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Representative Reuben R. Harper View All Years

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Compiled Historical Information
Date of Death: 12/22/1857
Birth Place: Ohio
Party Affiliation: Democrat
Assemblies Served:
House: LA7 (1845)
Home County: Jefferson
Reuben R. Harper
Jefferson County
Born in Ohio in 1800. In 1832 in Brookville, Franklin, Indiana, he married Elizabeth Booher. By 1840 they were living in Lee County, Iowa. He was a member of the 7th Legislative Assembly (1845-1846) where he represented Jefferson County. By 1850 they had moved to Clackamas, Oregon, where he was a farmer. He died December 22, 1857, in Healdsburg, Sonoma, California.
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