Gaston, Joseph.  "The Centennial History of Oregon, 1811-1912."  Vol. 2. 
Chicago, Clarke Publishing Co., 1912. p. 77.

JULIUS NEWTON HART

     One of the able, prosperous and well known attorneys of Portland, formerly
of Baker City, is Julius Newton Hart, who was born in Wayne county, Illinois,
May 13, 1869, his parents being John S. and Minerva Jane (Neal) Hart.  The
father's birth occurred in Carroll county, Ohio, on the 21st of May, 1841, while
the mother was born in Wayne county, Illinois, April 5, 1846.  The father, a
farmer and stock-raiser, has lived in Oregon since 1885.  He and his wife
removed from Illinois to Oregon in that year, locating in Polk county, where
they remained for some time, after which they removed to Benton county, where
they still reside.  John S. Hart is a veteran of the Civil war, having served as
a member of the Fifth Illinois Cavalry for four years during that great national
struggle.  Although he fought in many battles the siege of Vicksburg was the
heaviest engagement in which he participated during his war experience.  The
ancestors of our subject were members of Roger Hooker's colony in Massachusetts
in 1632 and three years later helped found the town of Hartford, Connecticut.
To John S. and Minerva Jane Hart were born eight children, as follows:  Julius
Newton, of this review; Silas W., a farmer and stock-raiser of Benton county,
Oregon; Florence, the wife of D. J. Grant, of Dallas, Oregon; Loretta A., who
gave her hand in marriage to H. E. Starr, of Falls City, Oregon; Emma E., the
wife of Edward Rich, of Falls City, this state; Julia M., the wife of Clyde
Turner, of Airlie, Oregon; Samantha S., who is the wife of Clarence foster, of
Benton county; and Alberta, the wife of Lloyd Hyde, of Benton county.
     The youth of Julius Newton Hart was spent in Illinois, where he received a
good common-school education.  He was later graduated from La Creole Academy of
Dallas, Oregon, with the class of 1889 and subsequently spent a year (1891-2) in
the Oregon University Law School.  In 1895 he was admitted to the bar, being
licensed to practice before all the courts of Oregon.  In 1896 he entered upon
his professional career, opening a law office at Dallas, Oregon, and practicing
there until 1900.  He then formed a partnership with James H. Townsend, which
was continued until 1902, when it was dissolved and Mr. Hart practiced alone
again until 1904.  During the following two years he was associated with William
Smith in Baker City, Oregon, and from 1906 until 1910 practiced in partnership
with James H. Nichols.  Since 1910 he has practiced independently, occupying,
while in Baker City, beautiful offices in the Shoemaker building, and since his
removal to Portland, May 1, 1912, he has opened offices in the Couch building.
In addition to following the general practice of law Mr. Hart also acts as
secretary of the Baker Irrigation Company.
     On the 21st of December, 1890, Mr. hart was married to Miss Irene Dempsey,
a native of Polk county, Oregon, and a daughter of James A. and Alice (Embree)
Dempsey.  Her father is deceased.  To Mr. and Mrs. Hart have been born two
children, J. Harold and Hattie R.
     Mr. Hart is a republican and has been honored by his party at various
times.  He was one of the Oregon presidential electors in 1904.  From 1906 to
1910 he served as a member of the state senate from the twenty-third district of
Oregon.  For four years, from 1900 to 1904, he held the office of district
attorney in the third judicial district.  Fraternally he is identified with the
Masons, belonging to Jennings Lodge, No. 9, F. & A. M., and Ainsworth Chapter,
R. A. M.  He is also a member of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, the
Fraternal Order of Eagles and the United Artisans.  Although Mr. Hart did not
remain for a comparatively long time in Baker City, during his professional
career there he gained a large and lucrative general practice, to which he
brought an extensive knowledge of the law and an experience broadened by his
political career and the service which he has rendered his state through the
public offices he has held.  He is still in early middle life, and beyond all
question there is opening up to him a broader and more remunerative practice
than he has yet attained.  Having been in public life for many years, Mr. hart
has surrounded himself not only with a large clientele but also a host of warm
personal and political friends, and particularly in the discharge of his duties
as state senator has he become well known throughout Oregon.


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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in March 2006 by Diana Smith. Submitter
has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.