Reuben P. Boise

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Reuben Patrick Boise
5th Chief Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court
In office
1864-1866, 1870-1872 – 1876-1878
Preceded by Aaron E. Wait
Succeeded by Paine Page Prim
9th Associate Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court
In office
1858-1870 – 1876-1880
Appointed by James Buchanan
Preceded by Cyrus Olney
Succeeded by William Paine Lord
Born June 6, 1819
Blandford, Massachusetts
Died April 10, 1907
Oregon

Reuben Patrick Boise (June 6, 1819 - April 10, 1907) was a judge and politician in the Oregon Territory and the early days of the state of Oregon.

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[edit] Early life

Reuben Boise was born in Blandford, Massachusetts, on June 6, 1819.[1] In Massachusetts Boise attended Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts.[1] There he graduated in 1843 with honors.[1] Upon graduation he moved to Missouri where he taught for two years before returning to his native Massachusetts.[1] When Boise returned, he studied law under his uncle for three years.[1] After this he was admitted to the state bar and practiced law for a few years in Chickopee Falls, Massachusetts.[1]

[edit] Oregon

In 1850 Reuben Boise decided to move to the Oregon Territory.[1] To get there he traveled by ship to Panama and crossed the Isthmus of Panama to the Pacific Ocean.[1] There he took another ship and arrived in Astoria, Oregon in 1850.[1] Then in the spring of 1851 he moved to Portland, Oregon and set up a law practice.[1] Also in 1851 Boise married Ellen F. Lyon of Boston.[1] The next year he purchased some land in Polk County, Oregon and renamed the community there Ellendale after his wife.[2] In 1857 the Boise family moved to Salem, Oregon.[1]

By his first wife Ellen Lyon, Reuben fathered three sons, Reuben P. Boise, Jr., Whitney L., and Fisher A. before Ellen died in 1865.[1] In 1867 Boise re-married to Miss Emily Pratt who hailed from Webster, Massachusetts.[1] The couple had two children Ellen S. and Marie E. Boise.[1]

[edit] Politics

In 1853 the Territorial Legislature selected Boise as prosecuting attorney for Districts 1 and 2.[1] He was selected again the following year and served a total of four years in that capacity.[1] These two districts covered most of the Willamette Valley.[1] Also in 1853, he was selected to help codify Oregon’s laws along with James K. Kelly and D.R. Bigelow.[1] Then in 1857 Reuben Boise was a Democratic delegate to the Oregon Constitutional Convention from Polk County.[1] While serving at the Constitutional Convention, Boise also served on the Legislation Committee.[1]

[edit] Judicial career

In 1858 Boise was appointed to the Territorial Supreme Court by President James Buchanan to replace Cyrus Olney.[3] He was then elected to the Oregon Supreme Court in 1859 after Oregon became a state February 14, 1859.[3] Justice Boise served until 1870 winning re-election in 1864.[3] When that term was over Boise left the court, only to return by winning election in 1876.[3] That term then expired in 1878, at which point he was appointed by Governor Stephen F. Chadwick, with his term ending in 1880.[3] During his time with the court he served as Chief Justice three times: 1864-1866, 1870-1872, and 1876-1878.[3]

[edit] Other

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w Hines, H.K. (1893). An Illustrated History of the State of Oregon. The Lewis Publishing Co.: Chicago. 
  2. ^ McArthur, Lewis A.; Lewis L. McArthur [1928] (2003). Oregon Geographic Names, Seventh Edition, Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press, 327. ISBN 0-87595-277-1. 
  3. ^ a b c d e f Oregon Supreme Court Justices. Oregon Blue Book. Oregon Secretary of State. Retrieved on December 21, 2006.


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