The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-05-02
DEATH OF JUDGE ruAyEn.

{1ou. ~. y. llayef, IlTculL JuuSe oi
the Second Judicial District and Az
sociate Justice of the Supreme Court
of Oregon, died at his residence In
Corvallis, last Saturday, of typhoid
fever, after wasting illness of many
weeks duration. lie was aged 81
years and five months.
ANDREW J. TiIAYER was born ut
Lima, Livingston county, in the State
of New York, Nov. 81, 1918; acquired
his school education ut what was then
known as the Genesee Wesleyan Sem
mary, which was afterwards known as
the Western University; read law at
Warsaw, Wyoming county, n. Y, in
the office of Jas. r. Doolittle, now of
Wisconsin, and L. W TLayer, who
then constituted the firm of Doolittle
g. Thayer. The Junior member of this
firm was cousin OF the deceased. He
was married at Warsaw, n. Y, Oct. 8,
1912, to Melissa ID. Chandler, who Is
left his widow in the year 1850 he was
admitted to the Bar of the Supreme
Court of the State of New York /; en-
gagged in the practice of his profession
at Buffalo, where he continued until
the spring of 1858, when he emigrated
to Oregon, arriving here in the full of
that year, aud settling upon the land
claim owned and occupied by him at
the time Of his death.
In 1859 he was appointed by Presi-
dent Buchanan z. s. District Attorney
for the District of Oregon, being the
first appointee to that office, now held
by Gov. Gibbs. After holding the Of
flee for six months. he rendered his res
ignation, which was accepted. In 1850
n question arose among the electors OF
Oregon as to the proper time for hold
ing the Congressional eleetion-one
party claiming it should be held in
June, and another that no time had
been provided by law and that Novem-
Der, the time of holding the Presiden-
tial election, was the proper time. Mr..
Thayer having been selected rs the
candidate for the adherents for the
election in November instead of June,
was elected as Representative for Ore
gon to the S7th Congress; was admit
ted to seat in the extra session of that
body, held in July, 1861, which he held
uutil near the close of that session,
when the seat WAS awarded to his con-
testant, Col. Geo X. Shiel. In 1852 he
was elected District Attorney for the
Second Judicial District of the State OF
/ Oregon, which he held for The term OF
two years, and in 1870 he was elected
in that district 10 the office of Justice
of the Supreme Court, which he was
holding at the time of his death, his
term having about half expired.
/ Judge Thayer was cosmopolitan in
character, being liberal in his views,
charitable in his instincts and warm
in his friendships. AS 4 Democrat he
was unwavering in his political faith,
as a Judge he was conscientious in his
decisions, as a citizen he was true To
the people. He was an untiring work
| er, being one of those men who never
let time absorb a minute OF his life
without seeking soma advantage from
| its experiences. In his death the Su-
preme Bench has lost an able Justice,
the legal profession 4 bright intellect
the country devoted patriot, his par
ty an earnest champion, his neighbor:
valued citizen, and his family de-
voted and tender guardian. His place
in the world may be occupied by an
other-it can scarcely be JfEled.