W. W. Thayer
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William Wallace Thayer, was an American Democratic politician active in U.S. states of Idaho and Oregon. Most notably, he served as the sixth governor of Oregon from 1878 to 1882 and Chief Justice of
Portrait of Thayer, 1919
Cornelius C. Beekman
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Cornelius C. Beekman was a Wells-Fargo Express agent and banker in Jacksonville, Oregon, United States. He is the namesake of the Cornelius C. Beekman House and the Beekman Native Plant Arboretum.
W. W. Thayer
…his assistance in the Watts Case, the Oregon State Democratic Party nominated Thayer for governor in 1878. Thayer would win narrowly over Republican Cornelius C. Beekman, by a margin of 59 votes. Thayer's time in office is remembered as a fiscally conservative, anti-corruption administration, which sought to make the…
Cornelius Beekman around the turn of the 20th century