John Gates (Portland mayor)

American politician

John Gates

26th Mayor of Portland, Oregon
In office
June 1, 1885 – April 27, 1888
Preceded by| J. A. Chapman
Succeeded by| Van B. DeLashmutt
Personal details
Born| (1827-12-31)December 31, 1827[1]
Mercer, Maine[1]
Died| April 27, 1888(1888-04-27) (aged 60)
Political party| Republican
Profession| Mechanical engineer

John Gates (December 31, 1827 – April 27, 1888)[2] was the mayor of Portland, Oregon, United States, from 1885 to 1888. Born in Maine, he studied engineering in Massachusetts. He moved to California in 1849 and to Oregon in 1853. He found employment with the Oregon Steam Navigation Company (OSN), becoming its chief engineer in the early 1860s.[2] He worked for OSN for 27 years. He designed 72 steamboats and was an inventor, filing more than 30 patents during his time with OSN.[2]

Running as the Republican candidate, he was elected in 1885 to a three-year term as mayor of Portland, defeating Sylvester Pennoyer. He died while in office, two months before the end of his term.[2]

## References

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1. ^ a b "Death of Mayor Gates". The Morning Oregonian. April 28, 1888. p. 8.
2. ^ a b c d Terry, John (August 15, 2010). "Inventor John Gates served Portland as riverboat developer, civic activist, mayor". The Oregonian. Retrieved June 21, 2014.

## External links

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* John Gates, chief engineer for Oregon Steam Navigation Company

Preceded by

J. A. Chapman

|  Mayor of Portland, Oregon
1885–1888  | Succeeded by

Van B. DeLashmutt

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Mayors of Portland, Oregon

* O'Bryant
* Bonnell
* Marye
* Failing
* Ladd
* Vaughn
* O'Neill
* Ladd
* Starr
* McCormick
* Robbins
* Breck
* Farrar
* Logan
* Failing
* Holmes
* Chapman
* Boyd
* Goldsmith
* Wasserman
* Failing
* Chapman
* Newbury
* Thompson
* Chapman
* Gates
* DeLashmutt
* Mason
* Frank
* Pennoyer
* Mason
* Storey
* Rowe
* Williams
* Lane
* Simon
* Rushlight
* Albee
* Baker
* Carson
* Riley
* Lee
* Peterson
* Schrunk
* Goldschmidt
* McCready
* Ivancie
* Clark
* Katz
* Potter
* Adams
* Hales
* Wheeler
* Wilson

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Oregon Steam Navigation Company

Lower Columbia
Lower Willamette boats|

* Multnomah (1851)
* Belle of Oregon City (1853)
* Express (1854)
* Senorita (1855)
* Jennie Clark (1855)
* Fashion (ex-Venture) (1858)
* Julia (Barclay) (1858)
* Mountain Buck (1857)
* Carrie Ladd (1858)
* Rival (1860)
* E.D. Baker (1862)
* Wilson G. Hunt (1849;1862)
* Cascade (1864:1865)
* New World (1849:1868)
* Alice (1871:1876)
* Daisy Ainsworth (1873)
* Governor Grover (1873)
* Otter (1874)
* Wide West (1877)

Portland to Astoria route|

* John H. Couch (1863)
* Wenat (1867)
* Dixie Thompson (1871)
* Emma Hayward (1871)
* Bonita (1875)
* S.G. Reed (1878)

Portland to Kalama route|

* Welcome (1874)

Middle Columbia boats|

* Mary (1854)
* Hassaloe (1857)
* Wasco (1855)
* Idaho(1860)
* Iris (1863)
* Oneonta (1863)
* Teaser (1874)
* Harvest Queen (1878)
* R.R. Thompson (1878)

Upper Columbia
Lower Snake River boats|

* Colonel Wright (1859)
* Tenino (1861)
* Okanagon (1861)
* Kiyus/Cayuse (1863)
* Nez Perce Chief (1863)
* Webfoot (1863)
* Owyhee (1864)
* Yakima (1864)
* Almota (1876)
* Spokane (1877)
* Annie Faxon (1877)
* Mountain Queen (1877)
* John Gates (1878)
* Harvest Queen (1878)

Upper Willamette boats|

* Surprise (1857)
* Onward (1858)
* Willamette Chief (1874)
* Occident (1875)
* Orient (1875)

Cowlitz River|

* Rescue (1864)

Upper Snake River|

* Shoshone (1866)

Owners and personnel|

* John C. Ainsworth
* John Gates (chief engineer)
* Jacob Kamm
* William S. Ladd

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Steamboats of the Willamette River

Particular vessels|

* Columbia (1850)
* Lot Whitcomb (1850)
* Black Hawk (1851)
* Canemah (1851)
* Multnomah (1851)
* Washington (1851)
* Oregon (1852)
* Shoalwater (1852)
* Belle (1853)
* Fenix (1853)
* Portland (1853)
* Wallamet (1853)
* Gazelle (1854)
* Enterprise (1855)
* Jennie Clark (1855)
* Franklin (1855)
* Señorita (1855)
* James Clinton (1856)
* Elk (1857)
* Minnie Holmes (1857)
* Swan (1857)
* Surprise (1857)
* Cowlitz (1858)
* Onward (1858)
* Carrie Ladd (1858)
* Relief (1858)
* Moose (1859)
* Rival (1860)
* Unio /Union (1861)
* Enterprise (1863)
* Senator (1864)
* Alert (1865)
* Active (1865)
* Echo (1865)
* Fannie Patton (1865)
* Shoshone (1866)
* Minnehaha (186)
* Onward (1867)
* Albany (1868)
* Dayton (1868)
* Wenat (1868)
* Shoo Fly (1870)
* Alice (1871)
* Beaver (1873)
* Gov. Grover (1873)
* Willamette Chief (1874)
* Occident (1875)
* Orient (1875)
* O&CRR Ferry No. 2 (1879)
* Manzanillo (1881)
* Three Sisters (1886)
* N.S. Bentley (1886)
* Altona (1890)
* Elwood (1891)
* Northwest (1891)
* Ramona (1892)
* Grey Eagle ((1894)
* Ruth (1895)
* Pomona (1898)
* America (1899)
* Leona (1899)
* Bonita (1900)
* Oregona (1904)
* Gazelle (1905)
* Grahamona (1912)
* Nespelem (1918)
* Robert Young (1920)
* Portland (1947)

Portages, locks, and canals|

* Willamette Falls Locks
* Yamhill River lock and dam

Steamboat lines|

* Upper Willamette Transportation Line (1859)
* Oregon Steam Navigation Company (1860)
* People's Transportation Company (1861)
* Willamette Steam Navigation Company (1865)
* Oregon Pacific Railroad (1880)

Geographic features|

* Willamette River
* Willamette Falls
* Yamhill River
* Oswego Lake
* Tualatin River

Owners and personnel|

* George Abernethy
* John T. Apperson
* Charles H. Bennett
* John H. Couch
* John Gates
* Bernard Goldsmith
* Joseph Kellogg
* James D. Miller
* George A. Pease
* Riley E. Stratton

Builders and shipyards|

* Canemah
* Willamette Iron Works

Shipwrecks|

* Elk
* Gazelle
* Portland
* Senator

Other areas|

* Columbia River
* Oregon Coast
* Yaquina Bay and river
* Coquille River
* Cowlitz River
* Puget Sound
* Lake Washington
* Grays Harbor
* Chehalis River
* Hoquiam River
* Willapa Bay
* Columbia River (Wenatchee Reach)
* Lake Crescent
* Arrow Lakes
* Upper Fraser River
* Skeena River

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