Columbia Lancaster
| Columbia Lancaster | |
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| 6th Judge of the Provisional Government of Oregon | |
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In office 1847–1849 |
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| Appointed by | George Abernethy |
| Preceded by | J. Quinn Thornton |
| Succeeded by | Government dissolved |
| Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from Washington Territory's at-large district | |
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In office April 12, 1854 – March 3, 1855 |
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| Preceded by | position created |
| Succeeded by | James Patton Anderson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 26, 1803 New Milford, Connecticut |
| Died | September 15, 1893 (aged 90) Vancouver, Washington |
Columbia Lancaster (August 26, 1803 – September 15, 1893) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the first Delegate from the Territory of Washington to the United States House of Representatives.
Columbia Lancaster was born in New Milford, Connecticut, on August 26, 1803. Lancaster moved with his family to Canfield, Ohio, in 1817. There he attended the common schools before he moved to Detroit, Michigan Territory, in 1824. In Michigan he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1830 and commenced practice in Centreville, Michigan.
He was appointed prosecuting attorney of Michigan Territory by Governor Lewis Cass. He served as member of the Michigan Territorial Legislature in 1837. He settled in the Willamette Valley, in Oregon Country, in 1847. He served as supreme judge of the Provisional Government of Oregon from 1847 to the end of that government in 1849. He took up his residence near the mouth of the Lewis River, Oregon Territory (present-day State of Washington). He was an unsuccessful candidate for Delegate to the Thirty-first Congress from Oregon before the separation of the Territories of Washington and Oregon.
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