULT, HON. D. M. C. [Daniel M. C. Gault], editor of the Hillsboro Independent, was born in Davis County, Iowa, May 8, 1842, and came to Oregon ten years later. He was educated at Tualatin Academy. He was editor of the Jacksonville Sentinel from 1865 to 1868, and later worked on the Statesman and Portland News. He became editor of Hillsboro Independent in 1892. Mr. Gault was elected to the legislature from Washington County in 1876, and from Multnomah County in 1880. He has been a frequent member of conventions.
GAZLEY, JAMES F., one of the pioneer Republicans of Oregon, was born in Courtland County, New York, September 12, 1822. In 1840 he went to Bradford County, Pennsylvania. He read law and was admitted to the bad of the latter state. In 1849 he went to California across the plains, and in 1851 came to Oregon and located at Canyonville, making Douglas County his home thereafter. Mr. Gazley was a prominent figure in the Republican party in Oregon for many years. He was elected to the territorial legislature in 1854 and 1858. In 1860 he was elected to the State Senate. In 1862 he was elected District Attorney, and in 1868 was again chosen a member of the legislature. He was a member of nearly every county and state convention for years, and was a Presidential Elector in 1864 and 1872, being both times appointed to convey the vote to Washington.
GEARY, DR. E. R. [Editor inserted: Edward R. Geary], of Medford, was born in Brownsville, Oregon, April 24, 1859, and except two years spent at medical college in the East, has been a continuous resident of the state. He graduated at the University of Oregon in the class of 1880. He is president of the Republican Club, and was a delegate to the county conventions of 1890 and 1892 and the state convention of 1982. In 1888 he was elected the second Mayor of Medford, and in 1890 was the Republican nominee for the State Senate. He is Grand Chancellor the K. of P., president of the United States Board of Medical Examiners, and a member of the Town Board.
GEER, HON. JOEL P., of Pleasant Hill, P. O. Butterville, was born in Clackamas County, Oregon, March 7, 1855. He has lived constantly on a farm in that county, and is one of the leading hop growers and shippers. Mr. Geer has always been a Republican, his father, Joseph C., having been a Democrat until the war, when he became a Republican. Mr. Geer has been Justice of the Peace and Clerk of the School Board and in 1892 was elected to the legislature.
GEER, T. T. [Editor inserted: Theodore T. Geer], of Macleay, has been for years one of the prominent leaders of the Republican party in Oregon, and both on the stump and with incisive pen he has done much to uphold its standards and carry them to victory. He was born in the Waldo Hills, Marion County, Oregon, March 12, 1851. He lived in Silverton till 1861, when the family moved to Salem. In 1866 he went to Union County, but 1877 returned to the Waldo Hills, and has ever since lived there on a farm within a mile of his birthplace. In 1876 he was a Republican nominee for the legislature in Union County, and made a hopeless fight and went down with the entire ticket under a Democratic majority of 300. In 1880, 1888, 1890 and 1892 he was elected to the legislature in Marion County, and in 1891 was speaker of the House. Mr. Geer has probably written more “good stuff” for the newspapers of Oregon than any man in the state not making that his business. He began with the Blue Mountain Times, the first paper published east of the Blue mountains, when but seventeen years of are, the Oregonian has been the paper most favored by his pen. Mr. Geer has been a prominent figure at county and state conventions and league meetings, and has done more than any other man on the stump to combat the doctrines of the Populists. His campaign work in 1894 was peculiarly effective in this direction, his plain, common-sense talks, tinged with a humor worthy of Lincoln himself, being far more interesting and convincing than the more florid oratory of the majority of political speakers.
GEISENDORFER, JOHN ALEX., of Arlington, was born in Albany, Oregon, April 17, 1866. He graduated in medicine in St. Louis in 1891, and the Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, in 1893. He began practice in Jacksonville, but soon removed to Arlington. He is now still further perfecting himself in his profession by a special course in the East.
GEORGE, HON. M. C. [Editor inserted: Melvin C. George], of Portland, and former Representative in Congress, was born in Noble County, Ohio, May 13, 1849, and came to Oregon at an early age. After attending the Santiam Academy, Willamette University and Portland Business College, he was principal of the public schools at Albany and Jefferson Academy. He was admitted to the bar in 1875. In 1876 he was elected to the State Senate from Multnomah County, and in 1878 received the votes of the Republican Senators for president of that body. In 1880 he was elected to Congress over ex-Governor Whiteaker, his predecessor, and was re-elected in 1882. Through his exertions, in the house and as a member of the committee on commerce, a commission was appointed that decided upon the improvements at the mouth of the Columbia. This is but one of the many important measures he gave his special attention during his four years of service. Mr. George was for four years president of the State Republican League and an officer of the National League. He was also vice-president of the American Protective Tariff League. In 1889 he was elected School Trustee of Portland for five years, and was the same year given the honorary degree of LL. D. by the leading university of the state. He is an interesting and forceful speaker and an important factor in campaign work.
GESNER, HON. ALONZO, of Salem is Joint Senator from Marion and Clackamas Counties, elected in 1894. He has been a frequent member of county conventions, of the state convention of 1880,a and of the club league meetings of 1892, 1895, and 1896.
GIBBS, HON. ADDISON C., deceased, ex-Governor of Oregon, was born in Cataraugus County, New York, July 9, 1825, and was educated at Griffith Institute and New York State Normal School. He taught school and studied law and was admitted in 1849. In 1850 he came to Oregon and located at Gardiner. In 1851-2 he was a member of the territorial legislature, was Code Commissioner in 1853, and Collector of Customs for Southern Oregon. In 1858 he moved to Portland and entered into a partnership with Hon. George H. Williams. He joined the Union party and was elected Governor in 1862, and in 1866 was the Republican candidate for United States Senator, coming within one vote of election. He practiced law in Portland till his death, December 29, 1886, in London, England, while there on business. Later the Oregon Legislature had his remains brought to Portland and interred in Riverview Cemetery.
GIBSON, HON. S. D. [Editor inserted: Samuel D. Gibson], of Salem, was born in Illinois, November 11, 1836, and came to Oregon in 1852, settling near Salem, where he still lives. He has been a Republican from the first. He has served two terms as County Commissioner, one as a member of the Board of Equalization, and in 1884 was elected to state legislature.
GILBERT, A. N. [Editor inserted: Andrew N. Gilbert], of Salem, was born at Grandview, Illinois, March 18, 1840, and came to Oregon in 1866. He has been continuously engaged in the grocery business of Salem. He has been a prominent figure in the Republican party of Oregon for a third of a century. He has been a delegate to county and state conventions and state league meetings, and a member of central committees almost continuously. For three years, beginning in 1870, he was Treasurer of the city of Salem, and from September 19, 1889, to August 16, 1894, he was Postmaster of that city. He was a member of the legislatures of 1874, 1876, 1882, 1885, and the special session of 1885. March 4, 1895, he was appointed by Governor W. P. Lord as Superintendent of the Oregon State Penitentiary, which position he now holds. Mr. Gilbert has always exercised much influence in the politics of Marion County and the state.
GILBERT, HON. W.B. [Editor inserted: William B. Gilbert], United States Circuit Judge, was born in Fairfax County, Virginia, July 4, 1847, and graduated from Williams College in 1868. Later he graduated from the Law Department of the University of Michigan. In 1873 he began practice in Portland in partnership with Hon. H. H. Northup, subsequently being associated with John M. Gearin and Zera Snow. In 1878 he was appointed Master of Chancery of the United States Circuit Court. In 1890 he was elected to the legislature. In February 1892, he was appointed by President Harrison Judge of the Ninth Judicial Circuit.
GILLIAM, ELEAZAR, of Pendleton, was born near Savannah, Missouri, December 3, 1840, and came to Oregon in 1847. Since 1863 he has lived in Umatilla County. He has been several times a delegate to county conventions. He served as Justice of the Peace seven years, was elected County Assessor in 1884, and in 1889 was Stock Insurance Appraiser. Mr. Gilliam is again the Republican nominee for Assessor.
GILLIAM, FRANK, of Heppner, was born in Clackamas County, Oregon, November 29, 1854, and moved to Heppner in 1870. In 1885 he was appointed County Commissioner of Morrow County by Governor Moody. He was also appointed commissioner of state fund to build a road from Heppner to Monument. He was a delegate to the county conventions of 1886, 1888, 1890, and 1892. In 1894 he was elected Treasurer of the county, and has been again nominated for the position. He is an active member of the Republican Club.
GILTNER, EDMOND C., of Salem, was born September 7, 1867, at St. Helens, Oregon, and since leaving school has been continuously associated with Senator George W. McBride. For eight years while Mr. McBride was Secretary of State Mr. Giltner was his chief clerk, and still his private secretary. He became secretary and manager of the State Insurance Company in 1895, and is now receiver of the company. He is an earnest Republican, and has several times served as delegate to conventions and league meetings. He is a member of the Multorpor Republican Club.
GILTNER, R. R. [Editor inserted: Roscoe R. Giltner], City Attorney of Portland, was born in Pennsylvania in 1857, and came to Portland in 1866. He graduated from Yale College in 1881, and was admitted to the bar in 1883. In `894 he was elected City Attorney, and is again the nominee on one of the Republican tickets.
GOODELL, JOHN, of Grant’s Pass, was born in Douglas County Oregon, July 6, 1857, and has resided in Oregon all his life. He has held the positions in Josephine County of Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, Deputy County Clerk,, Deputy School Superintendent and Justice of the Peace, being elected to the latter position in 1886. He was a delegate to the county conventions of 1886 and 1888.
GOODIN, R. B. [Editor inserted: Richard B. Goodin], of Hillsboro, was born in Grenville County, Ontario, Canada, November 4, 1852, and came to Oregon in 1876 and locate on a farm in Washington County. For six years he was a contractor and for seven years a bookkeeper. In 1892 he was elected County Clerk, and again in 1894. He was elected Mayor if Hillsboro, December 2, 1895. He was a delegate to the county conventions 1882-86-88-90-92 and the club conventions of 1892-95-96. He has been constantly in the party harness as an earnest worker and a leader.
GOODNOUGH, CHARLES, of Island City, is one of the oldest and staunchest Republicans of Union County. He was born in Calais, Vermont, November 13, 1833, and came to Oregon in December 1855. He lived in Portland five years, was then on the Umatilla Reservation a year, and in the summer of 1862 settled at La Grande. He was engaged in farming and in conducting a store till 1867, when he removed to Portland. In 1875 he settled in Island City, where he is president and manager of the Island City Mercantile & Milling Company, with a capital stock of $75,000 and a surplus of $250,000. This is the largest establishment of its kind in Eastern Oregon, and has a branch at Elgin and two Wallowa County. Its sales average $300,000 a year. He has been prominent in the politics of Union County and the state. He has been a delegate to every county convention since 1876, every state convention since 1884, and the league of 1895. He was elected to the legislature in 1890. Mr. Goodnough is a member of the Island City Republican Club.
