| John R. McBride | |
| Birthname: | James Rogers McBride |
| Office: | Chief Justice of the Idaho Territorial Supreme Court |
| Term Start: | February 14, 1865 |
| Term End: | April 23, 1868 |
| Predecessor: | Silas Woodson |
| Successor: | Thomas J. Bowers |
| Appointer: | Abraham Lincoln |
| State1: | Oregon |
| Party: | Republican |
| Term1: | March 4, 1863 - March 3, 1865 |
| Preceded1: | George K. Shiel |
| Succeeded1: | James H. D. Henderson |
| Office2: | Member of the Oregon Senate |
| Term2: | 1860–1862 |
| Birth Date: | August 22, 1832 |
| Death Place: | Spokane, Washington |
| Restingplace: | Germany Hill Cemetery in St. Helens, Oregon |
| Signature: | John R. McBride signature.jpg |
John Rogers McBride (August 22, 1832 - July 20, 1904) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a Republican U.S. congressman from Oregon from 1863 to 1865.
McBride was born near St. Louis, Missouri in 1832, the son of James McBride.[1] In 1851, he moved with his family to Lafayette, Oregon, where he became the superintendent of schools at the age of 22.[1] He studied law and after being admitted to the bar in 1855, he began a law practice in Lafayette.[1]
In 1857, he served in the Oregon Constitutional Convention representing Yamhill County.[2] In 1860, he was elected to the Oregon Senate, and to the United States House of Representatives as a Republican in 1862.[1] He served one term, and after unsuccessfully seeking the Republican party's nomination for a second term in 1864, he was nominated as Chief Justice of Idaho Territory by President Lincoln on January 28, 1864.[3] He was confirmed by the senate on February 14, 1865, and resigned on April 23, 1868.[4] [5]
In 1869, President Grant named him superintendent of the United States assay office in Boise, Idaho.[1] He was a member of Republican National Committee from the Idaho Territory in 1872, and a member of Republican National Committee from Washington from 1880 to 1892.[6]
He practiced law in Boise and in Salt Lake City, Utah before moving his practice to Spokane, Washington, where he died in 1904.[1] He was interred at Germany Hill Cemetery in St. Helens, Oregon.[6]
McBride's youngest brother, George W. McBride, served as a United States senator from Oregon.[1] His other younger brother Thomas A. McBride was the chief justice of the Oregon Supreme Court three times.[7]