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Oregon: State Attorneys General


Oregon State Attorneys General, 1891-1995 (May be incomplete!)
George E. Chamberlain 1891-95 Cicero M. Idleman 1895-99 D. R. N. Blackburn 1899-1903 Andrew M. Crawford 1903-15 George M. Brown 1915-20 Isaac H. Van Winkle 1920-43 George Neuner 1943-53 Robert Y. Thornton 1953-69 Lee Johnson 1969-77 James A. Redden 1977-80 James M. Brown 1980-81 David B. Frohnmayer 1981-91 Charles Crookham 1992-93 Ted Kulongoski 1993-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1891 May 20: George E. Chamberlain, appointed.
  • 1892: George E. Chamberlain (Dem), elected.
  • 1894: Cicero M. Idleman (Rep), elected.
  • 1898: D. R. N. Blackburn (Rep), elected.
  • 1902: Andrew M. Crawford (Rep), elected.
  • 1906: Andrew M. Crawford (Rep), elected.
  • 1910: Andrew M. Crawford (Rep), elected.
  • 1914: George M. Brown (Rep), elected.
  • 1918: George M. Brown (Rep), elected.
  • 1920: Isaac H. Van Winkle (Rep), elected.
  • 1920 Oct 14: George M. Brown, resigned; Isaac H. Van Winkle, appointed.
  • 1924: Isaac H. Van Winkle (Rep), elected.
  • 1928: Isaac H. Van Winkle (Rep), elected.
  • 1932: Isaac H. Van Winkle (Rep), elected.
  • 1936: Isaac H. Van Winkle (Rep), elected.
  • 1943 Dec 14: Isaac H. Van Winkle, died in office.
  • 1943 Dec 21: George Neuner, appointed.
  • 1944: George Neuner (Rep), elected.
  • 1948: George Neuner (Rep), elected.
  • 1952 Nov 4: Robert Y. Thornton (Dem), elected.
  • 1956 Nov 6: Robert Y. Thornton (Dem), elected.
  • 1960: Robert Y. Thornton (Dem), elected.
  • 1964 Nov 3: Robert Y. Thornton (Dem), elected; Merlin Estep (Rep), defeated.

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