GOWAN, HON. A. W. [Editor inserted: Albert W. Gowan], of Burns, was born in Allegheny County, New York, in 1846, and was reared in Crawford County, Pennsylvania. At the age of seventeen he enlisted in the Twelfth Pennsylvania Emergency Militia, and subsequently served three years in Light Battery M, First United States Artillery, being discharged in 1868. In 1870 he went to Kansas and helped organize Osborne County, holding various positions, including a seat in the legislature in 1880. He settled in Joseph, Oregon, in 1882, in practice of law, and in 1890 went to Burns as Clerk of the United States Land Office. In 1892 he was elected Joint Representative of Grant and Harney Counties, and in 1894 Joint Senator from Morrow, and state conventions since 1892, and the league meetings, and in 1892-4 was a member of the district and state committees. He organized Troop A., O. N. G., in 1893, and its captain.
GRADON, H. D. [Editor inserted: Herman D. Gradon], of Portland, was born in that city in 1855, and graduated from the Portland High School in 1876, since when he has been continuously engaged in surveying and civil engineering. He has always been a Republican. He was a delegate to the city convention in 1889 and 1891. In 1891 he was the Republican nominee for City Surveyor, but was defeated with the entire ticket. In 1893 he was elected Superintendent of Streets, and re-elected for two years in 1894. He will retire Julie 1, 1896, having declined to permit his name to go before the convention of either faction of the party.
GRAY, HON. JOHN H. D., County Judge of Clatsop County, was born at Lapwai, Idaho, March 20, 1839. Most of his boyhood was passed at Astoria. He graduated from the Forest Grove University in 1857. In 1858 he went to British Columbia and engaged in steam boating on Fraser River. In 1861 he was one of two survivors when the steamer Cariboo blew up near Victoria. He than began steamboating on the Upper Columbia and Snake rivers, and followed that business for many years, making Astoria his home since 1868. He has been extremely active in promoting enterprises for the building up of Astoria and the opening of the Columbia river and improvement of its mouth. Politically he is a staunch Republican, and has been in the councils of the party for many years. In 1886 he was elected to the state senate, and served two terms. He is now County Judge of Clatsop County.
GRAY, J. G. [Editor inserted: Joseph G. Gray], of Eugene, was born in Hamilton, Ohio, November 24, 1824, and came to California in 1849. In 1853 he came to Oregon and located in Lane County, where he was since resided. In 1857 he settled in Eugene. By occupation he is a harness-maker, but in 1867-8 he took government contracts for surveying. He has always been a Republican, and has seen the party grow from its small beginning to the present. He has been a delegate to conventions many times. He was elected County Treasurer in 1870 and re-elected in 1872, 1874, 1876, 1878, and 1880. In 1894 he was again elected to that position.
GREGG, HON. J. T. [Editor inserted: John T. Gregg], of Salem, was born in Allen County, Indiana, September 20, 1847. He was educated in California. In 1870 he located in Salem as principal of the grammar school. In 1876 he was appointed City Superintendent of Schools and in 1878 was elected County Superintendent. In 1881 he was admitted to the bad. In 1885 he became Secretary of the Oregon State Agricultural Society, and so remained for many years. In 1886 he acted as secretary of the state central committee, and was subsequently appointed Chief Deputy by United States Marshal Barin.
GRIM, HON. J. W. [Editor inserted: John W. Grim], of Aurora, was born in Ohio, June 16, 1820, moved to Illinois in 1830 and came to Oregon in 1847, settling in Marion County. In 1849 he was elected to the territorial legislature, and in 1850 Probate Judge, being re-elected in 1852. He was one of the founders of the party in Oregon, and a member of state conventions. In 1858 he was elected to the State Senate, and again in 1862 and in 1878.
GURDANE, J. S. [Editor inserted: John S. Gurdane], of Ridge, member of legislature from Umatilla County, was born at sea, of Scotch parentage, in 1824, and came to America when six years of age. He lived in the State of New York till 1847, when he enlisted in the navy and served five years, part of the time in the Mexican war. For several years he was master of a vessel. He served four years during the civil war, part of the time in the Fourteenth Wisconsin and part in the navy. He has been a Republican ever since he voted for Fremont in 1856, and has been an active local worker all that time. He came to Oregon in 1882, and is engaged in farming and stock raising. He has attended nearly every county convention since that time, and in 1894 was elected to the lower house of the legislature in a county that has almost always been represented by a Democrat. He has been renominated..
Oregon Republican League:
Republican League Register of Oregon, The Register Publishing Company, 1896, page 211-217.
FULTON, HON. CHARLES W., an attorney of Astoria, has occupied a prominent position in the Republican party the past twenty years. He has been a member of the county, district and state conventions almost constantly, of county central committees, of the state central committee, and the league conventions. He was chairman of the state conventions in 1882, and of the Second District Convention in 1896. In 1888 he was a delegate to the national convention, and in 1892 a Presidential Elector. In 1894 he was elected a delegate to the National League. In 1890 he was elected to the state senate, and in the session of 1893 was president of the body. He has taken a prominent part as a campaign speaker. He received strong support for nomination for Governor in 1894, and United States Senator in 1895.
FULTON, DR. J. A. [Editor inserted: Jacob A. Fulton], of Astoria, was born in Harrison County, Iowa, January 3, 1858. He came to Oregon in 1883 and located in Astoria in practice of medicine. He is an active worker in the Republican ranks. He was a delegate to the county conventions of 1884-86-88 and ’90, chairman of the county central committee in 1888, and is chairman of the city committee. In 1895 he was appointed Health Officer at that place.
GANTENBEIN, C. U. [Editor inserted: Calvin U. Gantenbein], of Portland, was born in Philadelphia, March 22, 1865. In August, 1874, he removed to Portland, Oregon. Here he attended the city public schools and Bishop Scott Academy until 1878. He then went to Europe and attended the Royal Gymnasium, of Stuttgart, Germany, graduating in 1884. Then he attended the Royal Gymnasium, of Stuttgart, Germany, graduating in 1884. The he attended the College de France, Paris, and returned to his native country in 1885, teaching in the State Normal School at West Chester, Pennsylvania, being at the head of the department of ancient and modern languages. He then returned to Portland and became an instructor in the city high school for four years, teaching German, general history and the most advanced classes in Latin. September 15, 1894, he was honored with the appointment of Deputy County School Superintendent of Multnomah County, which position he has since filled with marked ability and to the satisfaction of the entire public. He graduated form the Law School of the University of Oregon at the head of his class in 1891, and is now a member of the firm of Davis, Gantenbein & Veazie. He is a thorough educator, and he has a deep interest in the successful education work of our city, county and state. Major Gantenbein is an ex-member of Company G, of the First Regiment, and organized Company II in 1892. After commanding the latter company for two years and a half, he was elected Major of the Second Battalion, and upon General Beebe’s promotion became Senior Major of the First Regiment.
GARRIGUES, S. PARKER [Editor inserted: Samuel Parker Garrigues], of Heppner, was born in Delaware County, ----------, January 2, 1849, and came to Oregon in 1872, settling in Heppner in 1873, where he has resided ever since. He has been a prominent Republican and continuously active worker. In 1886 Governor Moody appointed him County Clerk when Morrow County was organized. He was a delegate to the county convention in 1890.
GATCH, CLAUD, of Salem, was born at Olympia, Washington, June 29, 1859, and came to Salem when four months old. His father, Thomas N. Gatch, was president of Willamette University and was Mayor of Salem two terms. Mr. Gatch is a stalwart Republican, of old Whig and Protectionist ancestry. Since 1888 he has been a delegate to every country convention, and was a delegate to the league meetings of 1895 and 1868, being elected at the latter vice-president of the Republican League of Oregon by a large majority. He is president of the Salem Republican Club, the largest in the state, having a genuine membership of 1002. Mr. Gatch was elected Mayor of Salem 1892 and re-elected in 1894. He is cashier of Ladd & Bush’s Bank, and a business man of reputation and capacity.
GAULT, HON. D. M. C. [Daniel M. C. Gault], editor of the Hillsboro Independent, was born in Davis County, Iowa, May 8, 1842, and came to Oregon ten years later. He was educated at Tualatin Academy. He was editor of the Jacksonville Sentinel from 1865 to 1868, and later worked on the Statesman and Portland News. He became editor of Hillsboro Independent in 1892. Mr. Gault was elected to the legislature from Washington County in 1876, and from Multnomah County in 1880. He has been a frequent member of conventions.
GAZLEY, JAMES F., one of the pioneer Republicans of Oregon, was born in Courtland County, New York, September 12, 1822. In 1840 he went to Bradford County, Pennsylvania. He read law and was admitted to the bad of the latter state. In 1849 he went to California across the plains, and in 1851 came to Oregon and located at Canyonville, making Douglas County his home thereafter. Mr. Gazley was a prominent figure in the Republican party in Oregon for many years. He was elected to the territorial legislature in 1854 and 1858. In 1860 he was elected to the State Senate. In 1862 he was elected District Attorney, and in 1868 was again chosen a member of the legislature. He was a member of nearly every county and state convention for years, and was a Presidential Elector in 1864 and 1872, being both times appointed to convey the vote to Washington.
GEARY, DR. E. R. [Editor inserted: Edward R. Geary], of Medford, was born in Brownsville, Oregon, April 24, 1859, and except two years spent at medical college in the East, has been a continuous resident of the state. He graduated at the University of Oregon in the class of 1880. He is president of the Republican Club, and was a delegate to the county conventions of 1890 and 1892 and the state convention of 1982. In 1888 he was elected the second Mayor of Medford, and in 1890 was the Republican nominee for the State Senate. He is Grand Chancellor the K. of P., president of the United States Board of Medical Examiners, and a member of the Town Board.
GEER, HON. JOEL P., of Pleasant Hill, P. O. Butterville, was born in Clackamas County, Oregon, March 7, 1855. He has lived constantly on a farm in that county, and is one of the leading hop growers and shippers. Mr. Geer has always been a Republican, his father, Joseph C., having been a Democrat until the war, when he became a Republican. Mr. Geer has been Justice of the Peace and Clerk of the School Board and in 1892 was elected to the legislature.
GEER, T. T. [Editor inserted: Theodore T. Geer], of Macleay, has been for years one of the prominent leaders of the Republican party in Oregon, and both on the stump and with incisive pen he has done much to uphold its standards and carry them to victory. He was born in the Waldo Hills, Marion County, Oregon, March 12, 1851. He lived in Silverton till 1861, when the family moved to Salem. In 1866 he went to Union County, but 1877 returned to the Waldo Hills, and has ever since lived there on a farm within a mile of his birthplace. In 1876 he was a Republican nominee for the legislature in Union County, and made a hopeless fight and went down with the entire ticket under a Democratic majority of 300. In 1880, 1888, 1890 and 1892 he was elected to the legislature in Marion County, and in 1891 was speaker of the House. Mr. Geer has probably written more “good stuff” for the newspapers of Oregon than any man in the state not making that his business. He began with the Blue Mountain Times, the first paper published east of the Blue mountains, when but seventeen years of are, the Oregonian has been the paper most favored by his pen. Mr. Geer has been a prominent figure at county and state conventions and league meetings, and has done more than any other man on the stump to combat the doctrines of the Populists. His campaign work in 1894 was peculiarly effective in this direction, his plain, common-sense talks, tinged with a humor worthy of Lincoln himself, being far more interesting and convincing than the more florid oratory of the majority of political speakers.
