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George Abernethy (1807-1877) —
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
7, 1807.
Governor
of Oregon Territory, 1845-49; newspaper publisher.
Methodist.
Scottish
ancestry.
Died in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., March 2,
1877 (age 69 years, 146
days).
Original interment somewhere in Vancouver, Wash.; reinterment in 1883 at River
View Cemetery, Portland, Ore.
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William Lysander Adams (1821-1906) —
also known as William L. Adams; Will Adams —
of Yamhill
County, Ore.; Forest Grove, Washington
County, Ore.; Hood River, Hood River
County, Ore.
Born in Painesville, Lake
County, Ohio, February
5, 1821.
Republican. School
teacher; went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; preacher;
newspaper editor; probate judge in Oregon, 1850; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1860; physician.
Died in Hood River, Hood River
County, Ore., April
26, 1906 (age 85 years, 80
days).
Interment at Idlewild
Cemetery, Hood River, Ore.
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John Barrett (1866-1938) —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.; Grafton, Windham
County, Vt.; Coral Gables, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Grafton, Windham
County, Vt., November
28, 1866.
Newspaper correspondent; newspaper editor; U.S.
Minister to Siam, 1894-98; Argentina, 1903-04; Panama, 1904-05; Colombia, 1905-06; U.S. Consul General in Bangkok, as of 1894-98; director general, Pan American Union,
1907-20.
Died, of bronchial
pneumonia, in a hospital
at Bellows Falls, Rockingham, Windham
County, Vt., October
17, 1938 (age 71 years, 323
days).
Interment at Grafton
Village Cemetery, Grafton, Vt.
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Edward Everett Brodie (1876-1939) —
of Oregon City, Clackamas
County, Ore.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Fort Stevens, Clatsop
County, Ore., March
12, 1876.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; chair of
Clackamas County Republican Party, 1916-21; U.S. Minister to Siam, 1921-25; Finland, 1930-33; member of Oregon
Republican State Central Committee, 1928-30.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Woodmen;
Sigma
Delta Chi.
Died June 27,
1939 (age 63 years, 107
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Martin V. Brown —
of Albany, Linn
County, Ore.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; mayor of
Albany, Ore., 1874; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Oregon, 1876
(member, Resolutions
Committee).
Burial location unknown.
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Frederick Silas Bynon (1870-1950) —
also known as Fred S. Bynon —
of Hollywood, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Salem, Marion
County, Ore.; North Bend, Coos
County, Ore.
Born in Brooklyn (now part of Oakland), Alameda
County, Calif., December
3, 1870.
Republican. With his father, he founded the Hollywood (Calif.)
Sentinel newspaper, which later became the Hollywood
Citizen News; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Oregon, 1912.
Protestant.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Salem, Marion
County, Ore., June 6,
1950 (age 79 years, 185
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at City
View Cemetery, Salem, Ore.
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Relatives: Son
of Alfred Augustus Bynon; married, September
5, 1891, to Stella Mitchell. |
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George Law Curry (1820-1878) —
also known as George L. Curry —
of Oregon.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 2,
1820.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; jeweler;
member of Oregon
territorial legislature, 1848-49, 1851-52; secretary
of Oregon Territory, 1853-55; Governor
of Oregon Territory, 1853, 1854, 1854-59; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Oregon, 1860.
Died in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., July 28,
1878 (age 58 years, 26
days).
Interment at Lone
Fir Cemetery, Portland, Ore.
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Thomas Jefferson Dryer (1808-1879) —
also known as Thomas J. Dryer —
of Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in New York, 1808.
Republican. Newspaper editor; delegate
to Oregon state constitutional convention from Multnomah County,
1857; U.S. Diplomatic Commissioner to Hawaiian Islands, 1861-63.
Died in 1879
(age about
71 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Alfred Theodore Goodwin (b. 1923) —
also known as Alfred T. Goodwin —
of Salem, Marion
County, Ore.
