# Frederick Waymire
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{{short description|American politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Frederick Waymire
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| office = Member of the [Oregon Constitutional Convention](/source/Oregon_Constitutional_Convention)
| term = 1857
| constituency = [Polk County](/source/Polk_County%2C_Oregon)
| office2 = Member of the [Oregon Territorial Legislature](/source/Oregon_Territorial_Legislature)
| term2 = 1850–1853, 1855–1856
| constituency2 = Polk County
| predecessor2 =
| successor2 =
| office3 = [Oregon State Senator](/source/Oregon_State_Senate)
| constituency3 = Polk County
| term3 = 1859–1860
| predecessor3 =
| successor3 =
| office4 = Member of the [Oregon House of Representatives](/source/Oregon_House_of_Representatives)
| constituency4 = Polk County
| term4 = 1868–1869
| predecessor4 =
| successor4 =
| birth_date = March 15, 1807
| birth_place = [Montgomery County, Ohio](/source/Montgomery_County%2C_Ohio)
| death_date = {{death date and age|1873|4|28|1807|3|15}}
| death_place = [Polk County, Oregon](/source/Polk_County%2C_Oregon)
| party = Democratic
| spouse = Frances (Fanny) Chance Cochrane
}}
'''Frederick Waymire''' (March 15, 1807 – April 28, 1873) was an American farmer and politician in what became the state of [Oregon](/source/Oregon). A native of [Ohio](/source/Ohio), he served in the [Oregon Territorial Legislature](/source/Oregon_Territorial_Legislature) and was a member of the [Oregon Constitutional Convention](/source/Oregon_Constitutional_Convention). He also helped start the [La Creole Academy](/source/La_Creole_Academy) in [Polk County](/source/Polk_County%2C_Oregon) and represented that county in the [Oregon House of Representatives](/source/Oregon_House_of_Representatives) after Oregon became a state.
==Early life==
Frederick Waymire was born on March 15, 1807, in [Montgomery County](/source/Montgomery_County%2C_Ohio) in the southwestern portion of [Ohio](/source/Ohio) to Andrew and Easter Waymire.[{{cite book |last=Bancroft |first=Hubert Howe |author2=Frances Auretta Fuller Barrett Victor |title=History of Oregon: 1848-1888 |publisher=The History Co. |year=1888 |series=The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft |volume=2 |page=142 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1hcPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA142}}][ Trained as a millwright, he married Frances (Fanny) Chance Cochrane from [Indiana](/source/Indiana) in 1827, and the couple had 17 children.][Flora, Stephenie. [http://www.oregonpioneers.com/1845.htm Emigrants to Oregon in 1845.] Oregon Pioneers. Retrieved November 27, 2009.] In 1845, Waymire and his family immigrated to the [Oregon Country](/source/Oregon_Country) over the [Oregon Trail](/source/Oregon_Trail) and settled in what is now [Polk County, Oregon](/source/Polk_County%2C_Oregon).[Corning, Howard M. (1989) ''Dictionary of Oregon History''. [Binfords & Mort Publishing](/source/Binfords_%26_Mort_Publishing). p. 260.]
