Harrison R. Kincaid

Harrison Rittenhouse Kincaid (born January 3, 1836 in Fall Creek Township , Indiana , † October 7, 1920 in Eugene , Oregon ) was an American journalist, publisher and politician ( Republican Party ).

Private life

Harrison Rittenhouse Kincaid's childhood was overshadowed by the economic crisis of 1837 and the years that followed by the Mexican-American War . During this time he attended the district schools. He also worked on the farm until he was 17. In 1853 the parents decided to move to Oregon. Kincaid then drove a team of oxen when moving from Indiana to Oregon. The trip was partly through untouched nature. At that time there was no house where the city of Omaha ( Nebraska ) stands today or a settlement along the western migration route from the Missouri River to Oregon City . The family settled in Eugene, Oregon. In the years that followed, Kincaid worked in the mines in southern Oregon and in the mines and ranches in Sierra Nevada and the Sacramento Valley . Kincaid eventually returned to Eugene. He then attended Columbia College, where he studied for two years. His fellow students included the writer Joaquin Miller , the judge JF Watson, the surveyor WH Byars, and other celebrities.

Upon graduation, he began working for the People's Press in Eugene, then the leading Republican newspaper in the state. Subsequently, he wrote most of the editorials before the election of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin during their campaigns. During the Civil War , he published the first issue of the Oregon State Journal in Eugene in March 1864 .

From 1858 to 1879 he was a clerk in the US Senate . He also published a weekly newspaper and wrote most of the leading articles. He also served as Washington correspondent than for the Oregonian, the Portland Bulletin operates and other city newspapers. In 1877 he advocated the re- monetization of silver in his editorials, at a time when no other newspaper in the state shared his views.

He married Augusta Alberta "Gussie" Lockwood (1852-1920), daughter of Diana and Stephen Lockwood from Macomb County ( Michigan ) in 1873 . The couple had at least one son named Webster L. Kincaid (1883–1944).

In 1898, Kincaid was appointed regent at the University of Oregon .

He died in 1920 at his son's house at 990 Wasco Street, Eugene, and was then interred in Eugene Pioneer Cemetery .

Political career

Kincaid took 1868 as one of six delegates from Oregon at the Republican National Convention in Chicago ( Illinois ) part. In this Ulysses S. Grant and Schuyler Colfax nominated, both of which at the next presidential election in 1868, resulting in victory. Kincaid then took 1872 as one of the delegates of Oregon at the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia ( Pennsylvania part). Ulysses S. Grant was nominated again for the post as President and Henry Wilson for the post as Vice President . In the following presidential election in 1872 , they won a victory. In 1870 he was the Republican candidate for the post of State Printer. Although all Republicans were defeated, he received more votes than any other party member on the ballot.

In April 1894, he was unanimously nominated by the Lane County delegates for the post of Secretary of State of Oregon. The Republican State Convention was held in Portland, Oregon that same year . A large majority of the delegates there supported his nomination. In the subsequent elections in June 1894, he won a victory. He held the post for a single term from January 14, 1895 to January 9, 1899.

literature

• Oregon Secretaries of State Biographical Sketches, 1841-Present , Oregon Blue Book

Web links

• Harrison R. Kincaid in the database of Find a Grave (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Augusta Alberta "Gussie" Lockwood Kincaid in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved August 25, 2015.
2. ^ Webster L. Kincaid, Sr. in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved August 25, 2015.