Secretary of the Oregon Territory

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government position territorial executive office

The Secretary of the Oregon Territory was a key U.S. territorial official responsible for maintaining government records, handling official correspondence, and often serving as acting governor in the mid-19th century Pacific Northwest territory.

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Label	Occurrences
Secretary of the Oregon Territory canonical	1

Statements (40)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	government position ⓘ territorial executive office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Oregon Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ
appliesToPeriod	1848–1859 ⓘ mid-19th century ⓘ
appointedBy	President of the United States ⓘ
appointmentRequires	advice and consent of the United States Senate ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
firstOfficeHolder	Kintzing Prichette NERFINISHED ⓘ
governs	administrative record-keeping of the Oregon Territory ⓘ
hasDuty	affix the territorial seal to official documents ⓘ handle official correspondence of the territory ⓘ maintain official territorial records ⓘ prepare and transmit official reports to federal authorities ⓘ preserve laws and proceedings of the territorial government ⓘ record acts and resolutions of the territorial legislature ⓘ
hasPower	act as governor in the absence of the territorial governor ⓘ serve as acting governor upon vacancy in the office of governor until replacement ⓘ
hierarchicalPosition	second-ranking executive officer of the Oregon Territory ⓘ
historicalRegion	Pacific Northwest NERFINISHED ⓘ
jurisdictionIncludes	areas that later became the U.S. state of Oregon ⓘ parts of what later became Washington, Idaho, and Wyoming ⓘ
legalStatus	federal territorial office ⓘ
locatedInTime	antebellum United States period ⓘ
notableOfficeHolder	Kintzing Prichette NERFINISHED ⓘ
officeAbolishedWhen	Oregon achieved statehood in 1859 NERFINISHED ⓘ
officeCreatedUnder	Oregon Territorial Act of 1848 NERFINISHED ⓘ
officeEstablishedBy	United States Congress NERFINISHED ⓘ
officeLocation	Oregon City NERFINISHED ⓘ Salem, Oregon Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Government of the Oregon Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeldIn	Oregon Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo	Governor of the Oregon Territory ⓘ Oregon Territorial Legislature NERFINISHED ⓘ
replacedBy	Oregon Secretary of State NERFINISHED ⓘ
reportsTo	Governor of the Oregon Territory ⓘ United States Secretary of State ⓘ
responsibleFor	official journals of the territorial legislature ⓘ territorial archives ⓘ territorial seal ⓘ

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Edward Hamilton → positionHeld → Secretary of the Oregon Territory ⓘ

subject surface form: Edward D. Hamilton