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Oregon: U.S. Senators


U.S. Senators from Oregon, 1859-2010 (May be incomplete!)
Joseph Lane 1859-61 Delazon Smith 1859 Edward D. Baker 1860-61 James W. Nesmith 1861-67 Benjamin Stark 1861-62 Benjamin F. Harding 1862-65 George H. Williams 1865-71 Henry W. Corbett 1867-73 James K. Kelly 1871-77 John H. Mitchell 1873-79 La Fayette Grover 1877-83 James Harvey Slater 1879-85 Joseph N. Dolph 1883-95 John H. Mitchell 1885-97 George W. McBride 1895-1901 Joseph Simon 1898-1903 John H. Mitchell 1901-05 Charles W. Fulton 1903-09 John M. Gearin 1905-07 Fred W. Mulkey 1907 Jonathan Bourne, Jr. 1907-13 George E. Chamberlain 1909-21 Harry Lane 1913-17 Charles L. McNary 1917-18 Fred W. Mulkey 1918 Charles L. McNary 1918-44 Robert N. Stanfield 1921-27 Frederick Steiwer 1927-38 Alfred Evan Reames 1938 Alexander G. Barry 1938-39 Rufus C. Holman 1939-45 Guy Cordon 1944-55 Wayne L. Morse 1945-69 Richard L. Neuberger 1955-60 Hall S. Lusk 1960-61 Maurine Neuberger 1960-67 Mark O. Hatfield 1967-97 Bob Packwood 1969-95 Ron Wyden 1996- Gordon Smith 1997-2009

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1860: George L. Curry, defeated.
  • 1861 Oct 21: Edward D. Baker, died in office.
  • 1905 Dec 8: John H. Mitchell, died in office.
  • 1906 Nov 6: Jonathan Bourne, Jr. (Rep), elected; John M. Gearin (Dem), defeated; A. G. Simola (Socialist), defeated; B. Lee Paget (Prohibition), defeated.
  • 1906 Nov 6: Fred W. Mulkey (Rep), elected; J. D. Stevens (Socialist), defeated; Hiram Gould (Prohibition), defeated.
  • 1908 Nov 3: George E. Chamberlain (Dem), elected; H. M. Oake (Rep), defeated; J. Cooper (Socialist), defeated; I. H. Amos (Prohibition), defeated.
  • 1912 Nov 5: Harry Lane (Dem), elected; Ben Selling (Rep), defeated; Jonathan Bourne, Jr. (Progressive), defeated; B. F. Ramp (Socialist), defeated; A. E. Clark (Progressive), defeated; B. Lee Paget (Prohibition), defeated.
  • 1914 Nov 3: George E. Chamberlain (Dem), elected; R. A. Booth (Rep), defeated; William Hanley (Progressive), defeated; B. F. Ramp (Socialist), defeated; H. S. Stine (Prohibition), defeated.
  • 1917 May 23: Harry Lane, died in office.
  • 1917 May 29: Charles L. McNary, appointed.
  • 1918 Nov 5: Charles L. McNary (Rep), elected; Oswald West (Dem), defeated; Albert Slaughter (Socialist), defeated.
  • 1918 Nov 5: Fred W. Mulkey (Rep), elected; Martha Bean (Socialist), defeated.
  • 1918 Dec 17: Fred W. Mulkey, resigned; Charles L. McNary, appointed.
  • 1920 Nov 2: Robert N. Stanfield (Rep), elected; George E. Chamberlain (Dem), defeated; Albert Slaughter (Socialist), defeated; Thomas A. Hayes (Ind), defeated; C. H. Svenson (Industrial Labor), defeated.
  • 1924 Nov 4: Charles L. McNary (Rep), elected; Milton A. Miller (Dem), defeated; F. E. Coulter (Progressive), defeated; R. Robinson (Socialist Labor), defeated.
  • 1926 Nov 2: Frederick Steiwer (Rep), elected; Bert E. Haney (Dem), defeated; Robert N. Stanfield (Ind), defeated; W. P. Adams (Ind), defeated.
