Background
In 1841 a series of meetings were held at Champoeg on French Prairie in the Willamette Valley. The first meetings were held in part as a response to the death of Ewing Young who had died without a will. In February 1841 a probate judge was appointed along with a few other positions, but no further movement towards a government occurred.
On February 2, 1843, a new series of meetings began with a gathering at the Oregon Institute in what is now Salem to discuss problems with predatory animals attacking livestock. Meetings continued in the valley over the next few months until a large general meeting was held at Champoeg on May 2, 1843. A proposal for forming a provisional government was discussed and eventually a committee recommendation to form a government was put to a vote with the tally being 52 votes in favor of forming a government with 50 votes against the formation. This vote created the Provisional Government of Oregon.
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