Question: Facts: - death place: portland , oregon , u.s. - caption: george law curry -lrb- 1860s -rrb- - successor: john state governor benjamin f. harding wesley davis as territorial governor john whiteaker as - party: democrat - death date: 28 july 1878 - predecessor: joseph edward d. hamilton lane as acting territorial governor john wesley davis - office: acting territory secretary of the oregon territory governor of oregon territory 5th governor of oregon - spouse: chloe boone - term end: 1853 1859 january 27 , 1855 - term start: 1853 1854 may 14 , 1853 - birth date: 2 july 1820 - name: george law curry - image: george law curry in 1860s.jpg - birth place: philadelphia , pennsylvania , u.s. - occupation: politician newspaper publisher jeweler Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of george law curry .
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george law curry -lrb- july 2 , 1820 -- july 28 , 1878 -rrb- was a united states political figure and newspaper publisher predominantly in what became the state of oregon .a native of pennsylvania , he published a newspaper in st. louis , missouri , before traveling the oregon trail to the unorganized oregon country .a democrat , curry served in the new oregon territory 's government as a representative to the legislature and as territorial secretary before appointment as the last governor of the oregon territory .curry county in southern oregon is named in his honor .