Reuben P. Boise
| Reuben Patrick Boise | |
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| 9th Associate Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court | |
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In office 1858 – 1870 1876 – 1880 |
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| Appointed by | James Buchanan |
| Preceded by |
Cyrus Olney Benjamin F. Bonham |
| Succeeded by |
William Paine Lord Benjamin F. Bonham |
| 5th Chief Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court | |
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In office 1864 – 1866 1870 – 1872 1876 – 1878 |
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| Preceded by | Aaron E. Wait |
| Succeeded by | Paine Page Prim |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
June 9, 1819 Blandford, Massachusetts |
| Died | April 10, 1907 (aged 87) Salem, Oregon |
| Spouse(s) | Ellen Frances Lyon Emily A. Pratt |
Reuben Patrick Boise (June 9, 1819 – April 10, 1907) was an American attorney, judge and politician in the Oregon Territory and the early years of the state of Oregon. A native of Massachusetts, he immigrated to Oregon in 1850, where he would twice serve on the Oregon Supreme Court for a total of 16 years, with three stints as chief justice. Early in his legal career, he worked as a district attorney.
Boise was a member of the Oregon Constitutional Convention in 1857, served in the Territorial Legislature, and helped to codify the laws of the Oregon Territory. He also served as a circuit court judge, and was a trustee at several colleges. Educated at Williams College, he was twice married to women from Massachusetts, and had a total of five children.
Reuben Boise was born in Blandford, Massachusetts, on June 9, 1819, to Reuben Boise and Sally Putnam Boise. He attended Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, graduating with honors in 1843 with a Bachelor of Arts degree. Upon graduation, he moved to Missouri, where he taught school for two years before returning to Massachusetts. When Boise returned, he studied law under his uncle for three years, passing the bar in 1847. He practiced law for a few years in Chickopee Falls, Massachusetts.
In 1850, Boise decided to move to the Oregon Territory. To get there, he traveled by ship to Panama and crossed the Isthmus of Panama to the Pacific Ocean. He took another ship, arriving in Astoria, Oregon, at the mouth of the Columbia River later that year. In the spring of 1851, he moved upriver to Portland and set up a law practice. In Portland, he served on the first school board. In 1851, Boise married Ellen Francis Lyon of Boston while in San Francisco, California. Boise had become engaged to her in Massachusetts, with her and her family sailing around Cape Horn to attend the wedding. Reuben and Ellen had three sons – Reuben P. Boise, Jr., Whitney L., and Fisher A. – before Ellen died in 1865.
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