constituency predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place imagesize party article_title office termstart termend appointer birth_date image spouse name
benton county peter hardeman burnett columbia lancaster february 5 , 1888 point pleasant , virginia salem , oregon 180px republican jesse quinn thornton
 5th of the oregon house of representatives judge of the provisional government of oregon member 1847 1864 1847 1865 george abernethy august 24 , 1810 jessequinnthornton.png nancy m. logue jesse quinn thornton
jesse quinn thornton

jesse quinn thornton -lrb- 1810 -- 1888 -rrb- was an american settler of oregon , active in political , legal , and educational circles .
he served as the 5th supreme judge of the provisional government of oregon , presented oregon 's petition for official territorial status to congress , served in the oregon legislature , and wrote the state 's motto .
