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Politician members in Oregon


  Howard Clair Belton (1893-1988) — also known as Howard C. Belton — of Canby, Clackamas County, Ore. Born in Algona, Kossuth County, Iowa, January 2, 1893. Republican. Member of Oregon state house of representatives, 1933; member of Oregon state senate, 1939-47; delegate to Republican National Convention from Oregon, 1944, 1952; Oregon state treasurer, 1960-65; appointed 1960; defeated, 1964. Presbyterian. Member, Sigma Phi Epsilon; Gamma Sigma Delta; Phi Kappa Phi; Kiwanis; Freemasons; Scottish Rite Masons; Order of the Eastern Star; Shriners. Died in Canby, Clackamas County, Ore., November 21, 1988 (age 95 years, 324 days). Interment at Belcrest Memorial Park, Salem, Ore.
  Relatives: Married, October 27, 1917, to Mae C. Brown (1894-1982).
  Epitaph: "In Loving Memory."
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  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. Son of Julius R. Churchill and Lou (Saint) Churchill. Republican. Superintendent of schools; Oregon superintendent of public instruction, 1913-26; appointed 1913; resigned 1926. Episcopalian. Member, Elks; Maccabees; Kiwanis. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Julius R. Churchill and Lou (Saint) Churchill; married, October 18, 1887, to Florence B. Jennings (died 1916); married, March 5, 1922, to Inez Depew (died 1935).
  Oliver Perry Coshow (b. 1863) — also known as Oliver P. Coshow — of Roseburg, Douglas County, Ore.; Portland, Multnomah County, Ore. Born in Brownsville, Linn County, Ore., August 14, 1863. Son of Oliver Perry Coshow and Sarah Elizabeth (Cochran) Coshow. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Oregon state senate, 1905-09; justice of Oregon state supreme court, 1924-31; chief justice of Oregon state supreme court, 1929-31. Baptist. Member, American Bar Association; Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Order of the Eastern Star; Shriners; Odd Fellows; Elks; Woodmen; Kiwanis. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married, December 25, 1886, to Elizabeth Kay (died 1925).
  Carl Clinton Donaugh (b. 1900) — also known as Carl C. Donaugh — of Portland, Multnomah County, Ore.; Troutdale, Multnomah County, Ore. Born in Portland, Multnomah County, Ore., December 25, 1900. Son of Jack C. Donaugh and Jessie May (Hawn) Donaugh. Democrat. Lawyer; secretary of Oregon Democratic Party, 1926-28; Oregon Democratic state chair, 1930-34; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oregon, 1932; U.S. Attorney for Oregon, 1933-45; candidate in primary for U.S. Senator from Oregon, 1938; candidate for U.S. Representative from Oregon 3rd District, 1950. Baptist. Member, American Bar Association; Delta Theta Phi; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Kiwanis. Burial location unknown.
  James Wheaton Mott (1883-1945) — also known as James W. Mott — of Clatsop County, Ore.; Salem, Marion County, Ore. Born near New Washington, Clearfield County, Pa., November 12, 1883. Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; member of Oregon state house of representatives, 1922-26, 1930; U.S. Representative from Oregon 1st District, 1933-45; defeated in primary, 1928; died in office 1945. Presbyterian. Member, American Legion; Sigma Chi; Elks; Kiwanis; Acacia. Died in Bethesda Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery County, Md., November 12, 1945 (age 62 years, 0 days). Entombed in mausoleum at City View Cemetery, Salem, Ore.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Edwin Reinecke (b. 1924) — also known as Ed Reinecke — of Sacramento, Sacramento County, Calif. Born in Medford, Jackson County, Ore., January 7, 1924. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S. Representative from California 27th District, 1965-69; Lieutenant Governor of California, 1969-74; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1972; candidate in primary for Governor of California, 1974; California Republican state chair, 1983-85. Lutheran. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Kiwanis. Still living as of 1998.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

 

 


 
   
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