GEISENDORFER, JOHN ALEX., of Arlington, was born in Albany, Oregon, April 17, 1866. He graduated in medicine in St. Louis in 1891, and the Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, in 1893. He began practice in Jacksonville, but soon removed to Arlington. He is now still further perfecting himself in his profession by a special course in the East.
GEORGE, HON. M. C. [Editor inserted: Melvin C. George], of Portland, and former Representative in Congress, was born in Noble County, Ohio, May 13, 1849, and came to Oregon at an early age. After attending the Santiam Academy, Willamette University and Portland Business College, he was principal of the public schools at Albany and Jefferson Academy. He was admitted to the bar in 1875. In 1876 he was elected to the State Senate from Multnomah County, and in 1878 received the votes of the Republican Senators for president of that body. In 1880 he was elected to Congress over ex-Governor Whiteaker, his predecessor, and was re-elected in 1882. Through his exertions, in the house and as a member of the committee on commerce, a commission was appointed that decided upon the improvements at the mouth of the Columbia. This is but one of the many important measures he gave his special attention during his four years of service. Mr. George was for four years president of the State Republican League and an officer of the National League. He was also vice-president of the American Protective Tariff League. In 1889 he was elected School Trustee of Portland for five years, and was the same year given the honorary degree of LL. D. by the leading university of the state. He is an interesting and forceful speaker and an important factor in campaign work.
GESNER, HON. ALONZO, of Salem is Joint Senator from Marion and Clackamas Counties, elected in 1894. He has been a frequent member of county conventions, of the state convention of 1880,a and of the club league meetings of 1892, 1895, and 1896.
GIBBS, HON. ADDISON C., deceased, ex-Governor of Oregon, was born in Cataraugus County, New York, July 9, 1825, and was educated at Griffith Institute and New York State Normal School. He taught school and studied law and was admitted in 1849. In 1850 he came to Oregon and located at Gardiner. In 1851-2 he was a member of the territorial legislature, was Code Commissioner in 1853, and Collector of Customs for Southern Oregon. In 1858 he moved to Portland and entered into a partnership with Hon. George H. Williams. He joined the Union party and was elected Governor in 1862, and in 1866 was the Republican candidate for United States Senator, coming within one vote of election. He practiced law in Portland till his death, December 29, 1886, in London, England, while there on business. Later the Oregon Legislature had his remains brought to Portland and interred in Riverview Cemetery.
GIBSON, HON. S. D. [Editor inserted: Samuel D. Gibson], of Salem, was born in Illinois, November 11, 1836, and came to Oregon in 1852, settling near Salem, where he still lives. He has been a Republican from the first. He has served two terms as County Commissioner, one as a member of the Board of Equalization, and in 1884 was elected to state legislature.
GILBERT, A. N. [Editor inserted: Andrew N. Gilbert], of Salem, was born at Grandview, Illinois, March 18, 1840, and came to Oregon in 1866. He has been continuously engaged in the grocery business of Salem. He has been a prominent figure in the Republican party of Oregon for a third of a century. He has been a delegate to county and state conventions and state league meetings, and a member of central committees almost continuously. For three years, beginning in 1870, he was Treasurer of the city of Salem, and from September 19, 1889, to August 16, 1894, he was Postmaster of that city. He was a member of the legislatures of 1874, 1876, 1882, 1885, and the special session of 1885. March 4, 1895, he was appointed by Governor W. P. Lord as Superintendent of the Oregon State Penitentiary, which position he now holds. Mr. Gilbert has always exercised much influence in the politics of Marion County and the state.
GILBERT, HON. W.B. [Editor inserted: William B. Gilbert], United States Circuit Judge, was born in Fairfax County, Virginia, July 4, 1847, and graduated from Williams College in 1868. Later he graduated from the Law Department of the University of Michigan. In 1873 he began practice in Portland in partnership with Hon. H. H. Northup, subsequently being associated with John M. Gearin and Zera Snow. In 1878 he was appointed Master of Chancery of the United States Circuit Court. In 1890 he was elected to the legislature. In February 1892, he was appointed by President Harrison Judge of the Ninth Judicial Circuit.
GILLIAM, ELEAZAR, of Pendleton, was born near Savannah, Missouri, December 3, 1840, and came to Oregon in 1847. Since 1863 he has lived in Umatilla County. He has been several times a delegate to county conventions. He served as Justice of the Peace seven years, was elected County Assessor in 1884, and in 1889 was Stock Insurance Appraiser. Mr. Gilliam is again the Republican nominee for Assessor.
GILLIAM, FRANK, of Heppner, was born in Clackamas County, Oregon, November 29, 1854, and moved to Heppner in 1870. In 1885 he was appointed County Commissioner of Morrow County by Governor Moody. He was also appointed commissioner of state fund to build a road from Heppner to Monument. He was a delegate to the county conventions of 1886, 1888, 1890, and 1892. In 1894 he was elected Treasurer of the county, and has been again nominated for the position. He is an active member of the Republican Club.
GILTNER, EDMOND C., of Salem, was born September 7, 1867, at St. Helens, Oregon, and since leaving school has been continuously associated with Senator George W. McBride. For eight years while Mr. McBride was Secretary of State Mr. Giltner was his chief clerk, and still his private secretary. He became secretary and manager of the State Insurance Company in 1895, and is now receiver of the company. He is an earnest Republican, and has several times served as delegate to conventions and league meetings. He is a member of the Multorpor Republican Club.
GILTNER, R. R. [Editor inserted: Roscoe R. Giltner], City Attorney of Portland, was born in Pennsylvania in 1857, and came to Portland in 1866. He graduated from Yale College in 1881, and was admitted to the bar in 1883. In `894 he was elected City Attorney, and is again the nominee on one of the Republican tickets.
GOODELL, JOHN, of Grant’s Pass, was born in Douglas County Oregon, July 6, 1857, and has resided in Oregon all his life. He has held the positions in Josephine County of Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, Deputy County Clerk,, Deputy School Superintendent and Justice of the Peace, being elected to the latter position in 1886. He was a delegate to the county conventions of 1886 and 1888.
GOODIN, R. B. [Editor inserted: Richard B. Goodin], of Hillsboro, was born in Grenville County, Ontario, Canada, November 4, 1852, and came to Oregon in 1876 and locate on a farm in Washington County. For six years he was a contractor and for seven years a bookkeeper. In 1892 he was elected County Clerk, and again in 1894. He was elected Mayor if Hillsboro, December 2, 1895. He was a delegate to the county conventions 1882-86-88-90-92 and the club conventions of 1892-95-96. He has been constantly in the party harness as an earnest worker and a leader.
GOODNOUGH, CHARLES, of Island City, is one of the oldest and staunchest Republicans of Union County. He was born in Calais, Vermont, November 13, 1833, and came to Oregon in December 1855. He lived in Portland five years, was then on the Umatilla Reservation a year, and in the summer of 1862 settled at La Grande. He was engaged in farming and in conducting a store till 1867, when he removed to Portland. In 1875 he settled in Island City, where he is president and manager of the Island City Mercantile & Milling Company, with a capital stock of $75,000 and a surplus of $250,000. This is the largest establishment of its kind in Eastern Oregon, and has a branch at Elgin and two Wallowa County. Its sales average $300,000 a year. He has been prominent in the politics of Union County and the state. He has been a delegate to every county convention since 1876, every state convention since 1884, and the league of 1895. He was elected to the legislature in 1890. Mr. Goodnough is a member of the Island City Republican Club.
GOWAN, HON. A. W. [Editor inserted: Albert W. Gowan], of Burns, was born in Allegheny County, New York, in 1846, and was reared in Crawford County, Pennsylvania. At the age of seventeen he enlisted in the Twelfth Pennsylvania Emergency Militia, and subsequently served three years in Light Battery M, First United States Artillery, being discharged in 1868. In 1870 he went to Kansas and helped organize Osborne County, holding various positions, including a seat in the legislature in 1880. He settled in Joseph, Oregon, in 1882, in practice of law, and in 1890 went to Burns as Clerk of the United States Land Office. In 1892 he was elected Joint Representative of Grant and Harney Counties, and in 1894 Joint Senator from Morrow, and state conventions since 1892, and the league meetings, and in 1892-4 was a member of the district and state committees. He organized Troop A., O. N. G., in 1893, and its captain.
GRADON, H. D. [Editor inserted: Herman D. Gradon], of Portland, was born in that city in 1855, and graduated from the Portland High School in 1876, since when he has been continuously engaged in surveying and civil engineering. He has always been a Republican. He was a delegate to the city convention in 1889 and 1891. In 1891 he was the Republican nominee for City Surveyor, but was defeated with the entire ticket. In 1893 he was elected Superintendent of Streets, and re-elected for two years in 1894. He will retire Julie 1, 1896, having declined to permit his name to go before the convention of either faction of the party.
GRAY, HON. JOHN H. D., County Judge of Clatsop County, was born at Lapwai, Idaho, March 20, 1839. Most of his boyhood was passed at Astoria. He graduated from the Forest Grove University in 1857. In 1858 he went to British Columbia and engaged in steam boating on Fraser River. In 1861 he was one of two survivors when the steamer Cariboo blew up near Victoria. He than began steamboating on the Upper Columbia and Snake rivers, and followed that business for many years, making Astoria his home since 1868. He has been extremely active in promoting enterprises for the building up of Astoria and the opening of the Columbia river and improvement of its mouth. Politically he is a staunch Republican, and has been in the councils of the party for many years. In 1886 he was elected to the state senate, and served two terms. He is now County Judge of Clatsop County.
GRAY, J. G. [Editor inserted: Joseph G. Gray], of Eugene, was born in Hamilton, Ohio, November 24, 1824, and came to California in 1849. In 1853 he came to Oregon and located in Lane County, where he was since resided. In 1857 he settled in Eugene. By occupation he is a harness-maker, but in 1867-8 he took government contracts for surveying. He has always been a Republican, and has seen the party grow from its small beginning to the present. He has been a delegate to conventions many times. He was elected County Treasurer in 1870 and re-elected in 1872, 1874, 1876, 1878, and 1880. In 1894 he was again elected to that position.
GREGG, HON. J. T. [Editor inserted: John T. Gregg], of Salem, was born in Allen County, Indiana, September 20, 1847. He was educated in California. In 1870 he located in Salem as principal of the grammar school. In 1876 he was appointed City Superintendent of Schools and in 1878 was elected County Superintendent. In 1881 he was admitted to the bad. In 1885 he became Secretary of the Oregon State Agricultural Society, and so remained for many years. In 1886 he acted as secretary of the state central committee, and was subsequently appointed Chief Deputy by United States Marshal Barin.
