Lansing Stout

Lansing Stout ( born March 27, 1828 in Watertown, Jefferson County, New York, † March 4, 1871 in Portland, Oregon ) was an American politician. Between 1859 and 1861 he represented the state of Oregon in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Early years and career

Lansing Stout attended the public schools of his home. After a subsequent study of law and qualifying as a lawyer, he moved in 1851 to California. There he settled in Placer County practiced as a lawyer. Stout was a member of the Democratic Party. In 1855 he was a member of the House of Representatives from California. 1857 Stout moved to Portland in Oregon Territory. There he worked as a lawyer. However, he led, together with William H. Farrar a community practice. In 1858 Stout was also district judge in Multnomah County.

Congressman

In the congressional elections of 1858 Stout was chosen for the new state of Oregon in the U.S. House of Representatives. He was able to complete a term in Congress between 4 March 1859 and 3 March 1861. He was the only deputy for Oregon: first from 1893 to the State a second seat was granted. In Congress he was a member of the Committee to monitor the expenditure of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and to monitor the activities of the rebellious southern states, which emerge a little later from the Union and the Confederate States should form. For the elections of 1860 Stout was not nominated after a dispute within his party.

After his time in Congress Stout again worked as a lawyer in Portland. In 1868 he was elected to the Senate from Oregon, where he remained until his death in 1871. Lansing Stout was married since 1861 with Susan Plowden, with whom he had two sons.