==Oregon==
The family farm was on a [donation land claim](/source/Donation_Land_Act) located on the [Luckiamute River](/source/Luckiamute_River), and Waymire called his house Hayden Hall.[ In 1846, Waymire was elected as the sheriff of what was then called Polk District, now Polk County.][[http://sos.oregon.gov/archives/exhibits/constitution/Pages/during-about-waymire.aspx Biographical Sketch of Frederick Waymire.] ''Crafting the Oregon Constitution'', Oregon State Archives. Retrieved on June 20, 2016.] As early as 1853 he supported building railroads in the region, and thus was an early supporter of railroads in Oregon.[{{cite book|last=Lyman|first=Horace Sumner|title=History of Oregon: The Growth of an American State|publisher=North Pacific Pub. Society|year=1903|volume=4|page=261|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SXsUAAAAYAAJ&q=Frederick%20Waymire%20oregon&pg=PA261}}] This included being a commissioner of the Willamette Valley Railroad Company in 1854, though the company never built a line.[{{cite book|last=Bancroft|first=Hubert Howe|title=History of the Pacific states of North America|publisher=Bancroft|year=1888|volume=25|page=696|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1roUAAAAYAAJ&q=Frederick%20Waymire%20oregon&pg=RA2-PA696 | isbn=978-1-153-89791-4}}]
==Political career==
In 1850, Waymire was elected to the upper chamber Council of the [Oregon Territorial Legislature](/source/Oregon_Territorial_Legislature) and represented District 7 and Polk County during the 1850 to 1851 session.[[http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/Recordpdf/67852471850 Regular Session (2nd Territorial).] Oregon Legislators and Staff Guide. Oregon State Archives. Retrieved June 20, 2016.] Elected as a Democrat, he served again during the 1851 to 1852 and the 1852 to 1853 sessions, both times still representing Polk County in the Council.[[http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/Recordpdf/6785248 1851 Regular Session (3rd Territorial).] Oregon Legislators and Staff Guide. Oregon State Archives. Retrieved June 20, 2016.][[http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/Recordpdf/6785249 1852 Regular Session (4th Territorial).] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191001195139/http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/Recordpdf/6785249 |date=2019-10-01 }} Oregon Legislators and Staff Guide. Oregon State Archives. Retrieved June 20, 2016.] After not serving for two sessions, Waymire returned to the legislature in the Oregon House in 1855 as the representative from District 24.[[http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/Recordpdf/6785252 1855 Regular Session (7th Territorial).] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191001200002/http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/Recordpdf/6785252 |date=2019-10-01 }} Oregon Legislators and Staff Guide. Oregon State Archives. Retrieved June 20, 2016.]
Waymire, part of the Democrats [Salem Clique](/source/Salem_Clique), was elected to represent Polk County at the [Oregon Constitutional Convention](/source/Oregon_Constitutional_Convention) in 1857.[ The convention drafted and ratified a proposed constitution to allow Oregon to become a state, which the citizens then approved later that year. Waymire represented the farming contingent at the convention and was characterized as a "sort of Far West David Crockett" due in part to his lack of education.][{{cite book|last=Gaston|first=Joseph|title=The Centennial History of Oregon, 1811-1912|publisher=S.J. Clarke Publishing Co.|year=1912|volume=1|pages=433–434|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uWUUAAAAYAAJ&q=Frederick%20Waymire%20oregon&pg=PA433}}] During the convention he fought against corporations, high salaries, and high taxes.[[http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/Recordpdf/6785256 1858 Regular Session (1st Pre-Admission).] Oregon Legislators and Staff Guide. Oregon State Archives. Retrieved June 20, 2016.] However, the U.S. Senate did not admit Oregon into the Union, and those legislators which included Waymire did not pass any laws and adjourned until news of statehood arrived.[ Oregon was admitted as a state on February 14, 1859, and Waymire and the rest of the legislature meet later that year.][[http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/Recordpdf/6785257 1859 Special Session.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919062912/http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/Recordpdf/6785257 |date=2020-09-19 }} Oregon Legislators and Staff Guide. Oregon State Archives. Retrieved June 20, 2016.] He served District 13 and Polk County as a Democrat at that first session of the Oregon State Legislature.[ Waymire returned to the legislature in 1868 as a member of the Oregon House from Polk County and District 34.][[http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/Recordpdf/6785263 1868 Regular Session (5th).] Oregon Legislators and Staff Guide. Oregon State Archives. Retrieved June 20, 2016.]
==Later years==
Waymire, a Methodist, was one of the incorporators in 1856 of the [La Creole Academy](/source/La_Creole_Academy), an early secondary school.[ He served as one of the early trustees of the school located in Polk County at [Dallas](/source/Dallas%2C_Oregon).][Carey, Charles Henry. (1922). [https://books.google.com/books?id=yrt5AAAAMAAJ ''History of Oregon''.] Pioneer Historical Publishing Co. pp. 731-732.] Frederick Waymire died on April 28, 1873, at the age of 66 and was buried on his farm in Polk County.[ His wife Fanny died on October 15, 1878.]