Ohlin Harrison Adsit (August 1855 – August 8, 1909)[1] was an Alaskan broker and politician, including Mayor of Juneau from 1902 to 1904.
Biography
editHe was born in August 1855 in New York. Adsit came to Alaska, originally seeking success from the Klondike Gold Rush of the late 1890s.[2]
He was the plaintiff in Malony v. Adsit, a United States Supreme Court case involving a dispute of the ownership of a tract of land in the townsite of Juneau involving Adsit and John F. Malony.[3] The case, originally tried before judge Arthur K. Delaney (who would later precede Adsit as mayor of Juneau) on August 10, 1897, was ruled in favor of Adsit. The result was appealed by Malony and brought the case to the Supreme Court.[4]
Adsit visited Portland, Oregon in 1901.[5]
He was Mayor of Juneau from 1902 to 1904.[6]
He died on August 8, 1909, in Seattle, Washington.
References
edit- ^ "Samuel Graves, Settler of Lynn, Massachusetts and His Descendants". Retrieved November 5, 2008.
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- ^ "Supreme Court Cases: Arguments Heard in Two Cases Today". The Evening Times. No. 1323. Washington, D.C.: Chronicling America, Library of Congress. October 25, 1899.
- ^ "Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, March 27, 1901, Page 11, Image 11 « Historic Oregon Newspapers".
- ^ "The City and Borough of Juneau Homepage". Archived from the original on May 26, 2018. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
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