John Rogers McBride (August 22, 1832 – July 20, 1904) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a Republican

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from

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from 1863 to 1865.

Early life

McBride was born near

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in 1832, the son of James McBride. In 1851, he moved with his family to

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, where he became the superintendent of schools at the age of 22. He studied law and after being admitted to the bar in 1855, he began a law practice in Lafayette.

Oregon politics

In 1857, he served in the

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representing Yamhill County. In 1860, he was elected to the

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, and to the

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as a Republican in 1862. He served one term, and after unsuccessfully seeking the Republican party's nomination for a second term in 1864, he was nominated as Chief Justice of

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on January 28, 1864. He was confirmed by the senate on February 14, 1865, and resigned on April 23, 1868.

Grant administration

In 1869, President Grant named him superintendent of the United States assay office in

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. He was a member of

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from the Idaho Territory in 1872, and a member of Republican National Committee from Washington from 1880 to 1892.

Later career and death

He practiced law in Boise and in

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before moving his practice to

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, where he died in 1904. He was interred at Germany Hill Cemetery in St. Helens, Oregon.

Family

McBride's youngest brother,

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, served as a

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from Oregon. His other younger brother Thomas A. McBride was the chief justice of the

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three times.Corning, Howard M. Dictionary of Oregon History. Binfords & Mort Publishing, 1956.

References

External links

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Biographical Sketch of John McBride
at ''Crafting the Oregon Constitution'',

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