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W. W. Thayer
1827Jul, 15

W. W. Thayer

W. W. Thayer American lawyer and politician, 6th Governor of Oregon (d. 1899)
William Wallace Thayer (July 15, 1827 – October 15, 1899), was an American Democratic politician active in U.S. states of Idaho and Oregon. Most notably, he served as the sixth Governor of Oregon from 1878 to 1882 and Chief Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court from 1888 to 1889.

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