Born in Bellingham, Whatcom
County, Wash., June 29,
1923.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; newspaper
reporter; lawyer;
circuit judge in Oregon, 1955-60; justice of
Oregon state supreme court, 1960-69; U.S.
District Judge for Oregon, 1969.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Judicature Society; American Bar
Association; Order of
the Coif; Phi
Delta Phi; Sigma
Delta Chi; Alpha
Tau Omega.
Still living as of 2014.
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Horace Greeley (1811-1872) —
also known as "Old Honesty"; "Old White
Hat" —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Chappaqua, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Amherst, Hillsborough
County, N.H., February
3, 1811.
Founder and editor of the New York Tribune newspaper;
U.S.
Representative from New York 6th District, 1848-49; defeated
(Republican), 1870; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Oregon, 1860;
after the Civil War, became advocate of universal amnesty for
Confederates; offered bail in May 1867 for Jefferson
Davis; member of Republican
National Committee from New York, 1866-70; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1867; candidate for
New
York state comptroller, 1869; Democratic candidate for President
of the United States, 1872.
Died in Pleasantville, Westchester
County, N.Y., November
29, 1872 (age 61 years, 300
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.; statue at City Hall Park, Manhattan, N.Y.; statue at Herald Square, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Zaccheus Greeley and Mary (Woodburn) Greeley; married, July 5,
1836, to Mary Y. Cheney; second cousin of Wallace
M. Greeley. |
| | | Cross-reference: Josiah
B. Grinnell |
| | | Greeley counties in Kan. and Neb. are
named for him. |
| | | The city
of Greeley,
Colorado, is named for
him. — Horace Greeley High
School, in Chappaqua,
New York, is named for
him. — Mount
Horace Greeley, in Keweenaw
County, Michigan, is named for
him. — The World War II Liberty
ship SS Horace Greeley (built 1942 at Terminal
Island, California; scuttled with obsolete ammunition in the North
Atlantic Ocean, 1966) was named for
him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Horace
G. Snover
— Horace
G. Knowles
— Horace
Greeley Dawson, Jr.
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| | | Personal motto: "Go West, young
man." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books by Horace Greeley: American
conflict: A history of the Great Rebellion in the United States of
America, 1860-1865 (1869) — Recollections
Of A Busy Life |
| | | Books about Horace Greeley: Glyndon G.
Van Deusen, Horace
Greeley, Nineteenth Century Crusader — Harry J.
Maihafer, The
General and the Journalists: Ulysses S. Grant, Horace Greeley, and
Charles Dana — Wilbur J. Granberg, Spread
the truth : The life of Horace Greeley — Doris Faber,
Horace
Greeley: The People's Editor — Coy F. Cross, Go
West Young Man! : Horace Greeley's Vision for
America — J. Parton, The
Life of Horace Greeley, Editor of the New York
Tribune |
| | | Image source: Life and Work of James G.
Blaine (1893) |
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Ashley Greene (b. 1898) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.; Lake Grove, Clackamas
County, Ore.
Born in Ashville, St. Clair
County, Ala., January
15, 1898.
Democrat. Newspaper reporter; lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Oregon, 1948
(member, Credentials
Committee).
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Elks; Eagles;
American Bar
Association; Military
Order of the World Wars.
Burial location unknown.
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Eric Hass (1905-1980) —
of Oregon; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb., 1905.
Socialist. Advertising
business; Socialist Labor candidate for U.S.
Senator from Oregon, 1936; editor of The Weekly
People, 1938-68; Industrial Government candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1944; candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1949 (Industrial Government), 1957
(Socialist Labor), 1961 (Socialist Labor), 1965 (Socialist Labor);
candidate for Governor of
New York, 1950 (Industrial Government), 1958 (Socialist Labor),
1962 (Socialist Labor); Socialist Labor candidate for President
of the United States, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964; librarian.
German
and Danish
ancestry.
