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William Lysander Adams (1821-1906) —
also known as William L. Adams; Will Adams —
of Yamhill
County, Ore.; Forest Grove, Washington
County, Ore.; Hood River, Hood River
County, Ore.
Born in Painesville, Lake
County, Ohio, February
5, 1821.
Republican. School teacher; went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; preacher;
newspaper
editor; probate judge in Oregon, 1850; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1860; physician.
Died in Hood River, Hood River
County, Ore., April
26, 1906 (age 85 years, 80
days).
Interment at Idlewild
Cemetery, Hood River, Ore.
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Lewis R. Alderman (1872-1965) —
of Yamhill
County, Ore.; Eugene, Lane
County, Ore.; Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in Dayton, Yamhill
County, Ore., October
29, 1872.
Republican. School teacher and principal; Yamhill
County Superintendent of Schools, 1904-07; Oregon
superintendent of public instruction, 1911-13; resigned 1913.
Died in 1965
(age about
92 years).
Interment at Brookside
Cemetery, Dayton, Ore.
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Ulysses S. Balentine (1900-1956) —
also known as U. S. Balentine —
of Klamath Falls, Klamath
County, Ore.
Born in Stone
County, Ark., March
17, 1900.
Republican. School teacher; lawyer;
member of Oregon
state senate, 1936-41; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Oregon 2nd District, 1938.
Member, Eagles.
Died February
12, 1956 (age 55 years, 332
days).
Interment at Klamath
Memorial Park, Klamath Falls, Ore.
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Harry H. Belt (1883-1950) —
of Yamhill
County, Ore.; Salem, Marion
County, Ore.
Born in Salem, Marion
County, Ore., November
24, 1883.
Republican. Superintendent of schools; lawyer;
circuit judge in Oregon, 1914-24; justice of
Oregon state supreme court, 1925-50; died in office 1950.
Presbyterian
or Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died August
6, 1950 (age 66 years, 255
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John D. Belt and Nellie (Hacklemen) Belt; married, July 3,
1905, to Martha Paldanius. |
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Alfred S. Bennett (b. 1854) —
of The Dalles, Wasco
County, Ore.
Born in Dubuque, Dubuque
County, Iowa, June 10,
1854.
Democrat. School teacher; lawyer;
circuit judge in Oregon, 1882-84; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Oregon, 1912
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1916;
justice
of Oregon state supreme court, 1919-20; resigned 1920.
Member, Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas M. Bennett and Zylpha Ann (Finnell) Bennett; married, November
7, 1887, to Mary McCauley. |
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Abner McDonald Bryant (1838-1896) —
also known as A. M. Bryant —
of Fort Branch, Gibson
County, Ind.; Wahoo, Saunders
County, Neb.; Gettysburg, Graham
County, Kan.; Republican City, Harlan
County, Neb.; Falls City, Polk
County, Ore.
Born in Ohio
County, Ky., March 1,
1838.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; minister;
school teacher and principal; superintendent of
schools; member of Nebraska
state senate 16th District, 1877; president,
McPherson Normal College, Republican City, Neb., 1886-87.
Presbyterian.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died, of asthma,
in Falls City, Polk
County, Ore., June 4,
1896 (age 58 years, 95
days).
Interment at Falls
City Cemetery, Falls City, Ore.
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James U. Campbell (1866-1937) —
of Oregon City, Clackamas
County, Ore.; Salem, Marion
County, Ore.
Born in Prince
Edward Island, August
29, 1866.
Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; school teacher; lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; member of Oregon
state house of representatives, 1907-09; circuit judge in Oregon,
1909; justice of
Oregon state supreme court, 1931-37; died in office 1937; chief
justice of Oregon state supreme court, 1935-37.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died July 16,
1937 (age 70 years, 321
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Campbell and Mary (McDougall) Campbell; married, August
7, 1901, to Anna C. Pauling. |
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Julius Alonzo Churchill (b. 1862) —
also known as J. A. Churchill —
of Ashland, Jackson
County, Ore.; Monmouth, Polk
County, Ore.
Born in Lima, Allen
County, Ohio, October
14, 1862.
Republican. Superintendent of schools; Oregon
superintendent of public instruction, 1913-26; appointed 1913;
resigned 1926.
