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 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf governor
human
politician
associatedWith Oregon Democratic Party
birthDate 1820-05-04
birthPlace Dearborn County, Indiana
surface form: 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
surface form: Eugene, Oregon, United States
electedTo United States House of Representatives
surface form: 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
surface form: Oregon Territory
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
surface form: Eugene, Oregon, United States
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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Description of subject: 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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Governor of Oregon firstHolder John Whiteaker
Oregon territorial period hasGovernor John Whiteaker