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Food Industry Politicians in Oregon
Processors, Distributors, Grocers

William Spencer Mason (1832-1899) — also known as William S. Mason — of Portland, Multnomah County, Ore. Born in Virginia, 1832. Republican. Grocer; banker; mayor of Portland, Ore., 1891-94, 1898-99; died in office 1899. Died in Portland, Multnomah County, Ore., March 27, 1899 (age about 66 years). Burial location unknown.   See also Wikipedia article   William Elmendorf Rothery (1851-1932) — also known as William E. Rothery — of Portland, Multnomah County, Ore.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif.; San Francisco, Calif.; Seattle, King County, Wash.; Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, N.C. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., March 25, 1851. Newspaper editor and publisher; Consul for Liberia in Philadelphia, Pa., 1888-95; manufacturers' agent; food broker. German ancestry. Died, following a heart attack, in St. Peter's Hospital, Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, N.C., July 8, 1932 (age 81 years, 105 days). Interment at Cataumet Cemetery, Bourne, Mass.   Relatives: Married, July 14, 1907, to Olive Draper (Leach) Hoag.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Norton Winfred Simon (1907-1993) — also known as Norton Simon; Norton Glickman — of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Portland, Multnomah County, Ore., February 5, 1907. Republican. President, Val Vita Food Products, 1931-42; subsequently president and chairman of Hunt Foods; director, Wheeling Steel Corporation, Northern Pacific Railway, and McCall's Publishing Co.; art collector; candidate for U.S. Senator from California, 1970. Jewish. Died in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County, Calif., June 1, 1993 (age 86 years, 116 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Married, February 3, 1933, to Lucille Ellis; married 1971 to Jennifer (Isley) Jones (widow of David Oliver Selznick).   Political family: Mayer family of Los Angeles, California.   See also Wikipedia article — Internet Movie Database profile   Gordon Harold Smith (b. 1952) — also known as Gordon Smith — of Lake Oswego, Clackamas County, Ore. Born in Pendleton, Umatilla County, Ore., May 25, 1952. Republican. Chief executive officer, Smith Frozen Foods; member of Oregon state senate, 1992-97; U.S. Senator from Oregon, 1997-2009; president, National Association of Broadcasters, 2009. Mormon. Still living as of 2014.   Relatives: Son of Jessica (Udall) Smith and Milan Dale Smith; brother of Milan Dale Smith Jr.; married 1975 to Sharon Lankford; nephew of Lee Kenyon Udall; grandson of Jesse Addison Udall; grandnephew of John Hunt Udall, Levi Stewart Udall and Don Taylor Udall; great-grandson of David King Udall; second great-grandson of John Doyle Lee; third great-grandson of Jefferson Hunt; first cousin once removed of John Nicholas Udall, Stewart Lee Udall, Morris King Udall and Rex Edwin Lee; double second cousin of Thomas Stewart Udall and Mark E. Udall; second cousin of Michael Shumway Lee.   Political family: Udall family of Arizona.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile   Francis Aaron Spencer (1865-1936) — also known as Frank A. Spencer — of Portland, Multnomah County, Ore. Born in San Francisco, Calif., January 24, 1865. Democrat. Commission merchant; importer; Consul for Mexico in Portland, Ore., 1895-1914; wholesale grocery manager; administrator, Oregon Liquor Control Commission, 1935; candidate for Presidential Elector for Oregon. Jumped from the high Vista Avenue Viaduct, and fell hundreds of feet to his death amid traffic on Canyon Road, in Portland, Multnomah County, Ore., December 22, 1936 (age 71 years, 333 days). His suicide note was quoted in news reports as follows: "Frankly, the pace has been too fast for me, and I cannot convince myself that I can make a comeback.". Interment at River View Cemetery, Portland, Ore.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Paul Black Wallace (b. 1879) — also known as Paul B. Wallace — of Salem, Marion County, Ore. Born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., May 28, 1879. Republican. President, Valley Motor Co.; president, Salem Sand and Gravel Co.; manager, R. S. Wallace Orchard Co.; president, Producers Cannery; director, Salem Federal Savings & Loan Co.; delegate to Republican National Convention from Oregon, 1944. Presbyterian. Member, Newcomen Society; American Legion; Freemasons. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of R. S. Wallace and Nancy Lee (Black) Wallace; married, August 15, 1923, to Helena Willett.

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