Episcopalian.
Member, Elks; Maccabees;
Kiwanis.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Julius R. Churchill and Lou (Saint) Churchill; married, October
18, 1887, to Florence B. Jennings; married, March 5,
1922, to Inez Depew. |
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Betsy L. Close (born c.1950) —
of Albany, Linn
County, Ore.
Born about 1950.
Republican. School teacher; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Oregon, 2004.
Female.
Still living as of 2004.
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James Judson Crossley (b. 1869) —
also known as James J. Crossley —
of Winterset, Madison
County, Iowa; Fairbanks, Fairbanks
North Star Borough, Alaska; Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in Crawford Township, Madison
County, Iowa, August
31, 1869.
Republican. Superintendent of schools; member of Iowa
state senate, 1900-07; U.S.
Attorney for the 3rd District of Alaska Territory, 1908-09; U.S.
Attorney for the 4th District of Alaska Territory, 1909-14.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Wesley Crossley and Cynthia Jane (Hardy) Crossley; married,
August
10, 1910, to Cherry L. Hyde. |
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Henry A. Davee (b. 1872) —
of Hoquiam, Grays
Harbor County, Wash.; Roseburg, Douglas
County, Ore.; Lewistown, Fergus
County, Mont.
Born in Martinsville, Morgan
County, Ind., July 29,
1872.
School teacher and principal; superintendent of
schools; Montana
superintendent of public instruction, 1905-17.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Zachariah L. Davee and Elvira (King) Davee; married, December
24, 1902, to Mabel Flinders. |
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James Watson Gantenbein (b. 1900) —
also known as James W. Gantenbein —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., November
9, 1900.
Deputy county clerk; school teacher; lawyer;
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Milan, 1930-33; U.S. Consul in Quito, as of 1943.
Burial location unknown.
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Louis Raphael Geisler (1890-1982) —
also known as L. Raphael Geisler —
Born in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., August
25, 1890.
School teacher; U.S. Vice Consul in Cologne, 1916-17; Zurich, 1917-19.
Died December
6, 1982 (age 92 years, 103
days).
Interment at Lincoln
Memorial Park, Portland, Ore.
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Edith Starrett Green (1910-1987) —
also known as Edith Green; Edith Louise
Starrett —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in Trent, Moody
County, S.Dak., January
17, 1910.
Democrat. School teacher; candidate for secretary
of state of Oregon, 1952; U.S.
Representative from Oregon 3rd District, 1955-74; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Oregon, 1956,
1960,
1964,
1968.
Female.
Christian.
Member, League of Women
Voters; Urban
League; American
Association of University Women.
Died April
21, 1987 (age 77 years, 94
days).
Interment at Pioneer
Cemetery, Corbett, Ore.
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Willis Chatman Hawley (1864-1941) —
also known as Willis C. Hawley —
of Salem, Marion
County, Ore.
Born near Monroe, Benton
County, Ore., May 5,
1864.
Republican. School principal; college
professor; president,
Willamette University, 1893-1902; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Oregon 1st District, 1907-33.
Member, Woodmen;
Elks.
Co-sponsor of the Smoot-Hawley Tariff.
Died July 24,
1941 (age 77 years, 80
days).
Interment at City
View Cemetery, Salem, Ore.
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Rufus Cecil Holman (1877-1959) —
also known as Rufus C. Holman —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., October
14, 1877.
Republican. School teacher; accountant;
manufacturer
of record books and paper boxes; ice
business; Oregon
state treasurer, 1931-38; appointed 1931; resigned 1938; U.S.
Senator from Oregon, 1939-45.
Died in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., November
27, 1959 (age 82 years, 44
days).
Interment at River
View Cemetery, Portland, Ore.
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Darlene Hooley (b. 1939) —
of West Linn, Clackamas
County, Ore.; Lake Oswego, Clackamas
County, Ore.
Born in Williston, Williams
County, N.Dak., April 4,
1939.
Democrat. School teacher; member of Oregon
state house of representatives, 1980-86; U.S.
Representative from Oregon 5th District, 1997-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Oregon, 2000,
2004,
2008.
Female.
Lutheran.
Still living as of 2014.
