Judicial Career
In 1859, Prim was appointed to the Oregon Supreme Court by Governor John Whiteaker to fill the seat of Matthew P. Deady who had resigned. Then in 1860 he was elected to a full six-year term on the bench. Prim won re-election in 1866, and 1872. He term then ended in 1878, but was appointed on a temporary basis and served until 1880. While on the court he was chief justice three times: 1864 to 1866, 1870 to 1872, and 1876 to 1878.
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