Luther Elkins (May 26, 1809 – December 13, 1887) was an American politician and pioneer in the state of Oregon. Born in Cornville, Maine and married to Philotheta Williams, he immigrated to the Oregon Territory in 1852, overland via the Oregon Trail. He served in the Oregon Territorial Legislature and was a delegate to the Oregon Constitutional Convention. He was elected to the

Oregon State Senate The Oregon State Senate is the upper house of the statewide legislature for the US state of Oregon. Along with the lower chamber Oregon House of Representatives it makes up the Oregon Legislative Assembly. There are 30 members of the state Sena ...

in 1858, serving in the 1859 special session, for which he was selected as the Oregon Senate's first President.Oregon Blue Book: Earliest Authorities in Oregon - Senate Presidents of Oregon.
Oregon Secretary of State. Retrieved 2014-06-23. He also served in the 1860 regular session, again as president. He died in 1887, on December 13, and is buried at the Pioneer Cemetery in Lebanon, Oregon.

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1809 births 1887 deaths People from Somerset County, Maine Members of the Oregon Constitutional Convention Members of the Oregon Territorial Legislature Presidents of the Oregon State Senate Oregon pioneers 19th-century American politicians {{Oregon-politician-stub