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Oregon senator almost became President; lucky for us, he didn’t

Published: Nov. 19, 2019, 2 p.m.

New York schemers sought to have Joseph Lane named President. Had they succeeded, the Civil War likely would have been the North seceding from the South, and possibly an independent Pacific Republic in the West. (Washington, D.C.; 1860) (For text and pictures, see http://offbeatoregon.com/1412c.318.president-joseph-lane.html)