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Charles Abner Howard (b. 1881) —
also known as Charles A. Howard —
of Monmouth, Polk
County, Ore.
Born in Greenwood
County, Kan., February
17, 1881.
Republican. School teacher; superintendent of schools;
school principal; Oregon
superintendent of public instruction, 1927-37; resigned 1937; president,
Eastern Oregon College of Education, 1937-39; president,
Oregon College of Education, from 1939.
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi
Delta Kappa; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Abner Howard and Catherine Mary (Lough) Howard; married, August
11, 1909, to Cora DeFontaigne Shaw. |
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Rufus Mallory (1831-1914) —
of Oregon.
Born in Coventry, Chenango
County, N.Y., January
10, 1831.
Republican. School teacher; lawyer;
member of Oregon
state house of representatives, 1862, 1872; U.S.
Representative from Oregon at-large, 1867-69; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Oregon, 1868
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1888;
U.S.
Attorney for Oregon, 1873-82.
Died in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., April
30, 1914 (age 83 years, 110
days).
Cremated.
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William Manning (1832-1914) —
of Salem, Marion
County, Ore.
Born in Arlington, Rush
County, Ind., November
8, 1832.
School teacher; ordained
minister; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member
of Oregon
state house of representatives, 1885.
Died in Salem, Marion
County, Ore., May 26,
1914 (age 81 years, 199
days).
Interment at Salem Pioneer Cemetery, Salem, Ore.
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Maurine Brown Neuberger (1907-2000) —
also known as Maurine Neuberger; Maurine Brown; Mrs.
Richard L. Neuberger —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in Cloverdale, Tillamook
County, Ore., January
9, 1907.
Democrat. School teacher; writer; photographer;
member of Oregon
state house of representatives, 1951-56; U.S.
Senator from Oregon, 1960-67; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Oregon, 1964.
Female.
Unitarian.
Member, Americans
for Democratic Action; Theta
Sigma Phi; Delta
Kappa Gamma; American
Association of University Women.
Third woman to win a full term in the U.S. Senate.
Died, of a bone
marrow disorder, in a nursing
home at Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., February
22, 2000 (age 93 years, 44
days).
Interment at Beth
Israel Cemetery, Portland, Ore.
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Marylin Linfoot Shannon (b. 1941) —
also known as Marylin Shannon —
of Brooks, Marion
County, Ore.
Born in La Grande, Union
County, Ore., September
7, 1941.
Republican. School teacher; member of Oregon
state senate, 1995-98; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Oregon 5th District, 1998; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Oregon, 2004,
2008.
Female.
Assembly
of God.
Still living as of 2008.
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Relatives:
Married to Albert Shannon. |
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Frederick Steiwer (1883-1939) —
of Pendleton, Umatilla
County, Ore.; Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born near Jefferson, Marion
County, Ore., October
13, 1883.
Republican. School teacher; lawyer;
District Attorney, 1913-16; member of Oregon
state senate, 1917; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
U.S.
Senator from Oregon, 1927-38; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Oregon, 1936
(Temporary
Chair; speaker).
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Woodmen;
Elks.
Died February
3, 1939 (age 55 years, 113
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Eli Thayer (1819-1899) —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Mendon, Worcester
County, Mass., June 11,
1819.
Republican. School teacher and principal; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1853-54; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 9th District, 1857-61;
defeated, 1872; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Oregon, 1860.
Died in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., April
15, 1899 (age 79 years, 308
days).
Interment at Hope
Cemetery, Worcester, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Cushman Ferdinando Thayer and Miranda (Pond) Thayer; married, August
6, 1845, to Caroline Maria Capron; father of John
Alden Thayer; second cousin thrice removed of Ralph
Waldo Hungerford; third cousin once removed of Staley
N. Wood; third cousin twice removed of John
Adams; fourth cousin of John
Milton Thayer and James
Abram Garfield; fourth cousin once removed of John
Quincy Adams, Elijah
Hunt Mills, George
Bailey Loring, Alexander
Wheelock Thayer, William
Aldrich, Augustus
Brown Reed Sprague, Edward
M. Chapin, Harry
Augustus Garfield and James
Rudolph Garfield. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Davis
family of Massachusetts; Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York; Adams-Rusling
family (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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