Resigned or expelled from the Socialist Labor Party, 1969.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Community Hospital,
Santa Rosa, Sonoma
County, Calif., October
2, 1980 (age about 75
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
The Daily Tar Heel (Chapel Hill, N.C.), April 14,
1948 |
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William Harrison Hornibrook (1884-1946) —
also known as William H. Hornibrook —
of Condon, Gilliam
County, Ore.; Twin Falls, Twin Falls
County, Idaho; Vancouver, Clark
County, Wash.; Utah.
Born in Cherokee, Cherokee
County, Iowa, July 6,
1884.
Democrat. Lawyer;
newspaper publisher; member of Idaho
state senate, 1910-12; member of Oregon
Democratic State Central Committee, 1913-15; U.S. Minister to Siam, 1915-16; Persia, 1933-36; Afghanistan, 1935-36; Costa Rica, 1937-41; member of Democratic
National Committee from Oregon, 1918-19.
Episcopalian.
Died in 1946
(age about
61 years).
Burial location unknown.
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W. L. Jackson —
of Albany, Linn
County, Ore.
Newspaper publisher; mayor of
Albany, Ore., 1933-36.
Burial location unknown.
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Orange Jacobs (1827-1914) —
of Jacksonville, Jackson
County, Ore.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born near Geneseo, Livingston
County, N.Y., May 2,
1827.
Republican. Lawyer;
newspaper editor and publisher; justice of
Washington territorial supreme court, 1869-75; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Washington Territory, 1875-79; mayor
of Seattle, Wash., 1879-80; member
Washington territorial council, 1885-87; superior court judge in
Washington, 1896-1900.
Died in Seattle, King
County, Wash., May 21,
1914 (age 87 years, 19
days).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Seattle, Wash.
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Isaac Augustus Manning (1864-1942) —
also known as Isaac A. Manning —
of Salem, Marion
County, Ore.; Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in Abington, Wayne
County, Ind., January
14, 1864.
Republican. Telegraph
operator; newspaper reporter; real
estate and insurance
business; coffee
planter;
U.S. Consular Agent in Matagalpa, 1899-1905; U.S. Consul in Cartagena, 1907-09; La Guaira, 1909-11; Barranquilla, 1911-16.
Congregationalist.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., December
17, 1942 (age 78 years, 337
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Richard Lewis Neuberger (1912-1960) —
also known as Richard L. Neuberger —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., December
26, 1912.
Democrat. Newspaper reporter; member of Oregon
state house of representatives, 1941-42; served in the U.S. Army
during World War II; member of Oregon
state senate 13th District, 1948-54; U.S.
Senator from Oregon, 1955-60; died in office 1960; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Oregon, 1956
(delegation chair).
Jewish.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Grange.
Died of a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., March 9,
1960 (age 47 years, 74
days).
Interment at Beth
Israel Cemetery, Portland, Ore.
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William Elmendorf Rothery (1851-1932) —
also known as William E. Rothery —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; San
Francisco, Calif.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.; Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March
25, 1851.
Newspaper editor and publisher; Consul
for Liberia in Philadelphia,
Pa., 1888-95; manufacturers'
agent; food broker.
German
ancestry.
Died, following a heart
attack, in St. Peter's Hospital,
Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., July 8,
1932 (age 81 years, 105
days).
Interment at Cataumet Cemetery, Bourne, Mass.
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Eugene Semple (1840-1908) —
of Oregon; Washington.
Born in Bogotá, Colombia
of American parents, June 12,
1840.
Democrat. Lawyer;
newspaper editor and publisher; Oregon
state printer, 1870-73; Governor
of Washington Territory, 1887-89; candidate for Governor of
Washington, 1889.
Died, of pneumonia,
in a rest
home at San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., August
28, 1908 (age 68 years, 77
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Wright
Crematory and Columbarium, Seattle, Wash.
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Norton Winfred Simon (1907-1993) —
also known as Norton Simon; Norton
Glickman —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., February
5, 1907.
Republican. President, Val Vita Food
Products, 1931-42; subsequently president and chairman of Hunt Foods;
director, Wheeling Steel
Corporation, Northern Pacific Railway,
and McCall's Publishing Co.; art collector; candidate for U.S.
