Lafayette Cartee | |
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| Speaker of the Oregon Territory House of Representatives | |
| In office December 4, 1854 – December 1, 1855 | |
| Preceded by | Zebulon C. Bishop |
| Succeeded by | Delazon Smith |
| Member of the Oregon Territory House of Representatives | |
| In office 1853–1855 | |
| Constituency | Clackamas County, Oregon |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 2, 1823 Syracuse, New York, U.S. |
| Died | September 2, 1891 (aged 67) Boise, Idaho, U.S. |
| Political party | Democrat; later Republican |
| Spouse |
Mary S. Bell (died 1862) |
| Profession | Surveyor, civil engineer |
Lafayette F. Cartee (December 2, 1823 – September 2, 1891) was an American pioneer surveyor and civil engineer who conducted the initial surveys of many areas of Oregon, Washington, and Idaho. He was also an Oregon state legislator, served two terms in Oregon's territorial legislature. This included one term as Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives during the 1854 legislative session. He was later appointed surveyor general of the Idaho Territory, a position he held for 14 years. While in Idaho he became an expert horticulturist, developing the territories first commercial plant nursery. He also built the territory's first greenhouse and its first fruit and vegetable cannery.