| LC control no. | no 94008160 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Slater, Jas. H. (James Harvey), 1826-1899 |
| Variant(s) | Slater, Mr. (James Harvey), 1826-1899 Slater, James Harvey, 1826-1899 |
| Birth date | 1826-12-28 |
| Death date | 1899-01-28 |
| Place of birth | Sangamon County (Ill.) |
| Place of death | La Grande (Or.) |
| Affiliation | United States. Congress. House United States. Congress. Senate Democratic Party (U.S.) |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators Lawyers |
| Found in | In the Senate of the United States, 1882?: p. 1 (Mr. Slater, from the Committee on Indian Affairs) MoSU-L/Nat. Am. files (usage: Jas. H. Slater) Members of Cong. since 1789, 1977 (Slater, James Harvey, D. Ore., Dec. 28, 1826-Jan. 28, 1899; House 1871-73; Senate 1879-85) Biographical directory of the United States Congress website, viewed September 17, 2019 (Slater, James Harvey, a Representative and a Senator from Oregon; born near Springfield, Sangamon County, Ill., December 28, 1826; attended the common schools; moved to California in 1849; settled in Corvallis, Oreg., in 1850; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1854; clerk of the district court of the Territory of Oregon for Benton County 1853-1856; member, Territorial assembly 1857-1858; member, State house of representatives 1859; published the Oregon Weekly Union at Corvallis 1859-1861; district attorney for the fifth judicial district of Oregon in 1868; presidential elector on the Democratic ticket in 1868; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-second Congress (March 4, 1871-March 3, 1873); elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1879, to March 3, 1885; resumed the practice of law in La Grande, Oreg.; member of the State railroad commission 1889-1891; died in La Grande, Oreg., January 28, 1899; interment in Masonic Cemetery) |
| Associated language | eng |
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