Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 24. Chapters: Reuben P. Boise, George Henry Williams, John B. Waldo, Paul De Muniz, William P. Bryant, Arno H. Denecke, Wallace P. Carson, Jr., William Paine Lord, James T. Brand, W. W. Thayer, William M. McAllister, Berkeley Lent, Hall S. Lusk, Edwin J. Peterson, James K. Kelly, Earl C. Latourette, Robert S. Bean, William C. Perry, Aaron E. Waite, Kenneth J. O'Connell, Benjamin F. Bonham, Charles E. Wolverton, George Rossman, John L. Rand, Erasmus D. Shattuck, Thomas A. McBride, Frank A. Moore, Paine Page Prim, John O. Bailey, Harry H. Belt, Reuben S. Strahan, George H. Burnett, William W. Upton, Henry J. Bean, James U. Campbell, Harold J. Warner, Percy R. Kelly, Oliver P. Coshow, Robert Eakin, Edward B. Watson, List of Chief Justices of the Oregon Supreme Court, Thomas Nelson. Excerpt: Reuben Patrick Boise (June 9, 1819 - April 10, 1907) was an American attorney, judge and politician in the Oregon Territory and the early years of the state of Oregon. A native of Massachusetts, he immigrated to Oregon in 1850, where he would twice serve on the Oregon Supreme Court for a total of 16 years, with three stints as chief justice. Early in his legal career, he worked as a district attorney. Boise was a member of the Oregon Constitutional Convention in 1857, served in the Territorial Legislature, and helped to codify the laws of the Oregon Territory. He also served as a circuit court judge, and was a trustee at several colleges. Educated at Williams College, he was twice married to women from Massachusetts, and had a total of five children. Reuben Boise was born in Blandford, Massachusetts, on June 9, 1819, to Reuben Boise and Sally Putnam Boise. He attended Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, graduating with honors in 1843 with a bachelor's of arts degree. Upon graduation, he moved to Missouri, where he taught school for t...