Daniel Waldo

Daniel Waldo (March 22, 1800 – September 6, 1880) was an American legislator in the Provisional Government of Oregon, the namesake for the Waldo Hills near Salem, Oregon, and the father of two prominent Oregon politicians. He was also a member of the Oregon Rangers militia and fought in the Cayuse War.

Early life Waldo was born in 1800 in Harrison County, Virginia to Jedediah Waldo and Mary Polly Porter. (Harrison County became part of West Virginia during the American Civil War when a portion of Virginia joined the Union as a new state.) After turning 19 years of age Waldo migrated to Missouri where he entered the lumber business. Waldo was a member of the provisional government when Oregon's controversial black exclusion laws were enacted.

Later life and family With the Cayuse War in 1848, Waldo fought against the Native Americans in Eastern Oregon. His second oldest son William Waldo would later be president of the Oregon State Senate, and another son, John B. Waldo, would serve on the Oregon Supreme Court. America Waldo, who married Richard Bogle in 1863 and became America Waldo Bogle, is believed by the Bogle family to be the daughter of Daniel Waldo. Daniel, however, raised America and "acted as a father figure" to her.