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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—OregonAndrew Jackson THAYER
(1818-1873)
THAYER, Andrew Jackson, a
Representative from Oregon; born in Lima, Livingston County, N.Y.,
November 27, 1818; attended the common schools; studied law; was
admitted to the bar in 1849 and commenced practice in Lima; crossed
the continent in 1853 and settled on a farm near Corvallis, Benton
County, Oreg.; resumed the practice of law and also engaged in
agricultural pursuits; appointed by President Buchanan United
States attorney for the district of Oregon on March 2, 1859, and
resigned after six months’ service, having become a candidate
for Congress; presented credentials as a Democratic Member-elect to
the Thirty-seventh Congress and served from March 4 to July 30,
1861, when he was succeeded by George K. Shiel, who contested his
election; district attorney for the second district of Oregon
1862-1864; served as circuit judge of the second judicial district
of Oregon from 1870 until his death in Corvallis, Oreg., April 28,
1873; interment in Crystal Lake Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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