that newspaper into the Examiner. With the merger, the new consolidated Examiner began to advocate Republican politics on it editorial page. Cogswell sold his interests in the newspaper in 1885. Over the years, Cogswell was involved in a number of other businesses in and around Lake County. For example, he helped found the Bank of Lakeview in 1887. Cogswell also served as president of the Warner Valley Stock Company, a livestock ranching enterprise that owned of grazing land in southern Oregon and northern California. Cogswell was also engaged in local politics. In 1887, he was elected County Judge, the top executive position in the Lake County government. Then in 1892, the citizens of Lakeview elected him mayor for the first time. He was re-elected as mayor in 1893 and again in 1895. State senator In 1988, Cogswell decided to run for the District 6 seat in the Oregon State Senate. The senate district included Crook, Klamath, and Lake counties. After winning the election, he took his seat in the Oregon Senate on 14 January 1889 and served through the 1889 regular session, which ended on 14 February. During the session, he was appointed to a committee assigned to study and make recommendations regarding Oregon's assessment and tax structure. Later in 1889, Cogswell joined other civic and political leaders from southern Oregon to oppose the closure of Fort Klamath. In a letter to the United States Secretary of War dated 31 August 1889, transmitted via Oregon's United States Senator John H. Mitchell, Cogswell and others protested the closure of Fort Klamath. The letter said that some dishonest stockman had previously encroached on Indian treaty lands causing local Indians to take reprisals against innocent farmers and ranchers. The letter said that the presence of the United States Army at Fort Klamath kept everyone on their own land, ensuring peace in southern Oregon. While the post was closed in 1890, a small detachment of troops was left behind to help protect the Klamath Indian Reservation's grazing lands from encroachment by settlers. Since Oregon state senators serve a four-year term, Cogswell did not have to run for re-election prior to the opening of the 1891 legislative session. Prior to the election, some state legislative district boundaries were redrawn. As a result, Cogswell's senate district was changed from District 6 to District 9. While given a new district number, his constituency did not change. In