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Mcfadden, Obadiah B

lawyer, jurist, legislator, congressman, was born in 1817 in Washington county, Pa. He was elected to the legislature of Pennsylvania in 1843. In 1853 he was appointed associate justice of the supreme court for the territory of Oregon; in 1854 was appointed associate justice of the supreme court for Washington territory; and in 1858 was appointed chief justice of the same, and discharged the duties until 1861. He represented his district in the legislative council; and was elected to the forty-third congress as a delegate from Washington territory. He died June 25, 1875, in Olympia, W. T.