GRIM, HON. J. W. [Editor inserted: John W. Grim], of Aurora, was born in Ohio, June 16, 1820, moved to Illinois in 1830 and came to Oregon in 1847, settling in Marion County. In 1849 he was elected to the territorial legislature, and in 1850 Probate Judge, being re-elected in 1852. He was one of the founders of the party in Oregon, and a member of state conventions. In 1858 he was elected to the State Senate, and again in 1862 and in 1878.
GURDANE, J. S. [Editor inserted: John S. Gurdane], of Ridge, member of legislature from Umatilla County, was born at sea, of Scotch parentage, in 1824, and came to America when six years of age. He lived in the State of New York till 1847, when he enlisted in the navy and served five years, part of the time in the Mexican war. For several years he was master of a vessel. He served four years during the civil war, part of the time in the Fourteenth Wisconsin and part in the navy. He has been a Republican ever since he voted for Fremont in 1856, and has been an active local worker all that time. He came to Oregon in 1882, and is engaged in farming and stock raising. He has attended nearly every county convention since that time, and in 1894 was elected to the lower house of the legislature in a county that has almost always been represented by a Democrat. He has been renominated..
Tuesday, May 16, 2006
GET YOUR BALLOTS IN BY 8:00 PM TONIGHT
Please make sure you turn in your primary ballots, at the correct Clerk of Elections for your county, by 8:00 pm this evening. DO NOT MAIL. Check your local papers, for information on designated local ballot dropoff points.
