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George LeBreton
Recorder for the Provisional Government of Oregon
In office
1841–1844
Preceded by position created
Succeeded by Overton Johnson
Constituency Oregon Country
Personal details
Born 1810
Massachusetts
Died March 4, 1844(1844-03-04) (aged 33–34)
Oregon

George W. LeBreton (1810 – March 4, 1844) was a pioneer politician in the Oregon Country and served as the official recorder in the Provisional Government of Oregon.

Early life

LeBreton was born in 1810 in Massachusetts. He then moved to Oregon along with Captain John H. Couch, an early sea merchant in Portland, Oregon. He arrived in Oregon aboard Couch's vessel Maryland in 1840. On February 18, 1841, he was elected as the recorder for the Champoeg Meetings and for the probate court that was created. In 1843, when the provisional government was formed, he was again elected as the recorder, the forerunner to the office of Secretary of State. He was killed by a Native American named Cockstock, on March 4, 1844. Cockstock shot LeBreton, who later died of his wounds. Cockstock was killed by Winslow Armstrong. The incident lead to the creation of the Oregon Rangers as a militia.

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