James K. Kelly

James Kerr Kelly ( born February 16, 1819 Centre County, Pennsylvania, † September 15, 1903 in Washington DC) was an American lawyer and politician (Democratic Party), who represented the state of Oregon in the U.S. Senate.

Early years

After attending the public schools and private schools in Milton and Lewisburg put James Kelly trained at the College of New Jersey, later Princeton University, continued. There he graduated in 1839, after which he studied law in Carlisle and in 1842 received permission to practice law in Pennsylvania.

Kelly initially operated a law firm in Lewistown, before he became deputy prosecutor in Mifflin County. In 1849 he decided to start in the gold rush to a move to California; Finally, two years later he settled in Oregon Territory. In addition to his work as a lawyer in Portland, he was part of a three-member board, which was selected to reform the legislation of the territory.

Policy

His first political mandate Kelly took over in 1853 as a deputy in the Territorial Parliament, where he remained until 1857. Twice he was elected president of the chamber. After that he took part in the Constitutional Convention, which was to prepare the planned for 1859 recording of Oregon into the Union. Once this step was complete, Kelly moved into the Senate of the new state. His tenure ended there in 1864; while trying to get elected this year to the House of Representatives of the United States, he was denied by the Republicans James Henderson.

1866 was followed by an unsuccessful candidacy for governor of Oregon. Four years later, Kelly was elected as a Democratic candidate in the U.S. Senate, where he completed a full term of office of 4 March 1871 to 3 March 1877. To the re-election he not applied.

Further CV

From 1878 to 1880 was James Kelly Chairman ( Chief Justice ) of the Supreme Court of Oregon. In this post he was appointed by Governor WW Thayer. Following a restructuring of the judicial system of Oregon judges have been chosen from 1880, where Kelly was denied confirmation. As a result, he again worked as a lawyer in Portland. He returned to Washington, D.C., 1890 back and went there until his death in 1903, his legal work, after.

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