Peter Michael Coleman Courtney is an American politician,lawyer,and professor who was a Democratic member of the Oregon State Senate,representing the 11th District since 1999. He served as President of the Senate from 2003 to 2023. He was a member of the Oregon House of Representatives in 1981,1983,and from 1989 through 1998. Courtney previously taught at Western Oregon University.
Charles Randall ‘Randy’Leonard is a politician in the U.S. state of Oregon. He was a member of the Oregon Legislative Assembly from 1993 to 2002 and served as a city commissioner in Portland from 2002 through 2012.
Roger Edward Martin is an American businessman,state legislator,and lobbyist from Oregon. He was an electric equipment sales executive with Martin Electric and served six terms in the Oregon House of Representatives. In 1978,Martin ran for governor of Oregon,but lost to Victor Atiyeh in the Republican primary. Following the 1978 election,Martin became a lobbyist at the Oregon State Capitol.
Richard B. Magruder was a rancher,lawyer,and Oregon state legislator. He attended college and then law school at Willamette University. After graduation,he practiced law and operated a ranch in Clatskanie in Columbia County,Oregon. He served four terms in the Oregon House of Representatives,from 1971 until his death in 1978. During the 1977 legislative session,he came within one vote of being elected speaker of the House of Representatives.
Henry Ladd Corbett was an American businessman,civic leader,and politician in the state of Oregon. He was born into one of the wealthiest and most influential families in Oregon. Corbett attended Harvard University and then returned to Oregon to manage family business interests. Over the years,he served as president of the Portland Chamber of Commerce and president of Portland Port Commission. He also represented Multnomah County in the Oregon State Senate,serving two terms as President of the Senate. He served as acting governor of Oregon twice in 1927.
Alfred Hoyt Corbett was an American attorney,businessman,and politician in the state of Oregon. Born into one of the wealthiest and most influential families in Oregon,he attended Harvard University and then Yale Law School. He served twelve years in the Oregon Legislative Assembly,representing Multnomah County in the Oregon House of Representatives and then the Oregon State Senate.
Benjamin M. Musa was an American politician and Certified Public Accountant from Oregon. He served four terms in the Oregon State Senate between 1949 and 1968. Musa was a conservative Democrat from a rural district,known for his ability to work with Republicans as well as fellow Democrats in the state senate. He held the position of President of the Oregon Senate during the 1963–1964 legislative term. Musa ran for governor in 1966,but lost the Democratic primary to Robert W. Straub.
Boyd Richey Overhulse was an American politician and attorney from Oregon. He served three terms in the Oregon House of Representatives followed by two terms in the Oregon State Senate. A conservative Democrat from a rural district,Overhulse was known for his ability to work with Republicans as well as fellow Democrats in the state legislature. He was elected President of the Oregon Senate eleven days after taking his seat in the state senate,the first Democrat elected to that position in 79 years.
Charles Amos Cogswell was an American politician and attorney from the state of Oregon. He served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. After the war,he moved to Lakeview,Oregon,where he became the area's first practicing attorney and was co-founder of the Lake County Examiner. Cogswell was elected to two four-year terms in the Oregon State Senate. During his tenure in the legislature,he was known as a conservative Democrat;however,near the end of his second term in the senate,he became a Republican. After retiring from his law practice,Cogswell moved to Portland,Oregon,where he was active in business and engaged in public service.
Denton Graves Burdick was an American politician and attorney from the state of Oregon. He was a Republican who served fourteen years in the Oregon House of Representatives,where he represented a large rural district in eastern Oregon. He served as Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives during the 1925 legislative session. At the time he was elected speaker,he was the youngest person in Oregon history to serve in that position.
Edward Andrew Geary was an American politician and farmer from the state of Oregon. He was a Republican who served eight years in the Oregon House of Representatives. In the house,Geary represented a large rural district in southern Oregon. He served as Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives during the 1955 legislative session. He also served as acting governor of Oregon for several brief periods in the mid-1950s.
