Elmer Perry Dodd papers [manuscript], 1900-1957.

McNary, Charles Linza, 1874-1944

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Charles Linza McNary was not considered much of a campaigner. He gave one or two speeches when he ran for office, preferring to spend the campaign season on his Salem area farm. Despite this understated approach to campaigning, McNary won re-election to the United States Senate five times and became one of the country's leading political figures. McNary was born on a farm just north of Salem in 1874. By age nine, both of his parents had died, leaving his twenty-six year old college educated s...

Pierce, Walter Marcus, 1861-1954

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Walter Marcus Pierce (1861-1954) was a rancher, educator and legislator in Oregon. From the guide to the Walter Marcus Pierce papers, 1916-1945, (Oregon Historical Society Research Library) Born on a farm in Grundy County, Illinois on May 20, 1861, Walter M. Pierce was U.S. Congressman for Eastern Oregon's Second District from 1933-1943. He served as Governor of Oregon from 1923-1927. An active member of the Democratic Party, Pierce was essentially a Populist. He was an arde...

Inland Empire Waterways Association

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Angell, Homer Daniel, 1875-1968

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Homer Angell (1875-1968) was born on a farm near The Dalles, Wasco County, Oregon on January 12, 1875. He attended public schools, graduated from the University of Oregon in 1900 and from the Law School of Columbia University in 1903. He was admitted to the New York and Oregon bars the same year and commenced practice in Portland, Oregon. He served in the Oregon House of Representatives in 1929, 1931, and 1935, and served in the State senate in 1937 and 1938, resigning t...

Dodd, Elmer Perry, b. 1869.

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Elmer Perry Dodd (b. 1869) was a developer and irrigation advocate for the Umatilla area of Oregon. From the guide to the Elmer Perry Dodd papers, 1900-1957, (Oregon Historical Society Research Library) Elmer Perry Dodd (b. 1869) was a developer and irrigation advocate for the Umatilla area of Oregon. He was also known as the father of the McNary Dam. He was an editor, real estate broker, state legislator (1919-1920), Republican gubernatorial candida...

Steiwer, Frederick, 1883-1939

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U.S. Senator from Oregon. From the description of Autograph of Frederick Steiwer, 1928 February 14. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 53284510 Frederick Steiwer, Republican senator from Oregon in the New Deal era, was born October 13, 1883, near Jefferson, Marion County, Oregon. Graduating from the University of Oregon in 1903, he studied law in Portland and entered a legal practice in Pendleton. He was elected Umatilla County district at...

Dana, Marshall N. (Marshall Newport), 1885-1966

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Marshall Newport Dana was a newspaperman and publicist. From the description of Marshall Newport Dana papers, 1949-1962. (University of Oregon Libraries). WorldCat record id: 55670233 Marshall Newport Dana, journalist and civic leader, was born on October 17, 1885 in Milltown, Ohio. He was educated at Denison University in Granville, Ohio and moved to Portland, Oregon, in 1908. He joined the Oregon Journal as a reporter, then rose to become editor of...

Columbia Valley Association.

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