Sandy is a city located in Clackamas County,Oregon,United States,settled c. 1853 and named after the nearby Sandy River. Located in the foothills of the Cascade Mountain Range,the city serves as the western gateway to the Mount Hood Corridor,and is located approximately 27 miles (43 km) east of Portland.
The city of Hood River is the seat of Hood River County,Oregon,United States. It is a port on the Columbia River,and is named for the nearby Hood River. As of the 2020 census,the city population was 8,313. It is the only city in Oregon where public consumption of alcohol on sidewalks or parks is totally unrestricted.
Mount Hood is a dormant stratovolcano in the Cascade Volcanic Arc. It was formed by a subduction zone on the Pacific coast and rests in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located about 50 mi (80 km) east-southeast of Portland,on the border between Clackamas and Hood River counties. In addition to being Oregon's highest mountain,it is one of the loftiest mountains in the nation based on its prominence,and it offers the only year-round lift-served skiing in North America.
Wayne Lyman Morse was an American attorney and United States Senator from Oregon. Morse is well known for opposing the Democratic Party’s leadership and for his opposition to the Vietnam War on constitutional grounds.
Gregory Paul Walden is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Oregon's 2nd congressional district from 1999 to 2021. He is a Republican. Walden is the son of three-term Oregon State Representative Paul E. Walden. In October 2019,Walden announced that he would not run for reelection in 2020.
Rufus Cecil Holman was an American politician and businessman who served as a United States senator for a single term during World War II. He was an officer in the Ku Klux Klan during the 1920s,then served as Oregon State Treasurer. He was a member of the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners.
General Joel Palmer was an American pioneer of the Oregon Territory in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. He was born in Canada,and spent his early years in New York and Pennsylvania before serving as a member of the Indiana House of Representatives.
Dee is an unincorporated community and former company town in Hood River County,Oregon,United States,on Oregon Route 281,about 11 miles south of Hood River.
Peter John Stadelman was an American businessman and politician from the state of Oregon. A native of New York,he was raised in The Dalles,Oregon,where he was a prominent businessman and mayor. A Republican,he served as Oregon Secretary of State during The Great Depression and later in the Oregon State Senate.
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.
Kenneth Allen Jernstedt was an American Flying Tigers fighter pilot,a test pilot,a politician and a businessman.
Clayton C. Klein Jr. is a former member of the Oregon House of Representatives,representing Central Point,Oregon,and portions of Jackson County,Oregon,United States. He served two terms,from January 1977 through 1980,in the 59th Oregon Legislative Assembly and the 60th,as well as a 1980 special session.
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.
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.
Morris Hood Jr. was a Democratic member of the Michigan House of Representatives,representing part of Detroit from 1971 until his death in 1998.
Albert Harry Densmore,also known as Al Densmore,is an American politician and businessman from Medford,Oregon. He served three terms as a Democrat in the Oregon House of Representatives. During his last term,he was speaker pro tempore in the House of Representatives. After leaving the legislature,Densmore was elected mayor of Medford and later served on the Medford city council.
Jeffrey A. Helfrich is a Republican member of the Oregon House of Representatives. He represents the 52nd district,which covers all of Hood River County and parts of Clackamas,Multnomah and Wasco counties.
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.
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