caption constituency death_date death_place religion birth_place office term birth_date spouse article_title name occupation alma_mater
dr. j.c. hawthorne placer county 15 february 1881 portland , oregon episcopal church mercer county , pennsylvania california state senator 1854 -- 1857 12 march 1819 emma curry e. c. hite james c. hawthorne
 dr. james c. hawthorne physician medical university
james c. hawthorne

james c. hawthorne -lrb- march 12 , 1819 -- february 15 , 1881 , commonly known as j.c. hawthorne -rrb- was an american physician and politician in the states of california and oregon .
a native of pennsylvania , he was the co-founder of the oregon hospital for the insane in east portland , oregon .
hawthorne served in the california senate and was a member of the whig party and later the democratic party .