http://www.sos.state.or.us/elections/other.info/clerk.htm
Baker
Tamara J. Green
Baker County Clerk
1995 3rd St. Suite 150
Baker City, OR 97814-3398
(541) 523-8207 / TTY (541) 523-8208
Benton
James Morales
Manager of Records/Elections
120 NW 4th St. Room 13
Corvallis, OR 97330
(541) 766-6756 / TTY (541) 766-6080
Clackamas
Sherry Hall
Clackamas County Clerk
Elections Division
825 Portland Ave.
Gladstone, OR 97027
(503) 655-8510 / TTY (503) 655-1685
Clatsop
Nicole Williams
Clatsop County Clerk
PO Box 178
Astoria, OR 97103-0178
(503) 325-8511 / TTY (503) 325-9307
Columbia
Elizabeth (Betty) Huser
Columbia County Clerk
Columbia County Courthouse
230 Strand St.
St. Helens, OR 97051-2089
(503) 397-7214, Ext. 8444 / TTY (503) 397-7246
Coos
Terri Turi
Coos County Clerk
Coos County Courthouse
250 N. Baxter
Coquille, OR 97423-1899
(541) 396-3121, Ext. 301 / TTY (800) 735-2900
Crook
Deanna (Dee) Berman
Crook County Clerk
300 NE Third, Rm. 23
Prineville, OR 97754-1919
(541) 447-6553 / TTY (541) 416-4963
Curry
Reneé Kolen
Curry County Clerk
PO Box 746
Gold Beach, OR 97444
(541) 247-3297 or 1-877-739-4218 / TTY 1-800-735-2900
Deschutes
Nancy Blankenship
Deschutes County Clerk
1300 NW Wall St., Suite 200
Bend, OR 97701
(541) 388-6546 / TTY 1-800-875-7364 / Fax (541) 383-4424
Douglas
Barbara Nielsen
Douglas County Clerk
PO Box 10
Roseburg, OR 97470-0004
(541) 440-4252 / TTY 1-800-735-2900
Gilliam
Rena Kennedy
Gilliam County Clerk
PO Box 427
Condon, OR 97823-0427
(541) 384-2311
Grant
Kathy McKinnon
Grant County Clerk
201 S. Humbolt, Suite 290
Canyon City, OR 97820
(541) 575-1675 / TTY (541) 575-1675
Harney
Maria Iturriaga
Harney County Clerk
Courthouse, 450 N. Buena Vista
Burns, OR 97720
(541) 573-6641
Hood River
Sandra Berry
Director, Records/Assessment
601 State St.
Hood River, OR 97031-1871
(541) 386-1442
Jackson
Kathy Beckett
Jackson County Clerk
1101 W. Main St. Suite 201
Medford, OR 97501-2369
(541) 774-6148 / TTY (541) 774-6719
Jefferson
Kathy Marston
Jefferson County Clerk
Courthouse, Annex A
66 SE "D" St. Suite C
Madras, OR 97741
(541) 475-4451 / TTY (541) 475-4451
Josephine
Georgette Brown
Josephine County Clerk
PO Box 69
Grants Pass, OR 97528-0203
(541) 474-5243 / TTY 1-800-735-2900
Klamath
Linda Smith
Klamath County Clerk
305 Main St.
Klamath Falls, OR 97601
(541) 883-5157 or 1-800-377-6094
Lake
Stacie Geaney
Lake County Clerk
513 Center St.
Lakeview, OR 97630-1539
(541) 947-6006 / TTY (541) 947-6007
Lane
Annette Newingham
Chief Deputy County Clerk
275 W 10th Ave
Eugene, OR 97401-3008
(541) 682-4234 / TTY (541) 682-4320
Lincoln
Dana Jenkins
Lincoln County Clerk
225 W. Olive St. Room 201
Newport, OR 97365
(541) 265-4131 / TTY (541) 265-4193
Linn
Steven Druckenmiller
Linn County Clerk
300 4th Ave. SW
Albany, OR 97321
(541) 967-3831 / TTY (541) 967-3833
Malheur
Deborah R. DeLong
Malheur County Clerk
251 "B" St. W., Suite 4
Vale, OR 97918
(541) 473-5151 / TTY (541) 473-5157
Marion
Bill Burgess
Marion County Clerk
Elections Division
4263 Commercial St. SE #300
Salem, OR 97302-3987
(503) 588-5041 or 1-800-655-5388 / TTY (503) 588-5610
Morrow
Bobbi Childers
Morrow County Clerk
PO Box 338
Heppner, OR 97836-0338
(541) 676-5604 / TTY (541) 676-9061
Multnomah
John Kauffman
Director of Elections
1040 SE Morrison St.
Portland, OR 97214-2495
(503) 988-3720
Polk
Valerie Unger
Polk County Clerk
850 Main St.
Dallas, OR 97338-3179
(503) 623-9217 / TTY (503) 623-7557
Sherman
Linda Cornie
Sherman County Clerk
PO Box 365
Moro, OR 97039-0365
(541) 565-3606
Tillamook
Tassi O'Neil
Tillamook County Clerk
201 Laurel Ave.
Tillamook, OR 97141
(503) 842-3402
Umatilla
Patti Chapman
Director of Elections
PO Box 1227
Pendleton, OR 97801
(541) 278-6254
Union
R. Nellie Bogue-Hibbert
Union County Clerk
1001 4th St. Ste. D
LaGrande, OR 97850
(541) 963-1006
Wallowa
Charlotte McIver
Wallowa County Clerk
101 S. River St. Rm. 100 Door 16
Enterprise, OR 97828-1335
(541) 426-4543, Ext. 15
Wasco
Karen LeBreton Coats
Wasco County Clerk
511 Washington St., Room 201
The Dalles, OR 97058
(541) 506-2530 / TTY (541) 506-2530
Washington
Mickie Kawai
Elections Division
3700 SW Murray Blvd. Ste. 101
Beaverton, OR 97005
(503) 846-5800 / TTY (503) 846-4598
Wheeler
Barbara S. Sitton
Wheeler County Clerk
PO Box 327
Fossil, OR 97830-0327
(541) 763-2400 / TTY (541) 763-2401
Yamhill
Jan Coleman
Yamhill County Clerk
535 NE 5th St. Room 119
McMinnville, OR 97128-4593
(503) 434-7518 / TTY (800) 735-2900
http://www.sos.state.or.us/elections/other.info/clerk.htm
Baker
Tamara J. Green
Baker County Clerk
1995 3rd St. Suite 150
Baker City, OR 97814-3398
(541) 523-8207 / TTY (541) 523-8208
Benton
James Morales
Manager of Records/Elections
120 NW 4th St. Room 13
Corvallis, OR 97330
(541) 766-6756 / TTY (541) 766-6080
Clackamas
Sherry Hall
Clackamas County Clerk
Elections Division
825 Portland Ave.
Gladstone, OR 97027
(503) 655-8510 / TTY (503) 655-1685
Clatsop
Nicole Williams
Clatsop County Clerk
PO Box 178
Astoria, OR 97103-0178
(503) 325-8511 / TTY (503) 325-9307
Columbia
Elizabeth (Betty) Huser
Columbia County Clerk
Columbia County Courthouse
230 Strand St.
St. Helens, OR 97051-2089
(503) 397-7214, Ext. 8444 / TTY (503) 397-7246
Coos
Terri Turi
Coos County Clerk
Coos County Courthouse
250 N. Baxter
Coquille, OR 97423-1899
(541) 396-3121, Ext. 301 / TTY (800) 735-2900
Crook
Deanna (Dee) Berman
Crook County Clerk
300 NE Third, Rm. 23
Prineville, OR 97754-1919
(541) 447-6553 / TTY (541) 416-4963
Curry
Reneé Kolen
Curry County Clerk
PO Box 746
Gold Beach, OR 97444
(541) 247-3297 or 1-877-739-4218 / TTY 1-800-735-2900
Deschutes
Nancy Blankenship
Deschutes County Clerk
1300 NW Wall St., Suite 200
Bend, OR 97701
(541) 388-6546 / TTY 1-800-875-7364 / Fax (541) 383-4424
Douglas
Barbara Nielsen
Douglas County Clerk
PO Box 10
Roseburg, OR 97470-0004
(541) 440-4252 / TTY 1-800-735-2900
Gilliam
Rena Kennedy
Gilliam County Clerk
PO Box 427
Condon, OR 97823-0427
(541) 384-2311
Grant
Kathy McKinnon
Grant County Clerk
201 S. Humbolt, Suite 290
Canyon City, OR 97820
(541) 575-1675 / TTY (541) 575-1675
Harney
Maria Iturriaga
Harney County Clerk
Courthouse, 450 N. Buena Vista
Burns, OR 97720
(541) 573-6641
Hood River
Sandra Berry
Director, Records/Assessment
601 State St.
Hood River, OR 97031-1871
(541) 386-1442
Jackson
Kathy Beckett
Jackson County Clerk
1101 W. Main St. Suite 201
Medford, OR 97501-2369
(541) 774-6148 / TTY (541) 774-6719
Jefferson
Kathy Marston
Jefferson County Clerk
Courthouse, Annex A
66 SE "D" St. Suite C
Madras, OR 97741
(541) 475-4451 / TTY (541) 475-4451
Josephine
Georgette Brown
Josephine County Clerk
PO Box 69
Grants Pass, OR 97528-0203
(541) 474-5243 / TTY 1-800-735-2900
Klamath
Linda Smith
Klamath County Clerk
305 Main St.
Klamath Falls, OR 97601
(541) 883-5157 or 1-800-377-6094
Lake
Stacie Geaney
Lake County Clerk
513 Center St.
Lakeview, OR 97630-1539
(541) 947-6006 / TTY (541) 947-6007
Lane
Annette Newingham
Chief Deputy County Clerk
275 W 10th Ave
Eugene, OR 97401-3008
(541) 682-4234 / TTY (541) 682-4320
Lincoln
Dana Jenkins
Lincoln County Clerk
225 W. Olive St. Room 201
Newport, OR 97365
(541) 265-4131 / TTY (541) 265-4193
Linn
Steven Druckenmiller
Linn County Clerk
300 4th Ave. SW
Albany, OR 97321
(541) 967-3831 / TTY (541) 967-3833
Malheur
Deborah R. DeLong
Malheur County Clerk
251 "B" St. W., Suite 4
Vale, OR 97918
(541) 473-5151 / TTY (541) 473-5157
Marion
Bill Burgess
Marion County Clerk
Elections Division
4263 Commercial St. SE #300
Salem, OR 97302-3987
(503) 588-5041 or 1-800-655-5388 / TTY (503) 588-5610
Morrow
Bobbi Childers
Morrow County Clerk
PO Box 338
Heppner, OR 97836-0338
(541) 676-5604 / TTY (541) 676-9061
Multnomah
John Kauffman
Director of Elections
1040 SE Morrison St.
Portland, OR 97214-2495
(503) 988-3720
Polk
Valerie Unger
Polk County Clerk
850 Main St.
Dallas, OR 97338-3179
(503) 623-9217 / TTY (503) 623-7557
Sherman
Linda Cornie
Sherman County Clerk
PO Box 365
Moro, OR 97039-0365
(541) 565-3606
Tillamook
Tassi O'Neil
Tillamook County Clerk
201 Laurel Ave.
Tillamook, OR 97141
(503) 842-3402
Umatilla
Patti Chapman
Director of Elections
PO Box 1227
Pendleton, OR 97801
(541) 278-6254
Union
R. Nellie Bogue-Hibbert
Union County Clerk
1001 4th St. Ste. D
LaGrande, OR 97850
(541) 963-1006
Wallowa
Charlotte McIver
Wallowa County Clerk
101 S. River St. Rm. 100 Door 16
Enterprise, OR 97828-1335
(541) 426-4543, Ext. 15
Wasco
Karen LeBreton Coats
Wasco County Clerk
511 Washington St., Room 201
The Dalles, OR 97058
(541) 506-2530 / TTY (541) 506-2530
Washington
Mickie Kawai
Elections Division
3700 SW Murray Blvd. Ste. 101
Beaverton, OR 97005
(503) 846-5800 / TTY (503) 846-4598
Wheeler
Barbara S. Sitton
Wheeler County Clerk
PO Box 327
Fossil, OR 97830-0327
(541) 763-2400 / TTY (541) 763-2401
Yamhill
Jan Coleman
Yamhill County Clerk
535 NE 5th St. Room 119
McMinnville, OR 97128-4593
(503) 434-7518 / TTY (800) 735-2900
Monday, May 15, 2006
Oregon Republican League Photo History Series: Clatsop County
Astoria, Clatsop County, Oregon. Hotel Astoria. 1929. RPPC from the Oregon Republican League Collection, on loan.
Oregon Republican League Photo History Series: Clatsop County
Astoria, Clatsop County, Oregon. Ferry Terminal/Pier. 1920. RPPC from the Oregon Republican League Collection, on loan.
Oregon Republican League Photo History Series: Clatsop County
Astoria, Clatsop County, Oregon. 1913. RPPC from the Oregon Republican League Collection, on loan.
Oregon Republican League Photo History Series: Clatsop County
Astoria, Clatsop County, Oregon. Tongue Point visible in the distance. 1912. RPPC from the Oregon Republican League Collection, on loan.
Oregon Republican League Photo History Series: Clatsop County
Astoria, Clatsop County, Oregon. Astoria Centennial Drum Corps. 1911. RPPC from the Oregon Republican League Collection, on loan.
Oregon Republican League Photo History Series: Clatsop County
Astoria, Clatsop County, Oregon. 1911. RPPC from the Oregon Republican League Collection, on loan.
Oregon Republican League Photo History Series: Clatsop County
Astoria, Clatsop County, Oregon. 1910. RPPC from the Oregon Republican League Collection, on loan.
Oregon Republican League Photo History Series: Clatsop County
Astoria, Clatsop County, Oregon. 1909. RPPC from the Oregon Republican League Collection, on loan.
Oregon Republican League Photo History Series: Clatsop County
Astoria, Clatsop County, Oregon. 1909. RPPC from the Oregon Republican League Collection, on loan.
Sunday, May 14, 2006
Oregon Republican League Photo History Series: Jackson County
Ashland, Jackson County, Oregon. Lithia Park. c. 1921. RPPC from the Oregon Republican League Collection, on loan.
Oregon Republican League Photo History Series: Jackson County
Ashland, Jackson County, Oregon. Hotel Austin. 1925. RPPC from the Oregon Republican League collection, on loan.
Oregon Republican League Photo History Series: Jackson County
Ashland, Jackson County, Oregon. 1922. RPPC from the Oregon Republican League collection, on loan.
Oregon Republican League Photo History Series: Jackson County
Ashland Cider Mill, Jackson County, Oregon. 1918. RPPC from the Oregon Republican League collection, on loan.
Oregon Republican League Photo History Series: Jackson County
Ashland, Jackson County, Oregon. Main Street. 1908. RPPC image from the Oregon Republican League collection, on loan.
Oregon Republican League Photo History Series: Jackson County
Ashland, Jackson County, Oregon. 1908. RPPC image from the Oregon Republican League collection, on loan.
Oregon Republican League Photo History Series: Gilliam County
Arlington, Gilliam County, Oregon. 1925. RPPC image from the Oregon Republican League collection, on loan.
Oregon Republican League Photo History Series: Gilliam County
Arlington, Gilliam County, Oregon. Main Street. 1920. RPPC image from the Oregon Republican League collection, on loan.
Oregon Republican League Photo History Series Douglas County
Anlauf-Elkhorn Auto Camp, Douglas County?. 1923. RPPC image from the Oregon Republican League collection, on loan.
Oregon Republican League Photo History Series: Linn County
Albany, Linn County, Oregon. 1912. RPPC. From the Oregon Republican League collection, on loan.
Oregon Republican League Photo History Series: Linn County
Albany, Oregon steamship and bridge. RPPC c. 1910. From the Oregon Republican League collection, on loan.
Oregon Republican League Photo History Series: Linn County
Albany College and Dormitory. Albany, Oregon. RPPC c. 1908. From the Oregon Republican League collection, on loan.
Wednesday, May 10, 2006
Oregon Republican League: History 101
Every Wednesday, the Oregon Republican League will post the biographies of important figures, in the League's/State of Oregon's history. Click on the head link above, to visit more of our listings at genealogy.com. Feel free to comment or share stories of your family's Republican affiliation.
Oregon Republican League:
Republican League Register of Oregon, The Register Publishing Company, 1896, page 204-210.
DUNIWAY, WILLIS S., Private Secretary of Governor Lord, was born in Clackamas County, Oregon, in 1856. He learned the printer’s trade after graduating from the Portland High School, and in 1880 became managing editor of the New Northwest. Ill health sent him to the stock ranges of Idaho in 1886, where he still owns a cattle ranch in Custer County. He is a member of the Multnomah Typographical Union and the Multorpor Club. In 1894 he was a candidate for the Republican nomination for State Printer, but failed for geographical reasons. After the election he was appointed Private Secretary to the Governor, and has also been appointed Major and Assistant Adjutant General.
DURHAM, HON. GEORGE H., a leading attorney of Portland, was born in Springfield, Illinois, December 4, 1843, and came to Oregon four years later. In 1858 he entered Willamette University, but left it in 1861 to enlist in the First Oregon Cavalry. He returned to school the next year. He graduated from Pacific University in 1866 and was admitted to the bar in 1869. In 1871 he was appointed Register in Bankruptcy by the United States District Court. In 1872 he was elected District Attorney for the Fourth Judicial District, and served four years. He has since devoted himself to his profession in general practice. He is an earnest Republican, has frequently taken part in conventions, and is now a member of the Board of Fire Commissioners.
EAKIN, ROBERT, of Union, was born in Elgin, Illinois, March 15, 1848, and came to Oregon in 1866, locating in Eugene. He attended the Willamette University, graduating in 1874, and the next year was admitted to the bar. The same year he settled in Union County in the practice of his profession. He has been an earnest and influential Republican, and has taken an active part in managing party affairs. He was a delegate to the county convention of 1876, and nearly every subsequent one. He was chairman of the county central committee six years, and a delegate to the state convention in 1884, 1888 and 1892. In 1880 he was nominated for County Judge and in 1882 for District Attorney, and in 1892 for District Judge of the Sixth District. In February, 1895 he was appointed Judge of the Eighth District by Governor Lord. Judge Eakin is a member of the Republican Club at Union.
EAKIN, S. B. [Editor inserted: Stewart Bates Eakin], of Eugene, was born in Elgin, Illinois, September 27, 1846, and came to Oregon when twenty years of age, driving a four-mule team across the plains. He has lived continuously in Eugene, and is cashier of the First National Bank. He has been an active Republican continuously, and frequently a member of county and state convention. He was elected Sheriff in 1874 and re-elected in 1876 and 1878. In 1882 he was elected to the legislature, and in 1886 to the State Senate, serving two sessions.
EARHART, HON. ROCKEY P., deceased, was born in Franklin County, Ohio, June 23, 1837, and came to Oregon in 1855. For several years he was in the Quartermaster’s Department of the army. He was then in business in Yamhill and Polk Counties, and Indian Agent at Warm Springs Agency, Special Indian Agent, etc., until 1868. He was then in business in Salem till 1872, being elected to the legislature in 1870. From 1872 to 1874 he was in the business office of the Portland Bulletin, and from 1874 to 1878 was Chief Clerk in the Surveyor General’s office. He was elected Secretary of State in 1878, and for a second term in 182. From 1885 to 1887 he was Adjutant General, and in 1888 was elected to the legislature from Multnomah County. Mr. Earhart died in Portland about four years ago. He was one of the most prominent Masons on the Pacific Coast.
EASTHAM, HON. EDWARD L., deceases, was born near Oregon City, Oregon, January 18, 1848. He attended the Willamette University. He then taught school and studied law, and in 1876 was admitted to the bar. He retired from practice in 1888. For six years he was a School Director. In 1881 he organized the Bank of Oregon City. In 1886 he established the water works system of Walla Walla on a firm foundation. He then formed a syndicate and organized the Willamette Falls Electric Company, secured possession of the water power and much adjacent real estate and factory sites at Oregon City, out of which has grown the Portland General Electric Company. In 1890 he was elected State Senator, but died during the session January 18, 1891, literally worked to death. He always took an active part in party matters.
