Rufus Mallory

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Rufus Mallory
Rufus Mallory
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Oregon's At-large district
In office
March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1869
Preceded by James H. D. Henderson
Succeeded by Joseph S. Smith
In office
1872 – 1873
Preceded by Benjamin Hayden
Succeeded by John C. Drain
Constituency Marion County
Born January 10, 1831
Coventry, New York
Died April 30, 1914
Portland, Oregon
Political party Republican
Spouse Lucy A. Rose

Rufus Mallory (January 10, 1831 - April 30, 1914) was a Representative from the U.S. state of Oregon.

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[edit] Early life

Born in Coventry, New York, Mallory attended the common schools and Alfred University in New York.[1] He moved to New London, Iowa, where he taught school from 1855 to 1858.[1]

[edit] Oregon

In 1858, he moved to Roseburg, Oregon and continued teaching.[1] He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1860, and opened a law practice in Salem.[1] That same year, he married Lucy A. Rose, the daughter of Roseburg founder Aaron Rose.[2] He served as district attorney of Oregon's first judicial district in 1860 and of the third district from 1862 to 1866.[1]

Mallory served one term in the Oregon House of Representatives from 1862 to 1864.[3] After leaving office, he was a prosecutor in Salem, where he gained fame for securing the conviction of George Beale and George Baker for the murder of farmer Daniel Delaney in one of Oregon's first sensational trials.[4][5] The convicted men were hanged in front of thousands of onlookers in downtown Salem on May 17, 1865.[4][6]

[edit] U.S. Congress

A year later, Mallory's fame led him to win election as Oregon's representative in the United States House of Representatives. His term in Congress coincided with the impeachment of Andrew Johnson. Mallory, a Republican, voted against the first failed attempt at impeachment in the fall of 1867, but in the second attempt in February 1868, gave an impassioned speech on the House floor, and voted with his party to impeach the President.[7] He would serve one term as a from March 4, 1867 to March 3, 1869, and did not seek re-election in 1868.[1]

[edit] After Congress

After serving in Congress, Mallory resumed his Salem law practice. In 1872, he was again elected to the Oregon House of Representatives, and served as speaker of the house.[8] After one two-year term, he was appointed as United States district attorney in 1874 and served until 1882.[1] He was then appointed as a special agent of the Treasury Department in Singapore, British Malaya, and after completing the necessary business, continued around the world in 78 days to Portland, where he resumed his law practice.[1][2] In 1890, he became one of the founding members of the Oregon Bar Association.[9]

[edit] Legacy

Mallory died in Portland on April 30, 1914, and his cremated remains are located in the vaults of the Portland Cremation Association.[1] The Hotel Mallory in Portland, built in 1912, was commissioned by Mallory.[10] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2006,[11] renovated, and renamed the Hotel deLuxe that same year.[12]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. U.S. Government Printing Office. Retrieved on 2007-06-04.
  2. ^ a b (1889) History of the Pacific Northwest, Oregon and Washington 1889, Volume II, p. 438. Retrieved on 2007-01-11. 
  3. ^ Oregon Legislative Assembly (2nd) 1862 Regular Session. Oregon State Archives. Retrieved on 2007-06-07.
  4. ^ a b Geer, T. T. (1912). Fifty Years in Oregon: Experiences, Observations, and Commentaries Upon Men, Measures, and Customs in Pioneer Days and Later Times. The Neale Publishing Company, pp. 121-125. 
  5. ^ The Hanging of Uncle George. Retrieved on 2007-06-20.
  6. ^ Salem (Oregon) Online History: Criminals. Salem Public Library. Retrieved on 2007-06-20.
  7. ^ "Speech of Hon. Rufus Mallory of Oregon" (February 24, 1868). Congressional Globe, House of Representatives: 40th Congress, 2nd Session, pp. 225–227. 
  8. ^ Oregon Legislative Assembly (8th) 1874 Regular Session. Oregon State Archives. Retrieved on 2007-06-07.
  9. ^ Dodds, Gordon B.; Cathy Croghan Alzne. Assessing a legacy: A bar is born. Oregon State Bar. Retrieved on 2007-06-20.
  10. ^ Culverwell, Wendy. "Portland landmark Mallory Hotel sold", August 3, 2004. Retrieved on 2007-06-20. 
  11. ^ National Park Service (June 2, 2006). "Weekly List of Action Taken on Properties 5/22/06 through 5/26/06". Press release. Retrieved on 2007-06-07.
  12. ^ Culverwell, Wendy. "Mallory hotel reborn with old-style glamour", April 28, 2006. Retrieved on 2007-06-07. 

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Preceded by
James H. D. Henderson		 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Oregon's At-large congressional district
March 4, 1867–March 3, 1869		 Succeeded by
Joseph S. Smith