Charles Meigs (politician)

{{short description|American politician}}

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| office = Delegate to the Oregon Constitutional Convention

| constituency = Wasco County

| term = 1857

| party = Democratic Party

| birth_date = 1831

| birth_place = Connecticut, United States

| death_date = {{nowrap| {{death year and age|1883|1831}}}}

| death_place = Ottawa, Kansas, United States

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Charles R. Meigs (1831 – 1883) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a delegate to the Oregon Constitutional Convention representing Wasco County. He was the only delegate representing the territory east of Cascade Mountains.

During the convention he wanted to make Cascades the eastern border of the state. In this he's supported by Delazon Smith and his own plans of making Oregon a coastal state centered on Willamette River valley. But due to these plans, he's been accused of following the self-interest of his hometown, The Dalles city, and his proposal is denied.Everett, D. R. (2014). Creating the American West: Boundaries and Borderlands. United States: University of Oklahoma Press.

In 1864 he's admitted by the Supreme Court as a prosecuting attorney, but after that he left the state.Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of Oregon ... and Cases in the Circuit Courts of Oregon. (1869). United States: State Printing.