EBI, O.N. S. [Editor inserted: Owen S. Ebi], of Arlington, was born in Cass County, Michigan, and has been a resident of Gilliam County fourteen years, during which time he has been a representative Republican and a constant party worker. He was elected Mayor of Arlington in 1890, and Justice of the Peace in 1895. He was a delegate to the league in 1895.
EDDY COLONEL JAMES B., of Pendleton, was born at St. Ives, Cornwall, England, in 1855. He learned the printer’s trade. In 1872 he came to America and began work on the printer’s trade. In 1872 he came to America and began work on the Reveille at Austin, Nevada, subsequently editing the paper two years. In 1881 he came to Oregon. He was Deputy Sheriff of Umatilla County four year, and editor of the Pendleton Tribune three years. In 1892 he was appointed special agent for the allotment of lands on the Umatilla Reservation. He was Reading Clerk of the State Senate in 1893, and at that session was elected Railroad Commissioner, which office he still holds. He is an able speaker, and has done much campaign work, and has been a member of many conventions and club meetings, and for four years was president of the Republican club at Pendleton. For several years he was a member of the Governor’s staff, with rank of colonel.
EHLEN, LORENZ V., of Salem, was born in Shelby County, Mississippi, May 8, 1859, and came to Oregon in 1863. He settled on a farm near Aurora, Marion County. He has taken an active part in politics for many year, having been a delegate to conventions frequently, and an earnest member of Republican Clubs. In 1894 he was elected County Clerk of Marion County, and is again the party nominee for that office, having made a record for efficiency that won him renomination.
ELLIS, HON. WILLIAM R., of Heppner, and Member of Congress for the second district, was born in Montgomery County, Indiana, April 23, 1850. He graduated at the Iowa State University in 1874. He held several municipal offices if Hamburg, Iowa, including that of Mayor. In 1883 he located in the practice of law at Heppner, Oregon. In 1885 he was appointed by Governor Moody Prosecuting Attorney of the Seventh Judicial District, and in 1886 was elected to the same office. In 1888 he was again elected. In 1892 he received the Republican nomination as the first Representative of the Second Congressional District, and was elected. He was again nominated and elected in 1894, and this year has received the nomination for the third time. He is a firm protectionist and an earnest worker for the interest of Oregon.
ELLIS, DR. M. H. [Editor inserted: Matthew H. Ellis], of Albany, was born at Port Hope, Ontario, March 19, 1858. He came to Oregon twelve years ago and located in Albany in the practice of medicine. He has been for several years surgeon of the Second Regiment, O. N. G., with rank of captain. He is an earnest Republican, and president of the Albany Republican Club. He was a delegate to the convention of 1894 and the league meeting of 1895, when he was elected a delegate to the National League meeting at Cleveland, Ohio, which he attended.
ELMORE, HON. SAMUEL, proprietor and manager of the Daily Astorian, was born at Lloyd, Ulster County, New York, in 1847. His father, R. P. Elmore, at the age of eighty-four years, is still managing an extensive coal business in Milwaukee, founded in 1851. Samuel was educated in Milwaukee and at Lawrence University and Genesee College, Lima, New York. In 1864, at the age of sixteen, he enlisted in the Fifty-first Wisconsin infantry, and was commissioned first lieutenant. At the close of the war he engaged in business in Milwaukee, but in 1866 went to California, and by his own exertions laid a foundation for his present business success. For a time during Grant’s administration he was Deputy Collector of Customs at Milwaukee, but soon resigned to return to California. He became interested in the Oakland Smelting & Lead Company, and later embarked in canning Columbia river salmon. Though one of the latest of the Astoria canners to embark in the business, he has the largest and most perfectly equipped salmon cannery in the world. Mr. Elmore is also proprietor and manager of the Daily Astorian. He is an ex-Mayor of Astoria, has served two terms on the staff of the Commander-in-Chief of the G.A. R., was a delegate to the state conventions of 1888 and 1892, was chairman of the central committee in 1892, and in 1895 was elected a delegate to the National Republican League.
FAILING, HENRY, of Portland, was born in New York City, January 17, 1834. At the age of twelve he entered a store in that city and received a good business education. In 1851 he accompanied his father, Josiah Failing, to Portland, where the firm of J. Failing & Co. was established. The senior member retired in 1864, and Henry conducted the business alone till 1871, when he formed with Henry W. Corbett the firm of Corbett, Failing & Co. In 1869 these two gentlemen purchased a controlling interest in the First National Bank, and have managed its affairs ever since. Its stock has been increased to $500,000, and it stands at the head of the financial institutions of the Pacific Northwest. He has been a promoter of some of the leading industries of this section. Mr. Failing has always been an earnest Republican, and was chairman of the Republican state central committee in 1860 to 1862. In 1864 he was elected Mayor of Portland, and again in 1875. He has attended conventions frequently, though not as an office-seeker. His name has been frequently mentioned in connection with Senatorial honors, and at one time quite prominently as a possible secretary of the treasury in President Harrison’s cabinet. In 1876 he received the appointment as one of the ten United States commissioners to the World’s Fair at Paris, but was impelled by business reasons to decline.
FAILING, JESSE, of Pendleton, was born in Wayne County, New York, September 25, 1829, and came to Oregon in the fall of 1859. He worked as a carpenter in Portland. In 1879 he went to Pendleton, where he is a dealer in carpets and furniture. He has been a delegate to county convention regularly, and to state conventions. He was a member of the City Council from 1884 to 1888. He has been the party nominee for County Clerk and County Treasurer, at time when there was a regular Democratic majority of from 300 to 600 to compete against.
FAILING, HON. JOSIAH, deceased, was born in Canajoharie, New York, in 1806. He went to New City when a young man and engaged in mercantile pursuits. In 1851 he came to Oregon and followed the same business successfully till re retired in 1864. In 1853 he was elected Mayor of Portland. In 1864 and 1869 he was a delegate to the national convention. He took a great interest in education, and Failing school is named in his honor. He died August 14, 1877.
FALSON, MOSES E., of Pendleton, was born in Bangor, Maine, February 28, 1827. He came to Oregon in 1852 and lived in Clackamas County till 1863, when he settled in Pendleton. He has been a delegate to several county conventions, and in 1892 was elected Treasurer of Umatilla County.
FEE, JAMES A., of Pendleton, was born at Plattville, Wisconsin, April 19, 1857. He came to Oregon in 1884, and settled in Pendleton in the practice of the law. He was a delegate to the state convention of 1888. In 1888 he was elected Judge of the Sixth Judicial District, and served until 1894. He was again nominated by the Republicans, and was indorsed by the Democrats and by the Populist of Union County. The Populist finally put up a man against him, who was defeated by 3800 majority in the district. Judge Fee was editor of the Pendleton Tribune ten months, and in 1888 was president of the Republican Club. He has been a league delegate.
FISHER, DR. J. J. [Editor inserted: John J. Fisher], of Portland, was born in Linn County, Missouri, in 1841, and went with his widowed mother to Tippecanoe, Indiana, in 1843. He enlisted in 1861, serving six months, and in 1862 again enlisted for thirty days to fight guerrillas in Kentucky. He engaged in teaching and the study of medicine, attending the Rush Medical College, Chicago. In 1869 he began practice at Iroquois, Illinois. From 1871 to 1880 he practiced at Central City, Nebraska, where he served as Coroner and member of the School Board. In 1880 he came to Oregon, and in 1883 embarked in the drug business in Albina. In 1888 he was elected to the legislature, and is now nominated again to that body.
FLINN, DR. M. A. [Editor inserted: Michael A. Flinn], a physician of Portland, was born in Westchester County, New York, in 1841, and moved to Dodge County, Wisconsin, in 1848. He began the study of medicine in 1860. In 1863 he came to the Pacific Coast and engaged in mining in Idaho and the stock business in Eastern Oregon. In 1869 he resumed the study of medicine and graduated from the medical department of the Willamette University in 1872. He was physician at the Warm Springs Agency till 1875, practiced at Vancouver till 1877, at Gervais till 1885, and since in Portland. He is a member of the Oregon State Medical Society and of the faculty of the medical department of the University of Oregon. Dr. Flinn is an earnest Republican. He was elected to the legislature in 1875, and served as president of the Gervais City Council. He has been frequently a member of conventions and club meetings.
FLOYD, E. J., of Portland [Editor inserted: Joseph E. Floyd], was born at the town of Radruth, County of Cornwall, England, March 26, 1851. He was reared in that country, and was apprenticed to the plumbing trade. In the spring of 1870 he came to America, landing at Dover, New Jersey. In 1880 he came to Portland and at once engaged in the plumbing business. By years of hard work he built up a good business and became on of the most expert in his line. In July, 1894, he was appointed Inspector of Plumbing and Drainage of the City of Portland, which position he still holds. He is an intense Republican, and an earnest and active worker for party success. His singing at clubs has been a special feature to maintain interest in them.
FOSTER, C. M. [Editor inserted: Charles M. Foster], of Baker City, County Surveyor for the past twelve years, was born in Vermont in 1837. He received an education as a civil engineer. He located in Portland in 1860, and in 1862 in Baker County, where he has since been engaged in mining and engineering. He was elected the first County Clerk, on the Republican ticket, and subsequently Superintendent of Schools. He has been elected County Surveyor continuously for twenty years, and is again the Republican nominee for that office. He has been Surveyor of Baker City since its incorporation, and has been Deputy United States Mineral Surveyor since 1871, and was Deputy United States Marshal for a time.
FOLSOM. COLONEL F. W. [Editor inserted: Frederick W. Folsom], of Eugene, was born in Caledonia County, Vermont, in 1828. In 1846 he went to Lowell, Massachusetts, in 1848 to Iowa and in 1851 to Missouri, where he taught school. In 1857 he crossed the plains to California, and came to Oregon the same year. He taught school and formed near Eugene till 1861, when he held a position in the Surveyor General’s office till 1863. He then organized the Lancaster Light Cavalry and was commissioned captain. He also in 1864 organized the Springfield and Cottage Grove Cavalry and the Eugene Infantry, forming the Third Regiment, of which he became colonel. From 1864 to 1871 he was Assessor of the Internal Revenue Department, and since then has engaged in farming on a large scale near Junction City. He has served ten years in the City Council and four years as Mayor. He has always been a consistent Republican, and been a delegate to county and state conventions since 1860.
FORD, HON. TILMON, of Salem, graduated from the Willamette University in 1870. He was admitted to the bar in 1872, and has ever since practiced in Salem, near which he also owns a fine farm. In 1880 he was elected to the legislature, and re-elected in 1882. In 1892 he was again elected to that body. He has been a member of state and county conventions and league meetings, and as a speaker commands close attention. Mr. Ford was the candidate of Marion County for the congressional nomination in 1896.
FORD, H. P. [Editor inserted: Henry P. Ford], of Hillsboro, was born in Clackamas County, Oregon, November 2, 1859. He has lived in Washington County ten years. He was a Deputy Sheriff from 1888 to 1892, and in the latter year was elected Sheriff, being re-elected in 1894. Mr. Ford took an interest in politics and was an earnest Republican before coming of age, and has since been an active worker in the party ranks. He was a delegate to the conventions of 188 and 1894, and to the club conventions of 1894-95-96.
