Mitchell was a senator from Oregon and was a Republican. He served from 1901 to 1905.
He was previously a senator from Oregon as a Republican from 1891 to 1897; a senator from Oregon as a Republican from 1885 to 1891; and a senator from Oregon as a Republican from 1873 to 1879.
Misconduct
Mitchell faced an allegation of using political influence in the federal government to help clients with land claims. In 1905, his indictment and conviction occured during Senate recess. On Dec. 8, 1905, he died.
| 1905 | Indictment and conviction occured during Senate recess. |
| Dec. 8, 1905 | Died. |
![Photo of Sen. John Mitchell [R-OR, 1901-1905]](/static/legislator-photos/407793-200px.jpeg)
Primary Sources
The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:
- unitedstates/congress-legislators, a community project gathering congressional information
- United States Congressional Roll Call Voting Records, 1789-1990 by Howard L. Rosenthal and Keith T. Poole.
- Martis’s “The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress”, via Keith Poole’s roll call votes data set, for political party affiliation for Members of Congress from 1789 through about year 2000
- Biographical Directory of the United States Congress for the photo
