La Fayette Grover
| La Fayette Grover | |
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| 4th Governor of Oregon | |
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In office September 14, 1870 – February 1, 1877 |
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| Preceded by | George L. Woods |
| Succeeded by | Stephen F. Chadwick |
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United States Senator from Oregon |
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In office March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1883 |
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| Preceded by | James K. Kelly |
| Succeeded by | Joseph N. Dolph |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Oregon's At-large district |
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In office February 14, 1859 – March 3, 1859 |
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| Preceded by | None (Position created) |
| Succeeded by | Lansing Stout |
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November 29, 1823 Bethel, Maine |
| Died | May 10, 1911 (aged 87) Portland, Oregon |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Elizabeth Carter |
| Profession | Lawyer |
La Fayette Grover (November 29, 1823 – May 10, 1911) was a Democratic politician and lawyer from the U.S. state of Oregon. He was the fourth Governor of Oregon, represented Oregon in the United States House of Representatives, and served one term in the United States Senate.
Grover was born in Bethel, Maine, and was educated at Bethel's Gould Academy and Brunswick's Bowdoin College. He studied law and earned entry into the bar association in Philadelphia in 1850. He moved to Oregon in 1851 and began his law practice in Salem.
The Oregon Territorial legislature elected him prosecuting attorney for Oregon's second judicial district and auditor of public accounts for the Oregon Territory. From 1853 to 1855, he was a member of the Territorial House of Representatives. In 1854, he was appointed by the United States Department of the Interior to audit the claims from the Rogue River Indian War. He was appointed by the Secretary of War in 1856 to a board of commissioners to audit the Indian war expenses of Oregon and Washington.
In 1857, he was a delegate to the Oregon Constitutional Convention, representing Marion County. When Oregon gained statehood, he was elected to the 35th United States Congress as Oregon's member of the House of Representatives, serving from February 15, 1859, to March 4, 1859. He did not run for reelection in 1858, and resumed his law practice and the manufacture of woolens.
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