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Dolph, Joseph Norton

lawyer, legislator, was born Oct. 19, 1835, in Schuyler county, N. Y. He practiced his profession in Schuyler county during the winter of 1861- 62, and in 1862 enlisted in Captain M.

Crawford's company, known as the Oregon Escort, raised under an act of congress for the purpose of protecting the emigration of that year to the Pacific coast against hostile Indians, filling the position of orderly sergeant. He settled in Portland, Ore., in 1863; and in 1864 was elected city attorney of the city of Portland, and the same year was appointed by President Lincoln district attorney for the district of Oregon. He held both positions until he resigned them to take his seat in the state senate of Oregon. He was a member of the state senate in 1866- 74. He was elected to the United States senate as a republican in 1883, and was re-elected in 1889.