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Ethelbert P. Oliphant

American judge

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionOct 30, 2025
Entity authorityQ5403252 ↗
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Ethelbert Patterson Oliphant (October 4, 1803 – May 8, 1884) was a judge of the Supreme Court of Washington Territory from 1861 to 1865. He graduated from Jefferson College (now Washington & Jefferson College).

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Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1803, 1884, 1861, 1865—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1803-01-01. The account is most persuasive where Ethelbert, Oliphant and American can be independently traced.
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Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Oct 30, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q5403252. VIAF identifies the subject as 160597167. The Library of Congress control number is no2010207779. 2 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1803, 1884, 1861 and 1865.

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This entry incorporates text from “Ethelbert P. Oliphant” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.