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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—OregonLansing STOUT
(1828-1871)
STOUT, Lansing, a
Representative from Oregon; born in Watertown, Jefferson County,
N.Y., March 27, 1828; attended the public schools; studied law; was
admitted to the bar; moved to Placer County, Calif., in 1852 and
commenced the practice of law; member of the California assembly in
1855; moved to Portland, Oreg., in 1857 and continued the practice
of his profession; judge of the Multnomah County Court in 1858; was
elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-sixth Congress (March 4,
1859-March 3, 1861); was not a candidate for renomination in 1860;
resumed the practice of his profession in Portland; elected to the
Oregon senate in June 1868 and served until his death in Portland,
Multnomah County, Oreg., March 4, 1871; interment in Riverview
Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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