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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—OregonJohn Rogers McBRIDE
(1832-1904)
McBRIDE, John Rogers,
(brother of George Wycliffe McBride), a Representative from Oregon;
born near St. Louis, in Franklin County, Mo., August 22, 1832;
attended the country schools in Missouri and Oregon; moved to
Oregon in 1851 with his parents, who settled near Lafayette, in
Yamhill County; superintendent of schools in 1854; studied law; was
admitted to the bar in 1855 and commenced practice in Lafayette;
delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1857; member of
the State senate 1860-1862; elected as a Republican to the
Thirty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1863-March 3, 1865); unsuccessful
candidate for renomination in 1864; appointed by President Lincoln
in 1865 to be chief justice of Idaho Territory; appointed by
President Grant in 1869 to be superintendent of the United States
assay office at Boise, Idaho; practiced law in Boise, Idaho, and
Salt Lake City, Utah; moved to Spokane, Wash., and continued the
practice of his profession; member of the Republican National
Committee 1880-1892; died in Spokane, Wash., July 20, 1904;
interment in Germany Hill Cemetery, St. Helens, Oreg.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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