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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | John Whiteaker |
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Eugene, Oregon , United States |
| Email | None |
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May 04, 1820
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| Died | October 02, 1902
(82 years)
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Modifed | Juan Croniqueur
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| Info | WHITEAKER, John, a Representative from Oregon; born in Dearborn County, near Fort Wayne, Ind., May 4, 1820; was self-educated and engaged in agricultural pursuits and stock raising; moved to the Pacific coast in 1849, and settled in Lane County, Oreg., in 1852; elected judge of probate for Lane County in 1855; member of the Territorial legislature in 1857
Governor (D-OR) 1858-1862 [First Governor of the state]
Member of the State house of representatives in 1866 and 1868, and served as speaker; again elected to the State house of representatives in 1870; member of the State board of equalization in 1872, and served as chairman; member of the commission to examine, report upon, and receive the locks and canal at the falls of the Willamette River; member of the State senate 1876-1880, and served as president of the sessions of 1876 and 1878
U.S. House (D-OR) 1879-1881. His train trip to Washington DC in 1879 set a new record for transcontinental travel of 64 hours for 1,928 miles. Chairman, Committee on Revolutionary Pensions (Forty-sixth Congress). Unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1880 to the Forty-seventh Congress
Appointed internal-revenue collector for the district of Oregon and served from June 20, 1885, to February 27, 1890; moved to Eugene, Lane County, Oreg., in 1889 and died there October 2, 1902; interment in the Masonic Cemetery.
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