| LC control no. | no 94012141 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Dolph, Joseph N. (Joseph Norton), 1835-1897 |
| Variant(s) | Dolph, J. N. (Joseph Norton), 1835-1897 Dolph, Mr. (Joseph Norton), 1835-1897 Dolph, Joseph Norton, 1835-1897 |
| Birth date | 1835-10-19 |
| Death date | 1897-03-10 |
| Place of birth | Tompkins County (N.Y.) |
| Place of death | Portland (Or.) |
| Affiliation | Oregon. Legislative Assembly. Senate Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) United States. Congress. Senate |
| Profession or occupation | Teachers Lawyers Public prosecutors Legislators |
| Found in | In the Senate of the United States, 1884?: p. 1 (Mr. Dolph, from the Committee on Claims) Members of Cong. since 1789, 1977 (Dolph, Joseph Norton, R. Ore., Oct. 19, 1835-Mar. 10, 1897; Senate 1883-95) MoSU-L/Nat. Am. files (usage: Joseph N. Dolph; J.N. Dolph) Biographical directory of the United States Congress website, viewed January 19, 2018 (Dolph, Joseph Norton, (uncle of Frederick William Mulkey), a Senator from Oregon; born in Dolphsburg, Tompkins (now Schuyler) County, N.Y., October 19, 1835; attended the common schools and the Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, Lima, N.Y.; taught school and studied law; admitted to the bar in Binghamton, N.Y., in 1861 and commenced practice in Schuyler County, N.Y.; in 1862 enlisted in the 'Oregon Escort,' a company raised under an act of Congress for the purpose of protecting emigrants crossing the Plains to the Pacific coast against hostile Indians; settled in Portland, Oreg., in 1862; city attorney 1864-1865; United States district attorney 1865-1868; member, State senate 1866, 1868, 1872, 1874; engaged in various enterprises; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1882; reelected in 1888 and served from March 4, 1883, to March 3, 1895; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1894; chairman, Committee on Coast Defenses (Forty-ninth through Fifty-second Congresses), Committee on Public Lands (Fifty-second Congress); resumed the practice of law in Portland, Oreg., where he died on March 10, 1897; interment in Riverview Cemetery) |
| Associated language | eng |
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