Kelly, James K. 1819-1903.
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Born on February 16, 1819 in Center County, Pennsylvania, James Kerr Kelly sailed to Oregon and settled in Oregon City in 1851. A lawyer, Kelly was very involved in Oregon politics, serving in the Council of the Oregon Territorial Legislature (1853-57), in Oregon's constitutional convention (1857), as a state senator (1860-64), U.S. Senator (1871-77), and chief justice of Oregon's Supreme Court (1878-80). He was a captain and lieutenant-colonel for Company C of the Oregon Volunteers in the Yakima War (1855-56). Kelly married Mary Millar in 1863. He died in Washington D.C. on September 15, 1903.
From the description of Papers, 1855-1861. (Oregon Historical Society Research Library). WorldCat record id: 35991973
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Subjects:
- Pacific Coast Indians, Wars with, 1847-1865
- Soldiers
- Yakama Indians
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- Oregon (as recorded)
