Warner Buck Snider,also known as W. B. Snider or Buck Snider,was a city recorder,county sheriff,rancher,and Oregon state legislator. He was a Republican member of the Oregon House of Representatives for two terms,from 1933 through 1936. After leaving the legislature,Snider returned to cattle ranching. He served as president of the Oregon Cattlemen's Association and actively advocated for grazing rights and highway construction in eastern Oregon.
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.
Jay Hollister Upton was an American politician and attorney from the state of Oregon. He was a conservative Republican who served two years in the Oregon House of Representatives;and later,fourteen years in the Oregon State Senate. In the senate,Upton represented a large rural district in eastern Oregon. He served as President of the Oregon Senate during the 1923 legislative session. Upton ran for Governor of Oregon and for the United States Congress from Oregon's 2nd congressional district,but lost both of those elections.
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.
Henry Semon,also known as Hank Semon,was a potato farmer and politician from Oregon. He served twelve terms in the Oregon House of Representatives,making him one of the longest serving members of that body. A conservative Democrat from a rural district,Semon was known for his ability to work with Republicans in the state legislature. As a result,he served as chairman of the powerful ways and means committee for nine terms,serving in that position under both Democratic and Republican majorities. He was also an innovative farmer,who brought a new potato variety into common use in south central Oregon.
Hazen Adelbert Brattain was an American rancher,banker,and a state legislator from the state of Oregon. He served one term in the Oregon House of Representatives as a Republican legislator,representing a large and rural district in central and southern Oregon. He also was president of the First National Bank of Lakeview and operated a large cattle ranch in Lake County,Oregon.
Cass Adelbert Cline was an American pioneer who was an early settler in central Oregon. Cline’s family moved to Oregon when he was a small child,settling west of the Cascade Mountains near Roseburg. As a young man,Cline moved to central Oregon and claimed homestead land along the Deschutes River. He later became a well-known dentist,property developer,and race horse breeder. Today,a waterfall on the Deschutes River,a nearby mountain group,and a state park bear his name.
Gordon William McKay was an American politician and businessman from Oregon. He was a Republican who served two four-year terms in the Oregon State Senate. In the senate,McKay represented a large rural district in Central Oregon. While serving in the state senate,he was a champion of tax relief and helped modernize the state's criminal code. In the private sector,he was president of a title insurance company in Bend,Oregon.
Byron Anderson Stover,also known as B. A. Stover or Dutch Stover,was an American businessman and politician 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 central and southern Oregon. Today,Dutch Stover Park in Bend,Oregon is named in his honor.
Cline Falls is a 20 ft-high (6.1 m) segmented steep cascade waterfall on the Deschutes River. It is approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Redmond,Oregon,United States. The waterfall is named for Cass A. Cline,who owned the land adjacent to the falls in the early 20th century. The falls occur just north of the point where Oregon Route 126 crosses the Deschutes River. The riparian area around Cline Falls provides habitat for a variety of fish and wildlife species.
Harvey Hamilton DeArmond was an American attorney,judge,and Oregon state legislator. When the state of Oregon created Deschutes County in 1916,DeArmond was appointed the county’s first district attorney. Later,he served as president of the Oregon State Bar Association. DeArmond was a Republican who served one two-year term representing Deschutes County in the Oregon House of Representatives.
Vernon A. Forbes was an American attorney and state legislator from the state of Oregon. After graduation from law school in Minnesota,he moved to central Oregon and opened a law office in the city of Bend. Forbes was a Republican who served three two-year terms in the Oregon House of Representatives,representing Crook,Deschutes,Grant,Jefferson,Klamath,and Lake counties. He drowned during a fishing trip near the end of his third term in the legislature.
Ole William Grubb was an American politician who served one two-year term in the Oregon House of Representatives as a Democrat. Before being elected to the legislature,Grubb was a commissioner for Deshutes County and justice of the peace for the city of Bend,Oregon.
John Patrick Metke,commonly known as Pat Metke,was an American businessman and politician who served as an Oregon state legislator. He was a Republican who served one two-year term in the Oregon House of Representatives. Outside the legislature,Metke was a partner in an insurance agency located in Bend,Oregon. He also served seven years on the Oregon Game Commission,an executive group appointed by the governor to oversee the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.
Kessler Richard Cannon was an American radio broadcaster and state legislator from Oregon. He was a Republican who served two two-year terms in the Oregon House of Representatives. Outside the legislature,Cannon was a broadcaster and executive for radio station KBND in Bend. He also served as Governor Tom McCall's assistant for natural resources before becoming director of the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality.
Frank Jackson Van Dyke was an American politician,attorney,and a United States magistrate judge from the state of Oregon. He was a Republican who served eight 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 1949 legislative session. He was elected speaker by a unanimous vote of House members. Later,he served as chairman of the Oregon Board of Higher Education,chairman of the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education,and chairman of the Oregon State Board of Education. He also served as a federal magistrate for 27 years.
Virgil Conn was an American businessman and state legislator from the state of Oregon. He served two two-year terms in the Oregon House of Representatives as a Republican legislator,representing a large rural district in south-central Oregon. He also ran a general store in Paisley,Oregon,and was that town's postmaster for many years. Later in his life,he owned a dairy farm near Roseburg,Oregon.
William Hoover Steiwer was an American rancher,banker,and legislator. He served ten years in the Oregon State Senate from 1935 through 1944. Steiwer was a conservative Republican who represented three rural Eastern Oregon counties in the state senate. He was President of the Oregon State Senate during the 1943 legislative session. His election to that post took 45 ballots. Throughout his adult life,Steiwer operated a 35,000-acre (14,000 ha) sheep and cattle ranch in Wheeler County,Oregon. He also served as a director of the Steiwer and Carpenter Bank for many years. Later,he was appointed a director of the Portland Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. In addition,he served as president of both the Oregon Wool Growers Association and the National Wool Growers Associations.
