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The Oregon Country/Columbia District stretched from 42°N to 54°40′N. The most heavily disputed portion is highlighted. The Oregon boundary dispute or the Oregon Question was a 19th-century territorial dispute over the political division of the Pacific Northwest of North America between several nations that had competing territorial and commercial aspirations in the region.
In 1857, leaders of the territory gathered at the Oregon Constitutional Convention and drafted the current constitution. [2] Over half of the document's content was derived in part from the Indiana constitution. [3] The constitution of 1857 included a racial exclusion section that excluded African Americans and Chinese from the state.
The Oregon Treaty [a] was a treaty between the United Kingdom and the United States that was signed on June 15, 1846, in Washington, D.C. The treaty brought an end to the Oregon boundary dispute by settling competing American and British claims to the Oregon Country; the area had been jointly occupied by both Britain and the U.S. since the Treaty of 1818.
Of the four tornadoes, the most catastrophic event was a deadly F3 tornado that struck Portland, Oregon, and Vancouver, Washington, the first F3 tornado to strike Oregon since June 3, 1894. It tracked 8.7 miles (14.0 km) across the heavily populated Portland–Vancouver metropolitan area , causing heavy damage, killing six people, and injuring ...
Section 1: That slavery and involuntary servitude shall be forever prohibited in Oregon. Section 2 : That in all cases where slaves shall have been, or shall hereafter be, brought into Oregon, the owners of such slaves respectively shall have the term of three years from the introduction of such slaves to remove them out of the country.
Oregon's 6th congressional district is a congressional district created after the 2020 United States census. It consists of Polk and Yamhill Counties, in addition to portions of Marion, Clackamas, and Washington Counties. [3] It takes in all of urban Salem, the state's capital, as well as the southwestern suburbs of Portland.
Pierce v. Society of Sisters, 268 U.S. 510 (1925), was a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court striking down an Oregon statute that required all children to attend public school. [1]
Repeals "White Foreigner" Section of Constitution 3: No 182,074 322,682: 36.07% Yes Leg Revised Constitution for Oregon 4: Yes 292,234: 213,835 57.75% Yes Leg Pollution Control Bonds 5: No 202,018 336,527: 37.51% Yes Leg Lowers Oregon Voting Age to 19 6: No 180,602 323,189: 35.85% Yes Leg Local School Property Tax Equalization Measure