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{{short description|American politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Benjamin Hayden
| image = Benjamin Hayden Oregon.jpg
| imagesize = 175px
| caption =
| office = Member of the [[Oregon House of Representatives]]
| termstart = 1870
| termend = 1871
| constituency = [[Polk County, Oregon|Polk County]]
| nominator =
| appointer =
| predecessor =
| successor =
| office2 = 7th [[List of Speakers of the Oregon House of Representatives|Speaker]] of the [[Oregon House of Representatives]]
| constituency2 =
| termstart2 = 1870
| termend2 = 1871
| predecessor2 = [[John Whiteaker]]
| successor2 = [[Rufus Mallory]]
| birth_date = September 11, 1822
| birth_place = [[Logan County, Kentucky]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|1908|10|29|1822|9|11}}
| death_place = [[Salem, Oregon]]
| party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]
| spouse = Zerelda Gibson
}}

'''Benjamin F. Hayden''' (September 11, 1822 – October 29, 1908) was an American attorney and politician in the state of [[Oregon]]. A native of [[Kentucky]], he moved to the West Coast with the [[California Gold Rush]] in 1849 and to Oregon in 1852. A Democrat, he served in the [[Oregon House of Representatives]], including the 1870 session as speaker of the body.

==Early life==
Hayden was born in [[Logan County, Kentucky]], on September 11, 1822, but grew up in [[Illinois]].<ref name=bar>Colmer, Montagu, and [[Charles Erskine Scott Wood]]. ''History of the Bench and Bar of Oregon''. Portland, Or: Historical Pub. Co, 1910. p. 268–269.</ref> As a young man he moved to [[Missouri]] before traveling west to California in 1849 for the gold rush.<ref name=bar/> In 1850, Hayden returned to Missouri where he married Zerelda Gibson (b. 1832) who was from [[Lincoln County, Missouri]].<ref name=bar/>

==Oregon==
In 1852, the couple moved to what was then the [[Oregon Territory]], settling in [[Polk County, Oregon|Polk County]] in the [[Willamette Valley]].<ref name=bar/> Hayden took up a [[Donation Land Act|Donation Land Claim]] in the [[Eola Hills]] near the community of [[Eola, Oregon|Eola]].<ref name=bar/> There he was one of the early settlers and served as the first judge of Polk County in 1852.<ref name=osl/>

In 1855, the [[Rogue River Wars|Rogue River War]] began in [[Southern Oregon]], with Hayden forming a company of troops and serving as captain of the company.<ref name=bar/> Following service in the war against the Native Americans, he returned to the practice of law in 1856 and was a prominent lawyer in the Willamette Valley.<ref name=bar/> In 1857, he was elected to represent Polk and Tillamook counties in the [[Oregon Territorial Legislature]].<ref name=terr1857>[http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/Recordpdf/6785254 Oregon Legislative Assembly (9th Territorial) 1857 Regular Session.] Oregon State Archives. Retrieved on May 30, 2008.</ref>

In 1870, Hayden was elected to the [[Oregon House of Representatives]] as a Democrat for a two-year term.<ref>[http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/Recordpdf/6785264 1870 Regular Session (6th).] Oregon State Archives. Retrieved on May 30, 2008.</ref> Representing Polk County, he was also selected as the speaker of the house for the 1870 legislative session.<ref>[https://sos.oregon.gov/blue-book/Documents/elections/history-officials.pdf Oregon Blue Book: Earliest Authorities in Oregon - Speakers of the House of Representatives of Oregon.] ''Oregon Blue Book''. Oregon Secretary of State. Retrieved on May 30, 2008.</ref>

==Later years and family==
Hayden would later move to [[Salem, Oregon|Salem]]. He and his wife had six children, Estella, Dora, Benjamin N., Samuel Lee, and George.<ref>Lang, H. O., ed. [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~jtenlen/ORBios/bbhayden.txt ''The History of the Willamette Valley, Being A Description of the Valley and its Resources, with an account of its Discovery and Settlement by White Men, and its Subsequent History; Together with Personal Reminiscences of its Early Pioneers''.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519080912/http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~jtenlen/ORBios/bbhayden.txt |date=May 19, 2011 }} Portland, OR, Geo. H. Himes, Book and Job Printer, 1885. p. 704.</ref> Oregon historian Ben Maxwell is a grandson.<ref name=osl>[http://photos.lib.state.or.us/exhibit4/e40191a.htm Benjamin F. Hayden.] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110824104636/http://photos.lib.state.or.us/exhibit4/e40191a.htm |date=August 24, 2011 }} [[Oregon State Library]]. Retrieved on May 30, 2008.</ref> Benjamin Hayden died on October 29, 1908, in Salem and was buried at the [[Salem Pioneer Cemetery]].<ref>[http://www.salempioneercemetery.org/records/display_record.php?id=3024 Benjamin F. Hayden.] Salem Pioneer Cemetery. Retrieved on May 30, 2008.</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{cite book
|title=History of the Pacific States of North America
|publisher=A. L. Bancroft
|author=Hubert Howe Bancroft
|year=1888
|isbn=
|url=https://archive.org/details/historypacifics26bategoog
|page=[https://archive.org/details/historypacifics26bategoog/page/n469 454]
}}

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