John Whiteaker

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John Whiteaker was an American politician who became the first governor of the U.S. state of Oregon after it achieved statehood.

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John Whiteaker canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf governor ⓘ
human ⓘ
politician ⓘ
associatedWith Oregon Democratic Party ⓘ
birthDate 1820-05-04 ⓘ
birthPlace Dearborn County, Indiana, United States ⓘ
burialPlace Pioneer Cemetery, Eugene, Oregon, United States ⓘ
congressionalTermEnd 1881-03-03 ⓘ
congressionalTermStart 1879-03-04 ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1902-10-02 ⓘ
deathPlace Eugene, Oregon, United States ⓘ
linked to: Eugene, Oregon
electedTo United States House of Representatives from Oregon's at-large district ⓘ
election Oregon gubernatorial election, 1858 ⓘ
ethnicGroup European American ⓘ
familyName Whiteaker ⓘ
givenName John ⓘ
governedTerritory Oregon ⓘ
knownFor strongly Democratic and pro-Southern views during the American Civil War era ⓘ
legislativeBody Oregon House of Representatives ⓘ
livedDuring 19th century ⓘ
militaryService United States Army ⓘ
movedTo Oregon Territory ⓘ
linked to: Oregon
nickname Honest John ⓘ
notableEvent oversaw early years of Oregon state government after statehood in 1859 ⓘ
notableFor being the first governor of Oregon after statehood ⓘ
numberOfChildren 5 ⓘ
occupation politician ⓘ
orderInOffice 1st Governor of Oregon ⓘ
partyAffiliation Democratic Party ⓘ
positionHeld Governor of Oregon ⓘ
Member of the Oregon House of Representatives ⓘ
Member of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives ⓘ
precededBy Territorial Governor George L. Curry ⓘ
precededByInCongress Richard Williams ⓘ
religion Baptist ⓘ
residence Eugene, Oregon, United States ⓘ
linked to: Eugene, Oregon
servedAs Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives in 1868 ⓘ
servedIn Mexican–American War ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Nancy Whiteaker ⓘ
succeededBy Addison C. Gibbs NERFINISHED ⓘ
succeededByInCongress Melvin Clark George ⓘ
termEnd 1862-09-10 ⓘ
termStart 1859-03-03 ⓘ
yearMovedToOregon 1852 ⓘ

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Governor of Oregon → firstHolder → John Whiteaker ⓘ
Oregon territorial period → hasGovernor → John Whiteaker ⓘ
Whiteaker → hasNotableBearer → John Whiteaker ⓘ
Honest John → refersTo → John Whiteaker ⓘ
Nancy Whiteaker → spouse → John Whiteaker ⓘ