CHAPTER XII
GOVERNOR ZENAS F. MOODY
September 13, 1882—January 12, 1887
Zenas F. Moody was inaugurated Governor September 13, 1882, having been elected as the Republican candidate for that office. Two incidents of nation-wide interest which occurred during his administration were the bitterly contested senatorial elections during the legislative session of January 1885, and in November of the same year at an extra session. In January Hon. Solomon Hirsch was the regular caucus nominee of the Republican party, which had a clear majority on joint ballot; but the refusal of 18 members of the dominant party to comply with the caucus decision, caused the contest to last during the entire session, and that body adjourned without an election.
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GOVERNOR Z. F. MOODY
Governor Moody called an extra session to convene in the November following, at which time the Hon. John H. Mitchell became the Republican candidate, but failed to re
Governor Moody was born in Massachusetts on May 27, 1832, and came to Oregon by way of the Isthmus of Panama, arriving in April, 1851. He followed various pursuits, surveying, mercantile and mining. Went to Illinois and lived there from 1856 to 1860; returned to Oregon in 1862, and located in The Dalles; was elected to the legislature from Wasco County in 1880, chosen speaker of the house in September of that year, and elected Governor in June, 1882. After his term of office had expired he continued his residence in Salem, his death occurring in 1917.
