Charles B. Bellinger

Charles Byron Bellinger (November 21, 1839 – May 12, 1905) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Oregon in Portland, Oregon. A native of Illinois, he also served as a state circuit court judge in Oregon, fought in the Modoc War in 1873, and was a newspaper editor. Politically, he previously served in the Oregon Legislative Assembly and as clerk to the Oregon Supreme Court.

Early life

Bellinger was born in Maquon, Illinois on November 21, 1839. In 1847, with his parents, Edward H. Bellinger and Eliza Howard Bellinger, Charles moved to Oregon Country. The following year the region became the Oregon Territory, and was admitted to the Union in 1859. Bellinger received his education at a school near the Santiam River where his teacher was Orange Jacobs, later a judge and politician in Washington. Later, Bellinger enrolled at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon, where he attended for two years.

Works authored

The Codes and Statutes of Oregon: Showing All Laws of a General Nature, Including the Session Laws of 1901 (Volume 1).