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Bourne (JONATHAN American Senator born)

JONATHAN, American Senator; born at New Bedford, Mass., Feb. 23, 1855. He was educated at Harvard, but left college to go to sea, was shipwrecked at Formosa, and, being rescued, was taken to Portland, Ore., where he has since remained. He was admitted to the bar in 1881, and, after practicing law for a year, became interested in mining and commercial undertakings. He is president of several corporations in Oregon and of the Bourne Cotton Mills, Fall River, Mass. In 1885 he was elected to the State Legislature, and was a member of the Republican National Convention in 1888 and 1892. He was elected to the United States Senate for the term of 1907-1913, but was defeated for reelection in the latter year.