FOX, JOHN, of Astoria, was born in Darlington County, Ontario, Canada, September 11, 1849, and came to Oregon in 1867. He lived in Portland till 1871, when he moved to Astoria and engaged as a machinist and engineer. He is now president and manager of the Astoria Iron Works. Mr. Fox has taken an active part in Republican affairs, especially the past ten years, during which time he has been a delegate to nearly all county conventions, and to the state convention of 1894. He was elected to the legislature in 1890, and ion 1894 was the Republican nominee for the State Senate. He was a member of the City Council in 1889, 1890 and 1891, and a School Director in 1890-91-92. He was made one of the State Board of Pilot Commissioners by the legislature of 1893, and was elected president of the Board, which position he still holds.
FRENCH, T.A. [Editor inserted: Theron A. French], of Starkey, was born in Georgia County, Ohio, in 1850, and came to Oregon in 1883, and is engaged in farming. He has been a frequent member of county conventions and central committees.
FRANK, HON, GEORGE P., Mayor of Portland, was born in Granville, New York, June 11, 1852. In 1864 the family moved to Madison, Wisconsin. He began business in the office of the C., B. & Q. Railroad, but in 1875 went to San Francisco and became a member of the agricultural implant firm of Frank Bros. The next year he came to Portland to manage a branch house. He has always taken an active part in party matters, and in public enterprises, and before being elected Mayor, in 1894, had served as Police Commissioner and as a member of the Water Committee building Portland’s extensive water system.
FRATER, W. A. [Editor inserted: William A. Frater], of Roseburg, was born in Eastern Ohio in 1843. He was Second Sergeant of Company E, One Hundred and Fortieth Ohio Volunteers, in the war, and at the close of the war returned to his farm. In 1877 he took his family to Kansas, but fire robbed him of all his possessions, and he came on to Oregon, locating in Douglas County. For sixteen years he lived there, engaged in farming, carpentering and other labor. In 1893 he was appointed Treasurer of Douglas County, to fill a vacancy, and in 1894 was elected to the position. He was a member of the county central committee in 1888 and a delegate to the county convention in 1890.
FRAZER, JACOB, of Pendleton, was born in Ohio in 1820, went to California in 1850 and came to Oregon in 1867, and has lived in Pendleton since 1871. He has been heavily engaged sheep raising, and has been president and vice-president respectively of the Pendleton National Bank and First National Bank. He has been a wheel horse of the party, a frequent delegate to conventions and member of committees, but has never sought office.
FRIENDLY, S. H. [Editor inserted: Samson H. Friendly], of Eugene, was born in New York City, December 6, 1840, and came to Oregon in 1865, locating in Eugene, where he has since resided and is engaged in merchandising. He has been a prominent Republican for a third of a century, and has frequently been a delegate to county and state conventions and to the league meetings. He was several times elected to the City Council, and in 1893 was elected Mayor. He is an active member of the Republican Club.
FULLERTON. J. C. [Editor inserted: James C. Fullerton], of Roseburg, was born in Butler County, Ohio, December 16, 1848, and came to Oregon in 1853, locating in Douglas County, where he has resided ever since. He was a delegate to the state conventions form 1880 to 1890, and twice a member of the state central committee. He was Receiver of the United States Land Office at Roseburg from 1873 to 1885, and a member of the State Senate from 1888 to 1892. In 1892 he was elected Circuit Judge, which position he now holds. He is a member of the Republican Club.
Oregon Republican League:
Republican League Register of Oregon, The Register Publishing Company, 1896, page 204-210.
DUNIWAY, WILLIS S., Private Secretary of Governor Lord, was born in Clackamas County, Oregon, in 1856. He learned the printer’s trade after graduating from the Portland High School, and in 1880 became managing editor of the New Northwest. Ill health sent him to the stock ranges of Idaho in 1886, where he still owns a cattle ranch in Custer County. He is a member of the Multnomah Typographical Union and the Multorpor Club. In 1894 he was a candidate for the Republican nomination for State Printer, but failed for geographical reasons. After the election he was appointed Private Secretary to the Governor, and has also been appointed Major and Assistant Adjutant General.
DURHAM, HON. GEORGE H., a leading attorney of Portland, was born in Springfield, Illinois, December 4, 1843, and came to Oregon four years later. In 1858 he entered Willamette University, but left it in 1861 to enlist in the First Oregon Cavalry. He returned to school the next year. He graduated from Pacific University in 1866 and was admitted to the bar in 1869. In 1871 he was appointed Register in Bankruptcy by the United States District Court. In 1872 he was elected District Attorney for the Fourth Judicial District, and served four years. He has since devoted himself to his profession in general practice. He is an earnest Republican, has frequently taken part in conventions, and is now a member of the Board of Fire Commissioners.
EAKIN, ROBERT, of Union, was born in Elgin, Illinois, March 15, 1848, and came to Oregon in 1866, locating in Eugene. He attended the Willamette University, graduating in 1874, and the next year was admitted to the bar. The same year he settled in Union County in the practice of his profession. He has been an earnest and influential Republican, and has taken an active part in managing party affairs. He was a delegate to the county convention of 1876, and nearly every subsequent one. He was chairman of the county central committee six years, and a delegate to the state convention in 1884, 1888 and 1892. In 1880 he was nominated for County Judge and in 1882 for District Attorney, and in 1892 for District Judge of the Sixth District. In February, 1895 he was appointed Judge of the Eighth District by Governor Lord. Judge Eakin is a member of the Republican Club at Union.
EAKIN, S. B. [Editor inserted: Stewart Bates Eakin], of Eugene, was born in Elgin, Illinois, September 27, 1846, and came to Oregon when twenty years of age, driving a four-mule team across the plains. He has lived continuously in Eugene, and is cashier of the First National Bank. He has been an active Republican continuously, and frequently a member of county and state convention. He was elected Sheriff in 1874 and re-elected in 1876 and 1878. In 1882 he was elected to the legislature, and in 1886 to the State Senate, serving two sessions.
EARHART, HON. ROCKEY P., deceased, was born in Franklin County, Ohio, June 23, 1837, and came to Oregon in 1855. For several years he was in the Quartermaster’s Department of the army. He was then in business in Yamhill and Polk Counties, and Indian Agent at Warm Springs Agency, Special Indian Agent, etc., until 1868. He was then in business in Salem till 1872, being elected to the legislature in 1870. From 1872 to 1874 he was in the business office of the Portland Bulletin, and from 1874 to 1878 was Chief Clerk in the Surveyor General’s office. He was elected Secretary of State in 1878, and for a second term in 182. From 1885 to 1887 he was Adjutant General, and in 1888 was elected to the legislature from Multnomah County. Mr. Earhart died in Portland about four years ago. He was one of the most prominent Masons on the Pacific Coast.
EASTHAM, HON. EDWARD L., deceases, was born near Oregon City, Oregon, January 18, 1848. He attended the Willamette University. He then taught school and studied law, and in 1876 was admitted to the bar. He retired from practice in 1888. For six years he was a School Director. In 1881 he organized the Bank of Oregon City. In 1886 he established the water works system of Walla Walla on a firm foundation. He then formed a syndicate and organized the Willamette Falls Electric Company, secured possession of the water power and much adjacent real estate and factory sites at Oregon City, out of which has grown the Portland General Electric Company. In 1890 he was elected State Senator, but died during the session January 18, 1891, literally worked to death. He always took an active part in party matters.
EBI, O.N. S. [Editor inserted: Owen S. Ebi], of Arlington, was born in Cass County, Michigan, and has been a resident of Gilliam County fourteen years, during which time he has been a representative Republican and a constant party worker. He was elected Mayor of Arlington in 1890, and Justice of the Peace in 1895. He was a delegate to the league in 1895.
EDDY COLONEL JAMES B., of Pendleton, was born at St. Ives, Cornwall, England, in 1855. He learned the printer’s trade. In 1872 he came to America and began work on the printer’s trade. In 1872 he came to America and began work on the Reveille at Austin, Nevada, subsequently editing the paper two years. In 1881 he came to Oregon. He was Deputy Sheriff of Umatilla County four year, and editor of the Pendleton Tribune three years. In 1892 he was appointed special agent for the allotment of lands on the Umatilla Reservation. He was Reading Clerk of the State Senate in 1893, and at that session was elected Railroad Commissioner, which office he still holds. He is an able speaker, and has done much campaign work, and has been a member of many conventions and club meetings, and for four years was president of the Republican club at Pendleton. For several years he was a member of the Governor’s staff, with rank of colonel.
EHLEN, LORENZ V., of Salem, was born in Shelby County, Mississippi, May 8, 1859, and came to Oregon in 1863. He settled on a farm near Aurora, Marion County. He has taken an active part in politics for many year, having been a delegate to conventions frequently, and an earnest member of Republican Clubs. In 1894 he was elected County Clerk of Marion County, and is again the party nominee for that office, having made a record for efficiency that won him renomination.
ELLIS, HON. WILLIAM R., of Heppner, and Member of Congress for the second district, was born in Montgomery County, Indiana, April 23, 1850. He graduated at the Iowa State University in 1874. He held several municipal offices if Hamburg, Iowa, including that of Mayor. In 1883 he located in the practice of law at Heppner, Oregon. In 1885 he was appointed by Governor Moody Prosecuting Attorney of the Seventh Judicial District, and in 1886 was elected to the same office. In 1888 he was again elected. In 1892 he received the Republican nomination as the first Representative of the Second Congressional District, and was elected. He was again nominated and elected in 1894, and this year has received the nomination for the third time. He is a firm protectionist and an earnest worker for the interest of Oregon.
ELLIS, DR. M. H. [Editor inserted: Matthew H. Ellis], of Albany, was born at Port Hope, Ontario, March 19, 1858. He came to Oregon twelve years ago and located in Albany in the practice of medicine. He has been for several years surgeon of the Second Regiment, O. N. G., with rank of captain. He is an earnest Republican, and president of the Albany Republican Club. He was a delegate to the convention of 1894 and the league meeting of 1895, when he was elected a delegate to the National League meeting at Cleveland, Ohio, which he attended.
ELMORE, HON. SAMUEL, proprietor and manager of the Daily Astorian, was born at Lloyd, Ulster County, New York, in 1847. His father, R. P. Elmore, at the age of eighty-four years, is still managing an extensive coal business in Milwaukee, founded in 1851. Samuel was educated in Milwaukee and at Lawrence University and Genesee College, Lima, New York. In 1864, at the age of sixteen, he enlisted in the Fifty-first Wisconsin infantry, and was commissioned first lieutenant. At the close of the war he engaged in business in Milwaukee, but in 1866 went to California, and by his own exertions laid a foundation for his present business success. For a time during Grant’s administration he was Deputy Collector of Customs at Milwaukee, but soon resigned to return to California. He became interested in the Oakland Smelting & Lead Company, and later embarked in canning Columbia river salmon. Though one of the latest of the Astoria canners to embark in the business, he has the largest and most perfectly equipped salmon cannery in the world. Mr. Elmore is also proprietor and manager of the Daily Astorian. He is an ex-Mayor of Astoria, has served two terms on the staff of the Commander-in-Chief of the G.A. R., was a delegate to the state conventions of 1888 and 1892, was chairman of the central committee in 1892, and in 1895 was elected a delegate to the National Republican League.
