What is Stephen F. Chadwick?
{{Infobox Governor | name = Stephen F. Chadwick | caption = Steven Chadwick, Govenor of Oregon, taken in the 1870s | order = 5th | office = Governor of Oregon | term_start = February 1, 1877 | term_end = September 11, 1878 | lieutenant = <!--Oregon has no Lt. Gov. position--> | predecessor = [[La Fayette Grover]] | successor = [[W. W. Thayer]] | birth_date = December 25, 1825 | birth_place = [[Middletown, Connecticut]] | death_date = January 15, 1895 | death_place = [[Salem, Oregon]] | spouse = Jane A. Smith | profession = [[Lawyer]] | party = [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]] | footnotes = | image = Steven Chadwick, Govenor of Oregon, taken in the 1870s (cropped).jpg }} '''Stephen Fowler Chadwick''' (December 25, 1825 - January 15, 1895), was an American [[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]] politician who served as [[Governor of Oregon]] from 1877 to 1878. Governor Chadwick was the first person to obtain the governorship by way of the state's [[Succession order|Line of Succession]]. ==Occupational background== Chadwick was a lawyer, admitted to the New York State Bar on May 30, 1850. He soon made his way to Oregon, setting up a law firm in the [[Douglas County, Oregon|Douglas County]] settlement of Scottsburg in April 1851. Chadwick served as the town's first postmaster. ==Early Political Career== After moving from Scottsburg to [[Roseburg, Oregon|Roseburg]], Chadwick ran for the newly created position of Judge of Douglas County. Later he would go on to represent Douglas County at the Oregon 1857 State Constitiutional Convention. In the 1864 and 1868 Presidential elections, Chadwick served as an Democratic elector. Chadwick won the 1870 election to the position of [[Secretary of State (U.S. state government)|Secretary of State]], and was subsequently reelected in 1874. ==Governorship== In 1877, [[