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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—OregonGeorge Augustus LA DOW
(1826-1875)
LA DOW, George Augustus, a
Representative from Oregon; born near Syracuse, Cayuga County,
N.Y., March 18, 1826; moved to McHenry County, Ill.; attended the
common schools; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1850 and
commenced practice in Waupaca, Wis.; district attorney of Waupaca
County 1860-1862; moved to Minnesota in 1862 and settled in Wilton,
Waseca (now Beltrami) County, and continued the practice of law;
member of the Minnesota house of representatives in 1868 and 1869;
moved to Oregon in 1869, settled in Pendleton, and again engaged in
the practice of law; member of the Oregon house of representatives
1872-1874; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fourth Congress and
served from March 4, 1875, until his death in Pendleton, Oreg., May
1, 1875, prior to the convening of Congress and without having
qualified; interment in Pioneer Park Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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