Oregon
In 1844, the family moved to the newly organized Yamhill District and settled on a land claim near the present community of Carlton. Hembree's land claim was one of the first in what became a Yamhill County. There the family raised livestock and Absalom operated a store in nearby Lafayette. While in Oregon, the couple would have seven more children. Hembree served as a director of the Portland & Valley Plank Road Company that started construction on Canyon Road in 1849, and was involved with the creation of the Pacific Telegraph Company in 1855.
In 1846, Hembree was elected to the Provisional Legislature of Oregon to represent the Yamhill District, and won re-election the following year. He won election to the final session of that body in 1848, serving through the early 1849 session. The creation of the Oregon Territory and take over by the federal government superseded the Provisional Government of Oregon’s authority. In 1849, he was elected to serve in the first session of the Oregon Territorial Legislature, representing Yamhill County. Hembree served again in the 1851 and 1854 sessions in the lower Oregon House of Representatives as a Democrat. He had run for the office of U.S. Marshall for the territory, but lost to Joseph Meek.
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