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Lycurgus Vineyard

Lycurgus Vineyard (May 17, 1846 – March 14, 1919) was an American lawyer and judge who was a pioneer of Oregon and Idaho.

Lycurgus Vineyard
Delegate to the Idaho Constitutional Convention
In office
July 4, 1889 – August 6, 1889
ConstituencyAlturas County
Personal details
Born(1846-05-17)May 17, 1846
Clay County, Missouri, U.S.
DiedMarch 14, 1919(1919-03-14) (aged 72)
Lewiston, Idaho, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse
Sadie Bledsoe
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(m. 1888; died 1893)​
Children2
Parents
  • Elisha Vineyard (father)
  • Eliza Harrington (mother)
EducationWilliam Jewell College
Professionlawyer and judge
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Vineyard was born in Clay County, Missouri, the son of Elisha and Eliza Harrington Vineyard. He lost his mother at an early age and his father travelled to the Oregon coast, leaving him to be raised by an uncle. He attended William Jewell College[1] before fighting for the Confederate States in the Civil War, serving as a private in the 3rd Missouri Infantry Regiment from January 1862 to April 1863.[2] Beginning in 1865, he read law for a year and then travelled to Oregon.[1] He was admitted to the bar in 1868 and took up the practice of law in Dallas, Oregon.[3][4] He served as justice of the peace in Corvallis, Oregon from 1875 to 1876.[5]

By 1882, he had relocated to Hailey, Idaho Territory, losing Democratic nominations for Alturas County district attorney that year and in 1886.[6][7] On January 23, 1884, he was admitted to practice law in the Idaho Supreme Court, becoming one of the first hundred attorneys with that privilege.[8] He emerged as a local leader of the territory's Democratic Party, addressing the party's territorial convention in 1884 and securing nomination to represent Alturas County on the Idaho Territorial Council in 1888.[9][10] While he lost that election, he was selected by the county party's central committee as a delegate for the county to the Idaho Constitutional Convention.[11] While he attempted to resign this position,[12] he served as a delegate and was a signatory of the Idaho Constitution.[13][14]

Vineyard emerged as one of the most prominent lawyers in the newly established state of Idaho.[15][1] He relocated to Boise, and in 1892 chaired the Ada County Democratic convention.[16] After moving to Grangeville in 1899,[1] he was selected as a delegate to at least the 1900, 1904, 1906, 1908, 1912, and 1914 state Democratic conventions.[17][18][19][20][21][22] He was elected as the justice of the peace for North Grangeville as a Democrat in 1902, and was reelected at least in 1904 and 1912.[23][24][25][26] He became a prominent speaker for the Democratic party around the state.[27][28][29][30]

Vineyard married Sadie Bledsoe in 1888, and they had two children, Richard and Sadie, before she died in 1893.[1] Vineyard died at the age of 73 on March 14, 1919, in Lewiston, Idaho, from paralysis following a series of strokes.[31][32][a]

Notes

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  1. ^ Despite his obituaries stating that he had served in the state legislature, there is no evidence that Vineyard actually served in the Idaho legislature.[33]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e An Illustrated History of North Idaho. Western Historical Publishing Company. 1903. p. 558-559.
  2. ^ "Civil War Service Records: Vineyard, Lycurgus". 1865.
  3. ^ Wilson, Joseph G. (1869). Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of Oregon From 1862 to 1869. Vol. II. Banks & Brothers. p. 12.
  4. ^ "Advertisement". Liberal Republican. Dallas, Oregon. March 12, 1870.
  5. ^ Fagan, David D. (1885). History of Benton County, Oregon. p. 395.
  6. ^ "The Convention". Wood River Times. September 9, 1882.
  7. ^ "The Democratic Convention". Wood River Times. October 6, 1886.
  8. ^ Heyburn, Weldon B. (1900). Idaho Laws and Decisions, Annotated and Digested. p. vii-xiv.
  9. ^ "The Democratic "Ratify"". Wood River Times. July 14, 1884.
  10. ^ "The Democratic legislative ticket". The Caldwell Tribune. September 29, 1888.
  11. ^ "The democratic and republican central committees". The Ketchum Keystone. May 25, 1889.
  12. ^ "Will Not Accept". The Ketchum Keystone. June 8, 1889.
  13. ^ Proceedings and Debates of the Constitutional Convention of Idaho 1889. Vol. I. 1912.
  14. ^ "Constitution of the State of Idaho". Idaho State Archives. 1889.
  15. ^ "From Idaho's Capital". The Anaconda Standard. January 12, 1892.
  16. ^ "Democratic Doings". The Caldwell Tribune. May 21, 1892.
  17. ^ "At the Democratic county convention". Cottonwood Report. June 1, 1900.
  18. ^ "Personal Mention". The Idaho Statesman. June 3, 1904.
  19. ^ "Stockslager for Governor". The Coeur d'Alene Press. August 6, 1906.
  20. ^ "Off For Twin Falls State Convention". The Idaho Daily Statesman. June 2, 1908.
  21. ^ "Democrats Swat Dubois". The Grangeville Globe. June 6, 1912.
  22. ^ "Roasted Governor". The Richfield Recorder. July 9, 1914.
  23. ^ "Justices and Constables". Idaho County Free Press. October 30, 1902.
  24. ^ "On Monday, January 12, 1903, the board of county commissioners met". Idaho County Free Press. January 29, 1903.
  25. ^ "While voters are inspecting the candidates". Idaho County Free Press. October 27, 1904.
  26. ^ "Commissioners' Proceedings". Idaho County Free Press. November 28, 1912.
  27. ^ "Dubois is the Victor Despite Opposition". Lewiston Evening Teller. August 16, 1904.
  28. ^ "Lycurgus Vineyard and Col. Allen Miller, two political war horses, are circulating among our people today". Cottonwood Chronicle. November 4, 1904.
  29. ^ "Hon. Lycurgus Vineyard returned yesterday". Idaho County Free Press. October 27, 1904.
  30. ^ "Stockslager for Governor". Lewiston Evening Teller. August 8, 1906.
  31. ^ "Judge Vineyard is Borne to Grave by Soldiers". Idaho County Free Press. March 20, 1919.
  32. ^ "Death Claims Idaho Pioneer". The Spokesman-Review. March 16, 1919.
  33. ^ Idaho Blue Book (PDF). Idaho Secretary of State. 2023. p. 222-254.
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