  • 1930 Nov 4: Charles L. McNary (Rep), elected; Elton Watkins (Dem), defeated; Llewellyn A. Banks (Ind), defeated; H. H. Stallard (Ind), defeated; O. D. Teel (Socialist & Ind), defeated.
  • 1932 Nov 8: Frederick Steiwer (Rep), elected; Walter B. Gleason (Dem), defeated; Joe A. Thomas (Socialist), defeated; F. E. Coulter (Ind), defeated; Sverre Jacobson (Socialist Labor), defeated; A. G. Krueger (Communist), defeated.
  • 1936 Nov 3: Charles L. McNary (Rep), elected; Willis E. Mahoney (Dem), defeated; Albert Streiff (Ind), defeated; Eric Hass (Socialist Labor), defeated; Clarence Rudder (Ind), defeated.
  • 1938 May 20: Robert A. Miller (Dem), nominated unopposed.
  • 1938 May 20: Willis E. Mahoney (Dem), nominated; Carl C. Donaugh (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1938 May 20: Rufus C. Holman (Rep), nominated; Robert N. Stanfield (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1938 May 20: Alexander G. Barry (Rep), nominated; T. McNary Weed (Rep), defeated in primary; Reade M. Ireland (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1938 Nov 8: Rufus C. Holman (Rep), elected; Willis E. Mahoney (Dem), defeated.
  • 1938 Nov 8: Alexander G. Barry (Rep), elected; Robert A. Miller (Dem), defeated.
  • 1942 Nov 3: Charles L. McNary (Rep), elected; Walter W. Whitbeck (Dem), defeated.
  • 1944 Feb 25: Charles L. McNary, died in office.
  • 1944 Nov 7: Wayne L. Morse (Dem), elected; Edgar W. Smith (Rep), defeated.
  • 1944 Nov 7: Guy Cordon (Rep), elected; Willis E. Mahoney (Dem), defeated.
  • 1948 Nov 2: Guy Cordon (Rep), elected; Manley J. Wilson (Dem), defeated.
  • 1950 Nov 7: Wayne L. Morse (Rep), elected; Howard F. Latourette (Dem), defeated; Harlin Talbert (Progressive), defeated.
  • 1954 Nov 2: Richard L. Neuberger (Dem), elected; Guy Cordon (Rep), defeated.
  • 1956 May 18: Wayne L. Morse (Dem), nominated; Woody Smith (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1956 May 18: Douglas McKay (Rep), nominated; Philip S. Hitchcock (Rep), defeated in primary; Elmer Deetz (Rep), defeated in primary; Herbert George Altvater (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1956 Nov 6: Wayne L. Morse (Dem), elected; Douglas McKay (Rep), defeated.
  • 1960 Mar 9: Richard L. Neuberger, died in office.
  • 1960 May 20: Maurine Neuberger (Dem), nominated; Harry C. Fowler (Dem), defeated in primary; William B. Murphy (Dem), defeated in primary; Roscoe Irmie Conn (Dem), defeated in primary; Fred O. Like (Dem), defeated in primary; Daniel N. Cox (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1960 May 20: Elmo Smith (Rep), nominated; Herbert George Altvater (Rep), defeated in primary; R. F. Cook (Rep), defeated in primary; Thomas Killam (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1960 Nov 8: Maurine Neuberger (Dem), elected; Elmo Smith (Rep), defeated.
  • 1960 Nov 8: Maurine Neuberger (Dem), elected; Elmo Smith (Rep), defeated.
  • 1962 May 18: Wayne L. Morse (Dem), nominated; Charlie Gilbert (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1962 May 18: Sig Unander (Rep), nominated; Edwin Durno (Rep), defeated in primary; Harold M. Livingston (Rep), defeated in primary; R. F. Cook (Rep), defeated in primary; James Bacaloff (Rep), defeated in primary; Glenn E. Brixey (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1962 Nov 6: Wayne L. Morse (Dem), elected; Sig Unander (Rep), defeated.
