27 Sep 2019 Dan Little Dan Little became the first gentleman of Oregon when his wife, Governor Kate Brown, was sworn into office on February 18, 2015. A native of Boulder, Colorado, he graduated from Colorado… wpengine
04 Nov 2018 John Whiteaker JOHN WHITEAKER was born in Dearborn County, Indiana. Self-educated, he volunteered for military service during the war with Mexico, although his company was not called to duty. He worked as… National Governors Association
04 Nov 2018 Addison C. Gibbs ADDISON C. GIBBS was born in East Otto, New York. He studied at the State Normal School (teacher education school) in Albany and taught school while studying law. He went… National Governors Association
04 Nov 2018 George Lemuel Woods GEORGE LEMUEL WOODS was born in Boone County, Missouri and moved with his family to Oregon in 1847, later mining for gold in both Oregon and California. He studied law… National Governors Association
04 Nov 2018 Lafayette Grover LAFAYETTE GROVER was born in Bethel, Maine and attended Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine. He went on to study law in Philadelphia and was admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar in… National Governors Association
04 Nov 2018 Stephen Fowler Chadwick STEPHEN FOWLER CHADWICK was born in Middletown, Connecticut, where he received his elementary education. He studied law in New York and after being admitted to the Bar set off for… National Governors Association
04 Nov 2018 William Wallace Thayer Born near Lima, New York, WILLIAM WALLACE THAYER studied law privately and began practicing law with one of his brothers in Buffalo. He moved to Oregon in 1862 to practice… National Governors Association
04 Nov 2018 Zenas Perry Moody ZENAS PERRY MOODY was born in Granby, Massachusetts and educated there and in Chicopee, Massachusetts. In his late teens he set sail from New York through Panama to Oregon, where… National Governors Association
04 Nov 2018 Sylvester Pennoyer SYLVESTER PENNOYER was born in Groton, New York and educated at Harvard University Law School. In 1855 he moved to Oregon, where he began teaching, and he soon rose to… National Governors Association
04 Nov 2018 William Paine Lord WILLIAM PAINE LORD was born in Dover, Delaware. After graduating from Fairfield College in New York, he began the study of law, but his studies were interrupted by the outbreak… National Governors Association
04 Nov 2018 Theodore T. Geer THEODORE T. GEER was born near Salem, Oregon. After attending public schools in Silverton and Salem, he studied at the Oregon Institute (a lower division of Willamette University) in Salem.… National Governors Association
