Facts:   - profession: attorney    - imagesize: 140px    - death place: portland , oregon    - preceded: la fayette grover    - term: march , 1895 4 , 1883 & ndash ; march 4    - party: republican    - death date: 10 march 1897    - office: united states senator from oregon      - succeeded: george w. mcbride    - birth date: 19 october 1835    - name: joseph n. dolph    - birth place: dolphsburg , new york   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of joseph n. dolph .
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joseph norton dolph -lrb- october 19 , 1835march 10 , 1897 -rrb- was an american politician and attorney in the state of oregon .a native of the state of new york , he immigrated to oregon over the oregon trail and settled in portland where he became the state 's federal district attorney .a republican , he spent ten years in the oregon state senate before serving in the united states senate from 1883 to 1895 .