Amory Holbrook

Amory Holbrook

Infobox Politician
name = Amory Holbrook


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office = Mayor of Oregon City
termstart = 1856
termend = 1859
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office2 = Member of the Oregon House of Representatives
constituency2 = Clackamas County
termstart2 = 1860
termend2 = 1861
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birthdate = August 15 1820
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deathdate = September 26 1866
deathplace = Oregon
party = Republican
spouse = Mary Hooper

Amory Holbrook (August 15 1820-September 26 1866) was an American attorney and politician in the Oregon Territory. He was the first United States Attorney for the territory and later served as mayor of Oregon City and in the Oregon Legislative Assembly.

Early years

Holbrook was born on August 15 1820, on the United States East Coast.Corning, Howard M. (1989) "Dictionary of Oregon History". Binfords & Mort Publishing. p. 116.] He attended Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine where he graduated in 1841. Following graduation he studied law under Rufus Choate and began practicing law. He married Mary Hooper, and they would have one son named Millard.

Oregon

In August 1848, the United States created the Oregon Territory out of territory gained with the settlement of the Oregon Question in 1846. Holbrook was appointed as the first United States Attorney for the territory by President Zachary Taylor, and arrived in Oregon in May 1850 with his family. [ [http://nwda-db.wsulibs.wsu.edu/print/ark:/80444/xv53027 Guide to the Amory Holbrook Papers, 1845-1861.] Washington State University Libraries. Retrieved on March 3 2008.] In June, he served as the prosecution in the trial of the Native Americans charged with carrying out the Whitman Massacre.Carey, Charles Henry. (1922). "History of Oregon". Pioneer Historical Publishing Co. p. 363.] The five members of the Cayuse were convicted and hung in Oregon City.

Holbrook was elected as mayor of Oregon City in 1856, serving until 1859. Oregon entered the Union in 1859 as the 33rd state. In 1860, he was a candidate for the United States Senate, but lost that year and a subsequent attempt for the position.Lansing, Ronald B. 2005. "Nimrod: Courts, Claims, and Killing on the Oregon Frontier". Pullman: Washington State University Press. p. 263.] That year he also served in the Oregon House of Representatives. [ [http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/legislative/histleg/statehood/1860reg.HTM Oregon Legislative Assembly (1st) 1860 Regular Session.] Oregon Secretary of State. Retrieved on March 3 2008.] Holbrook represented Clackamas County as a Republican.

He then started the Know Nothing Party in the state before serving as editor of The Oregonian from 1862 to 1864. Holbrook retired from politics after serving as editor and entered private legal practice. Amory Holbrook died at the age of 46 on September 26 1866.

References

External links

* [http://www.thelincolnlog.org/view/1860/8/27 The Lincoln Log]
* [http://www.sos.state.or.us/archives/50th/whitman/whitmanindictment.html The Whitman Massacre Trial]


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