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Politician members in Oregon


  Robert Clinton Belloni (1919-1999) — also known as Robert C. Belloni — of Myrtle Point, Coos County, Ore. Born in Riverton, Coos County, Ore., April 4, 1919. Son of John Edward Belloni and Della (Clinton) Belloni. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; chair of Coos County Democratic Party, 1957; circuit judge in Oregon, 1957-67; U.S. District Judge for Oregon, 1967-84; took senior status 1984. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; American Judicature Society; Sigma Alpha Epsilon; Delta Theta Phi; Freemasons; Order of the Eastern Star; Elks; Rotary. Died, of congestive heart failure, at a retirement home in San Mateo, San Mateo County, Calif., November 3, 1999 (age 80 years, 213 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married, January 26, 1946, to Doris A. Adams.
  See also federal judicial profile
  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
  Marguerite Allen Campbell (b. 1895) — also known as Marguerite Campbell; Marguerite Allen — of New Meadows, Adams County, Idaho. Born in Lafayette, Yamhill County, Ore., February 25, 1895. Daughter of Orien Allen and Emma (Wright) Allen. Republican. Member of Idaho state senate, 1946; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Idaho, 1948. Female. Episcopalian. Member, Grange; Order of the Eastern Star; American Legion Auxiliary. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married, December 28, 1918, to Rollie L. Campbell.
  George Thomas Cochran (1877-1965) — also known as George T. Cochran — of La Grande, Union County, Ore. Born November 1, 1877. Son of Louisa J. (Ruckman) Cochran (1845-1910) and Samuel Cochran (1846-1922). Republican. Lawyer; candidate in primary for justice of Oregon state supreme court, 1938; delegate to Republican National Convention from Oregon, 1944, 1948. Member, Freemasons; Scottish Rite Masons; Order of the Eastern Star. Died January 10, 1965 (age 87 years, 70 days). Interment at Summerville Cemetery, Summerville, Ore.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  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).
  Julia Butler Hansen (1907-1988) — also known as Julia Caroline Butler — of Cathlamet, Wahkiakum County, Wash. Born in Portland, Multnomah County, Ore., June 14, 1907. Daughter of Don C. Butler and Maude Eliza (Kimball) Butler (1880-1963). Democrat. Member of Washington Democratic State Committee, 1936; member of Washington state house of representatives, 1939-60; U.S. Representative from Washington 3rd District, 1960-74. Female. Member, Order of the Eastern Star. Died in Cathlamet, Wahkiakum County, Wash., May 3, 1988 (age 80 years, 324 days). Interment at Greenwood Cemetery, Cathlamet, Wash.
  Relatives: Married, July 15, 1939, to Henry A. Hansen.
  Epitaph: "Her life is written in the history of her service to the nation and its people she loved."
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Charles Abner Howard (b. 1881) — also known as Charles A. Howard — of Monmouth, Polk County, Ore. Born in Greenwood County, Kan., February 17, 1881. Son of Abner Howard and Catherine Mary (Lough) Howard. 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.
  Relatives: Married, August 11, 1909, to Cora DeFontaigne Shaw.
  William E. Walsh (b. 1903) — of Coos Bay, Coos County, Ore. Born in Oswego, Oswego County, N.Y., January 29, 1903. Son of William E. Walsh and Mary (Schneider) Walsh. Republican. Lawyer; Coos County District Attorney, 1931-33; member of Oregon state senate, 1941-51; delegate to Republican National Convention from Oregon, 1952; co-owner, Radio Station KWRO, Coquille, Ore. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Order of the Eastern Star; Shriners; Elks; Phi Delta Theta. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married, August 5, 1932, to Marian Kardell.

 

 


 
   
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