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German ancestry Politicians in Oregon

	Henry Nicholas Bolander (1831-1897) — also known as Henry N. Bolander — of San Francisco, Calif. Born in Schlüchtern, Hesse, Germany, February 22, 1831. Republican. California superintendent of public instruction, 1871-75. Lutheran; later Episcopalian. German ancestry. Member, Odd Fellows. State Botanist for California Geological Survey, 1864-67; discovered many plant species. Died in Portland, Multnomah County, Ore., August 28, 1897 (age 66 years, 187 days). Interment at Greenwood Hills Cemetery, Portland, Ore.
	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.
	William Metzger (b. 1819) — of Benton County, Ore. Born in Hanover, Germany, 1819. Republican. Mechanic; delegate to Oregon state constitutional convention from Benton County, 1857. German ancestry. Burial location unknown.
	George Neuner (b. 1878) — of McMinnville, Yamhill County, Ore. Born in Bavaria, Germany, August 24, 1878. Republican. Member of Oregon state house of representatives, 1911; member of Oregon state senate, 1913; U.S. Attorney for Oregon, 1925-33; Oregon state attorney general, 1943-53; appointed 1943. German ancestry. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Elks; Rotary. Burial location unknown.

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