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Mitchell, John Hipple

lawyer, United States senator, was born June 22, 1835, in Washington county, Pa. He received a publicschool education and the instruction of a private tutor; studied and practiced law, and moved to California and practiced law, first in San Luis Obispo and then in San Francisco. In 1860 he moved to Portland, Ore.; and was elected corporation attorney of Portland in 1861, and served one year.

He was elected as a republican to the state senate in 1862, and served four years, the last two as president of that body. He was commissioned by the governor of Oregon in 1865 lieutenant-colonel in the state militia; and was a candidate for United States senator in 1866, and was defeated in the party caucus by one vote.

He was chosen professor of medical jurisprudence in Willamette university of Salem in 1867, and served in that position nearly four years. He was elected to the United States senate in 1872, and served until 1879. He was again elected to the United States senate in 1885 as a republican, and was re-elected in 1891.