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Scandinavian ancestry Politicians in Oregon
(Danish, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish)


  Eric Hass (1905-1980) — of Oregon; New York. Born in Lincoln, Lancaster County, Neb., 1905. Advertising business; Socialist Labor candidate for U.S. Senator from Oregon, 1936; editor of The Weekly People, 1938-68; Industrial Government candidate for U.S. Senator from New York, 1944; candidate for mayor of New York City, N.Y., 1949 (Industrial Government), 1957 (Socialist Labor), 1961 (Socialist Labor), 1965 (Socialist Labor); candidate for Governor of New York, 1950 (Industrial Government), 1958 (Socialist Labor), 1962 (Socialist Labor); Socialist Labor candidate for President of the United States, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964; librarian. German and Danish ancestry. Resigned or expelled from the Socialist Labor Party, 1969. Died, from a heart attack, in Community Hospital, Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, Calif., October 2, 1980 (age about 75 years). Burial location unknown.
  Toivo A. Johnson — of Oregon. Born in Finland. Socialist. Delegate to Socialist National Convention from Oregon, 1920. Finnish ancestry. Burial location unknown.
  C. Norris Poulson (1895-1982) — of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born near Haines, Baker County, Ore., July 23, 1895. Republican. Accountant; member of California state assembly, 1938-42; U.S. Representative from California, 1943-45, 1947-53 (13th District 1943-45, 1947-53, 24th District 1953); defeated, 1944; mayor of Los Angeles, Calif., 1953-61; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1956. Danish ancestry. Died in Orange, Orange County, Calif., September 25, 1982 (age 87 years, 64 days). Cremated; ashes interred at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Baker City, Ore.
  Relatives: Married, December 25, 1916, to Erma Jane Loennig.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial

 

 


 
   
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