Lansing Stout
Lansing Stout was an American politician and lawyer. He was the second person elected to the United States House of Representatives from the state of Oregon. He later served in Oregons legislature. A New York native, he also served in the California State Assembly.
Stout was born in the state of New York on March 27, 1828 and educated in public schools. He then studied law in Albany, New York under Ira Harris. He was admitted to the bar, and moved to California in 1851. He arrived in 1852 at resided in Placer County, California where he practiced law and served in the State Assembly. In 1857 he moved to Portland, Oregon, where he continued practicing law. In Oregon, Stout formed a law partnership with the U.S. Attorney for the Oregon Territory, William H. Farrar.
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