caption constituency predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place imagesize party article_title office term termstart termend birth_date image spouse name
benjamin f. burch polk county polk county thomas r. cornelius james d. fay 24 march 1893 chariton county , missouri independence , oregon 120px democrat benjamin franklin burch
 delegate oregon house of representatives president of the oregon state senate to the oregon constitutional convention member of the 1857 1859 1868 1860 1870 may 2 , 1825 benjamin f. burch.jpg eliza a. davidson benjamin franklin burch
benjamin franklin burch

benjamin franklin burch -lrb- may 2 , 1825 -- march 24 , 1893 -rrb- was an american farmer , soldier , and politician in what became the state of oregon .
a native of missouri , he moved to the oregon country in 1845 and served in the cayuse and yakima wars .
a democrat , he represented polk county at the oregon constitutional convention , in the oregon house of representatives , and in the oregon state senate including one session as president of the senate .
