Columbia Lancaster
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| Columbia Lancaster | |
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6th Judge of the Provisional Government of Oregon
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| In office 1847 – 1849 |
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| Appointed by | George Abernethy |
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| Preceded by | J. Quinn Thornton |
| Succeeded by | Government dissolved |
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| Born | August 26, 1803 New Milford, Connecticut |
| Died | September 15, 1893 Vancouver, Washington |
Columbia Lancaster (August 26, 1803 - September 15, 1893) was a Delegate from the Territory of Washington.
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[edit] Early life
Born in New Milford, Connecticut, Lancaster moved with his family to Canfield, Ohio, in 1817. There he attended the common schools before he moved to Detroit, Michigan, in 1824. In Michigan he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1830 and commenced practice in Centerville, Michigan.
[edit] Politics
He was appointed prosecuting attorney of Michigan Territory by Governor Cass. He served as member of the Territorial legislature in 1837. He settled in the Willamette Valley, Oreg., in 1847. He served as supreme judge of the Provisional Government of Oregon from 1847 to the end of that government in 1849.[1] He took up his residence near the mouth of the Lewis River, Oreg. (now State of Washington). He was an unsuccessful candidate for Delegate to the Thirty-first Congress from Oregon before the separation of the Territories of Washington and Oregon.
He served as member of the Territorial council of Oregon 1850-1852. When the Territory of Washington was admitted to representation, he was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-third Congress and served from April 12, 1854, until March 3, 1855. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination.
[edit] Later life
He was regent of the University of Washington in Seattle in 1862. He was also connected with the Puget Sound & Columbia River Railroad project in 1862. He died in Vancouver, Washington, September 15, 1893, and was interred in the City Cemetery.