FAILING, HENRY, of Portland, was born in New York City, January 17, 1834. At the age of twelve he entered a store in that city and received a good business education. In 1851 he accompanied his father, Josiah Failing, to Portland, where the firm of J. Failing & Co. was established. The senior member retired in 1864, and Henry conducted the business alone till 1871, when he formed with Henry W. Corbett the firm of Corbett, Failing & Co. In 1869 these two gentlemen purchased a controlling interest in the First National Bank, and have managed its affairs ever since. Its stock has been increased to $500,000, and it stands at the head of the financial institutions of the Pacific Northwest. He has been a promoter of some of the leading industries of this section. Mr. Failing has always been an earnest Republican, and was chairman of the Republican state central committee in 1860 to 1862. In 1864 he was elected Mayor of Portland, and again in 1875. He has attended conventions frequently, though not as an office-seeker. His name has been frequently mentioned in connection with Senatorial honors, and at one time quite prominently as a possible secretary of the treasury in President Harrison’s cabinet. In 1876 he received the appointment as one of the ten United States commissioners to the World’s Fair at Paris, but was impelled by business reasons to decline.
FAILING, JESSE, of Pendleton, was born in Wayne County, New York, September 25, 1829, and came to Oregon in the fall of 1859. He worked as a carpenter in Portland. In 1879 he went to Pendleton, where he is a dealer in carpets and furniture. He has been a delegate to county convention regularly, and to state conventions. He was a member of the City Council from 1884 to 1888. He has been the party nominee for County Clerk and County Treasurer, at time when there was a regular Democratic majority of from 300 to 600 to compete against.
FAILING, HON. JOSIAH, deceased, was born in Canajoharie, New York, in 1806. He went to New City when a young man and engaged in mercantile pursuits. In 1851 he came to Oregon and followed the same business successfully till re retired in 1864. In 1853 he was elected Mayor of Portland. In 1864 and 1869 he was a delegate to the national convention. He took a great interest in education, and Failing school is named in his honor. He died August 14, 1877.
FALSON, MOSES E., of Pendleton, was born in Bangor, Maine, February 28, 1827. He came to Oregon in 1852 and lived in Clackamas County till 1863, when he settled in Pendleton. He has been a delegate to several county conventions, and in 1892 was elected Treasurer of Umatilla County.
FEE, JAMES A., of Pendleton, was born at Plattville, Wisconsin, April 19, 1857. He came to Oregon in 1884, and settled in Pendleton in the practice of the law. He was a delegate to the state convention of 1888. In 1888 he was elected Judge of the Sixth Judicial District, and served until 1894. He was again nominated by the Republicans, and was indorsed by the Democrats and by the Populist of Union County. The Populist finally put up a man against him, who was defeated by 3800 majority in the district. Judge Fee was editor of the Pendleton Tribune ten months, and in 1888 was president of the Republican Club. He has been a league delegate.
FISHER, DR. J. J. [Editor inserted: John J. Fisher], of Portland, was born in Linn County, Missouri, in 1841, and went with his widowed mother to Tippecanoe, Indiana, in 1843. He enlisted in 1861, serving six months, and in 1862 again enlisted for thirty days to fight guerrillas in Kentucky. He engaged in teaching and the study of medicine, attending the Rush Medical College, Chicago. In 1869 he began practice at Iroquois, Illinois. From 1871 to 1880 he practiced at Central City, Nebraska, where he served as Coroner and member of the School Board. In 1880 he came to Oregon, and in 1883 embarked in the drug business in Albina. In 1888 he was elected to the legislature, and is now nominated again to that body.
FLINN, DR. M. A. [Editor inserted: Michael A. Flinn], a physician of Portland, was born in Westchester County, New York, in 1841, and moved to Dodge County, Wisconsin, in 1848. He began the study of medicine in 1860. In 1863 he came to the Pacific Coast and engaged in mining in Idaho and the stock business in Eastern Oregon. In 1869 he resumed the study of medicine and graduated from the medical department of the Willamette University in 1872. He was physician at the Warm Springs Agency till 1875, practiced at Vancouver till 1877, at Gervais till 1885, and since in Portland. He is a member of the Oregon State Medical Society and of the faculty of the medical department of the University of Oregon. Dr. Flinn is an earnest Republican. He was elected to the legislature in 1875, and served as president of the Gervais City Council. He has been frequently a member of conventions and club meetings.
FLOYD, E. J., of Portland [Editor inserted: Joseph E. Floyd], was born at the town of Radruth, County of Cornwall, England, March 26, 1851. He was reared in that country, and was apprenticed to the plumbing trade. In the spring of 1870 he came to America, landing at Dover, New Jersey. In 1880 he came to Portland and at once engaged in the plumbing business. By years of hard work he built up a good business and became on of the most expert in his line. In July, 1894, he was appointed Inspector of Plumbing and Drainage of the City of Portland, which position he still holds. He is an intense Republican, and an earnest and active worker for party success. His singing at clubs has been a special feature to maintain interest in them.
FOSTER, C. M. [Editor inserted: Charles M. Foster], of Baker City, County Surveyor for the past twelve years, was born in Vermont in 1837. He received an education as a civil engineer. He located in Portland in 1860, and in 1862 in Baker County, where he has since been engaged in mining and engineering. He was elected the first County Clerk, on the Republican ticket, and subsequently Superintendent of Schools. He has been elected County Surveyor continuously for twenty years, and is again the Republican nominee for that office. He has been Surveyor of Baker City since its incorporation, and has been Deputy United States Mineral Surveyor since 1871, and was Deputy United States Marshal for a time.
FOLSOM. COLONEL F. W. [Editor inserted: Frederick W. Folsom], of Eugene, was born in Caledonia County, Vermont, in 1828. In 1846 he went to Lowell, Massachusetts, in 1848 to Iowa and in 1851 to Missouri, where he taught school. In 1857 he crossed the plains to California, and came to Oregon the same year. He taught school and formed near Eugene till 1861, when he held a position in the Surveyor General’s office till 1863. He then organized the Lancaster Light Cavalry and was commissioned captain. He also in 1864 organized the Springfield and Cottage Grove Cavalry and the Eugene Infantry, forming the Third Regiment, of which he became colonel. From 1864 to 1871 he was Assessor of the Internal Revenue Department, and since then has engaged in farming on a large scale near Junction City. He has served ten years in the City Council and four years as Mayor. He has always been a consistent Republican, and been a delegate to county and state conventions since 1860.
FORD, HON. TILMON, of Salem, graduated from the Willamette University in 1870. He was admitted to the bar in 1872, and has ever since practiced in Salem, near which he also owns a fine farm. In 1880 he was elected to the legislature, and re-elected in 1882. In 1892 he was again elected to that body. He has been a member of state and county conventions and league meetings, and as a speaker commands close attention. Mr. Ford was the candidate of Marion County for the congressional nomination in 1896.
FORD, H. P. [Editor inserted: Henry P. Ford], of Hillsboro, was born in Clackamas County, Oregon, November 2, 1859. He has lived in Washington County ten years. He was a Deputy Sheriff from 1888 to 1892, and in the latter year was elected Sheriff, being re-elected in 1894. Mr. Ford took an interest in politics and was an earnest Republican before coming of age, and has since been an active worker in the party ranks. He was a delegate to the conventions of 188 and 1894, and to the club conventions of 1894-95-96.
FOX, JOHN, of Astoria, was born in Darlington County, Ontario, Canada, September 11, 1849, and came to Oregon in 1867. He lived in Portland till 1871, when he moved to Astoria and engaged as a machinist and engineer. He is now president and manager of the Astoria Iron Works. Mr. Fox has taken an active part in Republican affairs, especially the past ten years, during which time he has been a delegate to nearly all county conventions, and to the state convention of 1894. He was elected to the legislature in 1890, and ion 1894 was the Republican nominee for the State Senate. He was a member of the City Council in 1889, 1890 and 1891, and a School Director in 1890-91-92. He was made one of the State Board of Pilot Commissioners by the legislature of 1893, and was elected president of the Board, which position he still holds.
FRENCH, T.A. [Editor inserted: Theron A. French], of Starkey, was born in Georgia County, Ohio, in 1850, and came to Oregon in 1883, and is engaged in farming. He has been a frequent member of county conventions and central committees.
FRANK, HON, GEORGE P., Mayor of Portland, was born in Granville, New York, June 11, 1852. In 1864 the family moved to Madison, Wisconsin. He began business in the office of the C., B. & Q. Railroad, but in 1875 went to San Francisco and became a member of the agricultural implant firm of Frank Bros. The next year he came to Portland to manage a branch house. He has always taken an active part in party matters, and in public enterprises, and before being elected Mayor, in 1894, had served as Police Commissioner and as a member of the Water Committee building Portland’s extensive water system.
FRATER, W. A. [Editor inserted: William A. Frater], of Roseburg, was born in Eastern Ohio in 1843. He was Second Sergeant of Company E, One Hundred and Fortieth Ohio Volunteers, in the war, and at the close of the war returned to his farm. In 1877 he took his family to Kansas, but fire robbed him of all his possessions, and he came on to Oregon, locating in Douglas County. For sixteen years he lived there, engaged in farming, carpentering and other labor. In 1893 he was appointed Treasurer of Douglas County, to fill a vacancy, and in 1894 was elected to the position. He was a member of the county central committee in 1888 and a delegate to the county convention in 1890.
FRAZER, JACOB, of Pendleton, was born in Ohio in 1820, went to California in 1850 and came to Oregon in 1867, and has lived in Pendleton since 1871. He has been heavily engaged sheep raising, and has been president and vice-president respectively of the Pendleton National Bank and First National Bank. He has been a wheel horse of the party, a frequent delegate to conventions and member of committees, but has never sought office.
FRIENDLY, S. H. [Editor inserted: Samson H. Friendly], of Eugene, was born in New York City, December 6, 1840, and came to Oregon in 1865, locating in Eugene, where he has since resided and is engaged in merchandising. He has been a prominent Republican for a third of a century, and has frequently been a delegate to county and state conventions and to the league meetings. He was several times elected to the City Council, and in 1893 was elected Mayor. He is an active member of the Republican Club.
FULLERTON. J. C. [Editor inserted: James C. Fullerton], of Roseburg, was born in Butler County, Ohio, December 16, 1848, and came to Oregon in 1853, locating in Douglas County, where he has resided ever since. He was a delegate to the state conventions form 1880 to 1890, and twice a member of the state central committee. He was Receiver of the United States Land Office at Roseburg from 1873 to 1885, and a member of the State Senate from 1888 to 1892. In 1892 he was elected Circuit Judge, which position he now holds. He is a member of the Republican Club.
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