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Stratton</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Riley_E._Stratton.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e4/Riley_E._Stratton.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="120" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="80" data-file-height="120" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">11th Justice of the <a href="/wiki/Oregon_Supreme_Court" title="Oregon Supreme Court">Oregon Supreme Court</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1859–1866</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>New position</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Alonzo_A._Skinner" title="Alonzo A. Skinner">Alonzo A. Skinner</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data">1823<br /><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">December 26, 1866<br /><a href="/wiki/Eugene,_Oregon" title="Eugene, Oregon">Eugene, Oregon</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Riley Evans Stratton</b> (1823 – December 26, 1866) was an American attorney and judge in <a href="/wiki/Oregon" title="Oregon">Oregon</a>. He served as the 11th justice of the <a href="/wiki/Oregon_Supreme_Court" title="Oregon Supreme Court">Oregon Supreme Court</a>, serving from 1859 until 1866. He was one of the first group of justices elected to the court, along with <a href="/wiki/Aaron_E._Wait" class="mw-redirect" title="Aaron E. Wait">Aaron E. Wait</a> and <a href="/wiki/Paine_Page_Prim" title="Paine Page Prim">Paine Page Prim</a>; previous members of the court were appointed during <a href="/wiki/Oregon_Territory" title="Oregon Territory">Oregon's territorial</a> period. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Riley_E._Stratton&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Stratton was born in 1823 to C.P. Stratton in <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Oregon_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Oregon-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a child his parents moved the family to <a href="/wiki/Madison,_Indiana" title="Madison, Indiana">Madison, Indiana</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-death_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-death-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Stratton graduated from <a href="/wiki/Marietta_College" title="Marietta College">College Hill</a> in the state of <a href="/wiki/Ohio" title="Ohio">Ohio</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Oregon_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Oregon-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He then prepared to serve in the ministry, but then switched to studying law and was admitted to the <a href="/wiki/Indiana" title="Indiana">Indiana</a> <a href="/wiki/Bar_(law)" title="Bar (law)">bar</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Oregon_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Oregon-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After college he returned to Madison and engaged in the practice of law.<sup id="cite_ref-death_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-death-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Oregon">Oregon</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Riley_E._Stratton&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Oregon"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Stratton moved to what was then the <a href="/wiki/Oregon_Territory" title="Oregon Territory">Oregon Territory</a> in 1852, traveling around <a href="/wiki/Cape_Horn" title="Cape Horn">Cape Horn</a> and settling in <a href="/wiki/Scottsburg,_Oregon" title="Scottsburg, Oregon">Scottsburg</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Oregon_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Oregon-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There he practiced law and was involved in various business enterprises, and served as a district attorney.<sup id="cite_ref-death_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-death-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1858, when the new state government was being formed, Stratton was elected to the <a href="/wiki/Oregon_Supreme_Court" title="Oregon Supreme Court">Oregon Supreme Court</a> and began his term in 1859.<sup id="cite_ref-OSC_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OSC-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During that time, the Supreme Court justices also <a href="/wiki/Circuit_rider_(U.S._Court_system)" class="mw-redirect" title="Circuit rider (U.S. Court system)">rode circuit</a>, continuing this practice until 1878.<sup id="cite_ref-OSC_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OSC-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Stratton won re-election to a second term on the bench in 1864, but died in office on December 26, 1866, at his home in <a href="/wiki/Eugene,_Oregon" title="Eugene, Oregon">Eugene, Oregon</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Oregon_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Oregon-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-death_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-death-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-OSC_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OSC-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Entry_into_the_steamboat_business">Entry into the steamboat business</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Riley_E._Stratton&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Entry into the steamboat business"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1863, Stratton became part-owner of a steamboat, the <i><a href="/wiki/Enterprise_(sternwheeler_1863)" title="Enterprise (sternwheeler 1863)">Enterprise</a></i>, which was built by Capt. <a href="/wiki/George_Anson_Pease" title="George Anson Pease">George A. 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Binfords & Mort Publishing, 1956.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-death-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-death_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-death_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-death_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-death_2-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1867/02/03/79618822.pdf">Death of Judge Stratton, of Oregon.</a> <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i>, February 3, 1867, Wednesday.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-OSC-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-OSC_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-OSC_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-OSC_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://sos.oregon.gov/blue-book/Documents/elections/history-officials.pdf">Oregon Blue Book: Earliest Authorities in Oregon - Supreme Court Justices of Oregon.</a> Oregon Secretary of State. 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title="Carrie Ladd">Carrie Ladd</a></i> <small>(1858)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Relief_(sternwheeler)" class="mw-redirect" title="Relief (sternwheeler)"><i>Relief</i></a> <small>(1858)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moose_(sternwheeler)" title="Moose (sternwheeler)"><i>Moose</i></a> <small>(1859)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rival_(sternwheeler)" title="Rival (sternwheeler)"><i>Rival</i></a> <small>(1860)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unio_(sternwheeler)" title="Unio (sternwheeler)"><i>Unio</i> /<i>Union</i></a> <small>(1861)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enterprise_(sternwheeler_1863)" title="Enterprise (sternwheeler 1863)"><i>Enterprise</i></a> <small>(1863)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Senator_(sternwheeler)" title="Senator (sternwheeler)"><i>Senator</i></a> <small>(1864)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alert_(sternwheeler_1865)" title="Alert (sternwheeler 1865)"> <i>Alert</i></a> <small>(1865)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Active_(sternwheeler)" title="Active 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href="/wiki/Wenat_(sternwheeler)" title="Wenat (sternwheeler)"><i>Wenat</i></a> <small>(1868)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shoo_Fly_(sternwheeler)" title="Shoo Fly (sternwheeler)"><i>Shoo Fly</i></a> <small>(1870)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alice_(sternwheeler)" title="Alice (sternwheeler)"><i>Alice</i></a> <small>(1871)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beaver_(sternwheeler_1873)" class="mw-redirect" title="Beaver (sternwheeler 1873)"><i>Beaver</i></a> <small>(1873)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governor_Grover_(sternwheeler)" title="Governor Grover (sternwheeler)"><i>Gov. Grover</i></a> <small>(1873)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willamette_Chief_(sternwheeler)" class="mw-redirect" title="Willamette Chief (sternwheeler)"><i>Willamette Chief</i></a> <small>(1874)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Occident_(sternwheeler)" title="Occident (sternwheeler)"><i>Occident</i></a> <small>(1875)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orient_(sternwheeler)" title="Orient (sternwheeler)"><i>Orient</i></a> <small>(1875)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vallejo_(ferry)" title="Vallejo (ferry)"><i>O&CRR Ferry No. 2</i></a> <small>(1879)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manzanillo_(sternwheeler)" title="Manzanillo (sternwheeler)"><i>Manzanillo</i></a> <small>(1881)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Three_Sisters_(sternwheeler)" title="Three Sisters (sternwheeler)"><i>Three Sisters</i></a> <small>(1886)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/N.S._Bentley" title="N.S. Bentley"><i>N.S. 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Apperson">John T. Apperson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_H._Bennett_(soldier)" title="Charles H. Bennett (soldier)">Charles H. Bennett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_H._Couch" title="John H. Couch">John H. Couch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Gates_(Portland_mayor)" title="John Gates (Portland mayor)">John Gates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bernard_Goldsmith" title="Bernard Goldsmith">Bernard Goldsmith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Kellogg" title="Joseph Kellogg">Joseph Kellogg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_D._Miller" title="James D. Miller">James D. Miller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Anson_Pease" title="George Anson Pease">George A. Pease</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Riley E. 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