Senator from California, 1970.
Jewish.
Died in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
County, Calif., June 1,
1993 (age 86 years, 116
days).
Burial location unknown.
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James Harvey Slater (1826-1899) —
of Corvallis, Benton
County, Ore.
Born near Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill., December
28, 1826.
Democrat. Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; lawyer;
newspaper publisher; member of Oregon
territorial House of Representatives, 1857-58; member of Oregon
state house of representatives, 1859; District Attorney 5th
District, 1868; U.S.
Representative from Oregon at-large, 1871-73; U.S.
Senator from Oregon, 1879-85.
Died in La Grande, Union
County, Ore., January
28, 1899 (age 72 years, 31
days).
Interment at Masonic
Cemetery, La Grande, Ore.
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Charles Arthur Sprague (1887-1969) —
also known as Charles A. Sprague —
of Salem, Marion
County, Ore.
Born in Lawrence, Douglas
County, Kan., November
12, 1887.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; Governor of
Oregon, 1939-43.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma
Delta Chi; Rotary.
Died in Salem, Marion
County, Ore., March
13, 1969 (age 81 years, 121
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Mount
Crest Abbey Mausoleum, Salem, Ore.
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Monroe Mark Sweetland Jr. (1910-2006) —
also known as Monroe M. Sweetland —
of Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y.; Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.; Milwaukie, Clackamas
County, Ore.; San Mateo, San Mateo
County, Calif.
Born in Salem, Marion
County, Ore., January
20, 1910.
Socialist candidate for New York
state senate 41st District, 1934; Socialist candidate for New York
state assembly from Tompkins County, 1935; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Oregon; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Oregon, 1940
(alternate), 1948
(alternate), 1952,
1956,
1964;
member of Oregon
state house of representatives, 1953-54; member of Oregon
state senate 11th District, 1955-62; defeated (Democratic), 1998;
Democratic candidate for secretary
of state of Oregon, 1956, 1960; newspaper publisher.
Died, from cancer,
in Milwaukie, Clackamas
County, Ore., September
10, 2006 (age 96 years, 233
days); body
donated to Oregon Health and Science University.
Cremated;
ashes interred at Idlewild
Cemetery, Hood River, Ore.
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Samuel Royal Thurston (1816-1851) —
of Oregon.
Born in Monmouth, Kennebec
County, Maine, April
15, 1816.
Lawyer;
newspaper editor; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Oregon Territory, 1849-51.
Died aboard
the steamer California, in the North
Pacific Ocean, April 9,
1851 (age 34 years, 359
days).
Original interment somewhere
in Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero; reinterment in 1853 at Pioneer
Cemetery, Salem, Ore.
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William Simon U'Ren (1859-1949) —
also known as W. S. U'Ren —
of Milwaukie, Clackamas
County, Ore.
Born in Lancaster, Grant
County, Wis., January
10, 1859.
Lawyer;
newspaper editor; member of Oregon
state house of representatives, 1897-98; Independent candidate
for Governor of
Oregon, 1914.
Cornish
ancestry.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., March 8,
1949 (age 90 years, 57
days).
Entombed at Wilhelm's Portland Memorial, Portland, Ore.; memorial monument
at Clackamas County Courthouse Grounds, Oregon City, Ore.
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John Newton Williamson (1855-1943) —
also known as John N. Williamson —
of Prineville, Crook
County, Ore.
Born near Junction City, Lane
County, Ore., November
8, 1855.
Republican. Rancher; Crook
County Sheriff, 1886-88; member of Oregon
state house of representatives, 1888-98; newspaper editor;
member of Oregon
state senate, 1900-02; U.S.
Representative from Oregon 2nd District, 1903-07; postmaster.
Died in Prineville, Crook
County, Ore., August
29, 1943 (age 87 years, 294
days).
Interment at Juniper
Haven Cemetery, Prineville, Ore.
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