Justice Olney (other)
Justice Olney may refer to: * Cyrus Olney (1815–1870), the 6th associate justice of the Oregon Supreme Court * Warren Olney Jr. Warren Olney Jr. (October 15, 1870 – March 25, 1939) was an American lawyer who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of California from March 1, 1919, to July 1921. Early life and education Olney was the second of six children b ...

Cyrus Olney
Cyrus Olney (October 11, 1815 – December 12, 1870) was an American politician and lawyer in what would become the state of Oregon. He was the 6th justice of the Oregon Supreme Court serving while the region was still the Oregon Territory. A native of Ohio, Olney later was a member of the 1857 Oregon Constitutional Convention, and later served in the Oregon legislature. Early life Cyrus Olney was born on October 11, 1815, in Geneva, New York. He was raised in Ohio, where he was educated in the public schools and later law school in Cincinnati, Ohio, Cincinnati.Corning, Howard M. ''Dictionary of Oregon History''. Binfords & Mort Publishing, 1956. After passing the bar (law), bar he practiced law for a time in Ohio before moving to Iowa, where he was a judge for four years. Oregon Olney moved to Oregon and began law practice in Portland, Oregon, Portland in 1851. He continued in this endeavor until 1853, when United States President Franklin Pierce appointed him to the Oregon Supr ...
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