John R. McBride

John Rogers McBride (August 22, 1832 – July 20, 1904) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a Republican U.S. congressman from Oregon from 1863 to 1865.

Early life McBride was born near St. Louis, Missouri in 1832, the son of James McBride. In 1851, he moved with his family to Lafayette, Oregon, where he became the superintendent of schools at the age of 22. In 1860, he was elected to the Oregon Senate, and to the United States House of Representatives as a Republican in 1862. He was confirmed by the senate on February 14, 1865, and resigned on April 23, 1868.

Grant administration In 1869, President Grant named him superintendent of the United States assay office in Boise, Idaho.

Later career and death He practiced law in Boise and in Salt Lake City, Utah before moving his practice to Spokane, Washington, where he died in 1904.