John McLoughlin, Canadian-American businessman (born 1784)

John McLoughlin

Hudson's Bay Company figure in Oregon (1784–1857)

John McLoughlin KCSG, baptized Jean-Baptiste McLoughlin, was a French-Canadian, later American, Chief Factor and Superintendent of the Columbia District of the Hudson's Bay Company at Fort Vancouver from 1824 to 1845. He was later known as the "Father of Oregon" for his role in…