Chief Justice of The Oregon Supreme Court
Thayer declined to run for a second term in the 1882 gubernatorial election. Instead, he successfully ran a campaign for justice of the Supreme Court in 1884, winning a six-year term on the bench. Justice Thayer remained on the bench until 1890, the last two years of that term serving as Chief Justice.
Thayer died in Portland on October 15, 1899, with interment at Lone Fir Cemetery in that city.
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