Harley James Overturf was an American politician and businessman from the state of Oregon. He was a Republican who served four years in the Oregon House of Representatives,where he represented a large rural district in eastern Oregon. Overturf Butte in Bend,Oregon,is named in his honor.
Horace Preston Belknap was an American pioneer medical doctor,businessman,and a state legislator from the state of Oregon. Belknap was one of the first physicians to establish a medical practice in Central Oregon. He also served three terms in the Oregon House of Representatives as a Republican legislator,representing a large and rural district in central and southern Oregon.
William Henry Strayer was an American attorney and politician from the state of Oregon. He served in the Oregon State Senate from 1915 through 1946,representing Baker County. Throughout his long service as a state senator,he was part of a small minority of Democrats elected to the Oregon Senate. He was the only Democrat in the Oregon State Senate during the 1921 and 1931 legislative sessions. When he died in office,Strayer had served longer in the Oregon legislature than any other citizen in the state's history. Today,Strayer is the second-longest-serving legislator in Oregon history.
Wesley Oliver Smith,commonly known as W. O. Smith,was an American newspaper publisher and businessman from southern Oregon. He owned the Klamath Republican and later the Evening Herald,both Klamath Falls newspapers. Smith was a Republican who served two two-year terms in the Oregon House of Representatives,representing what are today Crook,Deschutes,Grant,Jefferson,Klamath,and Lake counties.
John Herbert Carkin was an American politician,attorney,public service executive,and banker from the state of Oregon. He was a Republican who served nine years in the Oregon House of Representatives,where he represented a district in southern Oregon. He served as Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives during the 1927 legislative session,elected by a unanimous vote of House members. Later,he served as chairman of the Oregon Tax Commission and was Oregon's Public Utility Commissioner before becoming president of a savings and loan association in Salem,Oregon.
Nathaniel Holly Gates,also known as Colonel Gates for most of his life,(1811–1889) was an American pioneer lawyer and Oregon state legislator. He was an active Democrat throughout his life. He served four terms in Oregon's territorial legislature. This included one term as Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives during the 1858 legislative session. After Oregon became a state in 1859,he served one two-year term in the Oregon House of Representatives and one four-year term in the Oregon State Senate. Before immigrating to Oregon,Gates lived and worked as a lawyer in Ohio and Iowa. After moving to Oregon,he settled in The Dalles and opened a law practice there. He helped develop that community and served as the city's mayor five times in non-consecutive terms.
Gustavus Charles Moser was an American attorney and state legislator from Portland,Oregon. He served twenty years in the Oregon State Senate from 1913 through 1932. Moser was a conservative Republican who represented Multnomah County in the state senate. He was President of the Oregon State Senate twice. The first time was during the 1917–1918 legislative term and then again during the 1925–1926 term. He also served as acting governor for a week in 1926. Moser was a successful attorney who practiced law from 1894 until his death in 1937. As a young lawyer,he served as Multnomah County's deputy district attorney. In that position,he argued several cases before the Oregon Supreme Court. Later,he was appointed chief legal counsel for the Port of Portland.
William Thomas Vinton (1865–1945),known as W. T. Vinton or Billy Vinton,was an Oregon attorney and state legislator from McMinnville. He represented Yamhill County in the Oregon State Senate from 1915 through 1922,as a conservative Republican. He was president of the state senate from 1919 through 1920. In that capacity,he served as acting governor for two short periods in 1919 while the elected governor was out of the state. Vinton was a successful attorney who practiced law from 1892 until his death in 1945.
Roy Wallace Ritner (1867–1942) was an Oregon state legislator and farmer from Pendleton. Beginning in 1915,he served two two-year terms in the Oregon House of Representatives followed by two four-year terms in the Oregon State Senate. Ritner was a conservative Republican who represented Umatilla County in both of Oregon's legislative chambers. He was President of the Oregon State Senate from 1921 through 1922. While he was senate president in 1922,he served as acting governor for 35 days while the elected governor was out of the state. Ritner was also a successful wheat farmer and served as the business manager for the Pendleton Round-Up for many years.
