John H. Mitchell
American politician and criminal (1835-1905) · United States · On the map · Politicians · Died at 70
John Hipple Mitchell was an American lawyer and politician. He served as a Republican United States senator from Oregon on three occasions between 1873 and 1905.
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He also served as president of the state senate, did the initial legal work involved in the dispute that led to the landmark Supreme Court case of Pennoyer v. Neff, and later was involved with the Oregon land fraud scandal, for which he was indicted and convicted. He is one of twelve U.S. Senators indicted while in office, and one of six convicted.