  • 1966 May 24: Robert B. Duncan (Dem), nominated; Howard V. Morgan (Dem), defeated in primary; Gilbert L. Meyer (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1966 May 24: Mark O. Hatfield (Rep), nominated; Walter Huss (Rep), defeated in primary; James Bacaloff (Rep), defeated in primary; Herbert George Altvater (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1966 Nov 8: Mark O. Hatfield (Rep), elected; Robert B. Duncan (Dem), defeated.
  • 1968 May 28: Robert B. Duncan (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1968 Nov 5: Bob Packwood (Rep), elected; Wayne L. Morse (Dem), defeated.
  • 1972 May 23: Robert B. Duncan (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1972 Nov 7: Mark O. Hatfield (Rep), elected; Wayne L. Morse (Dem), defeated.
  • 1974 Nov 5: Bob Packwood (Rep), elected; Betty Roberts (Dem), defeated; Jason Boe, defeated.
  • 1978 Nov 7: Mark O. Hatfield (Rep), elected; Vernon Cook (Dem), defeated.
  • 1980 Nov 4: Bob Packwood (Rep), elected; Ted Kulongoski (Dem), defeated; Theodora Nathan (Libertarian), defeated.
  • 1984 Nov 6: Mark O. Hatfield (Rep), elected; Margaret Hendriksen (Dem), defeated.
  • 1986 Nov 4: Bob Packwood (Rep), elected; Rick Bauman (Dem), defeated; Joe Lutz, defeated.
  • 1990 Nov 6: Mark O. Hatfield (Rep), elected; Harry Lonsdale (Dem), defeated.
  • 1992: Harry Lonsdale (Dem), defeated in primary; Bob Bell (Dem), defeated in primary; Joseph Wetzel (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1992 Nov 3: Bob Packwood (Rep), elected; Les AuCoin (Dem), defeated; Harry Lonsdale, defeated.
  • 1995 Oct 1: Bob Packwood, resigned.
  • 1995 Dec 5: Ron Wyden (Dem), nominated; Peter A. DeFazio (Dem), defeated in primary; Anna Nevenich (Dem), defeated in primary; Michael Donnelly (Dem), defeated in primary; J. J. T. Van Dooremolen (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1995 Dec 5: Gordon Smith (Rep), nominated; Norma Paulus (Rep), defeated in primary; Jack Roberts (Rep), defeated in primary; John Thomas (Rep), defeated in primary; Brian J. Boquist (Rep), defeated in primary; Tony C. Zangaro (Rep), defeated in primary; Sam Berry (Rep), defeated in primary; Jeffrey Brady (Rep), defeated in primary; Valentine Christian (Rep), defeated in primary; Robert J. Fenton (Rep), defeated in primary; Lex Loeb (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1996 Jan 30: Ron Wyden (Dem), elected; Gordon Smith (Rep), defeated; Karen E. Shilling (American Independent), defeated; Gene Nanni (Libertarian), defeated; Vickie Valdez (Socialist), defeated; Lou Gold (Pacific), defeated.
  • 1996 Nov 5: Gordon Smith (Rep), elected; Tom Bruggere (Dem), defeated; Brent Thompson (Reform), defeated; Gary Kutcher (Pacific), defeated; Paul Mohn (Libertarian), defeated; Christopher Phelps (Socialist), defeated; Michael L. Hoyes (Natural Law), defeated.
  • 1998 Nov 3: Ron Wyden (Dem), elected; John Lim (Rep), defeated; Karyn Moskowitz (Pacific), defeated; Jim Brewster (Libertarian), defeated; Michael A. Campbell (Natural Law), defeated; Dean M. Braa (Socialist), defeated.
  • 2002 Nov 5: Gordon Smith (Rep), elected; Bill Bradbury (Dem), defeated; Dan Fitzgerald (Libertarian), defeated; Lon Mabon (Constitution), defeated.
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