Theodore Thurston Geer was the tenth Governor of Oregon,serving from January 9,1899 to January 14,1903. The Republican politician was in office when the legislature adopted the "Oregon System",Oregon's system of initiative and referendum. He also served in the Oregon House of Representatives,including time as its Speaker.
In the 1912 and 1913 United States Senate elections,Democrats gained control of the Senate from the Republicans. Of the 32 seats up for election,17 were won by Democrats,thereby gaining 4 seats from the Republicans. Two seats were unfilled by state legislators who failed to elect a new senator on time. They were the last Senate elections held before ratification of the 17th Amendment,which established direct elections for all seats in the Senate.
Benjamin Franklin Harding was an American attorney and politician born in Pennsylvania. He held political offices in the Oregon Territory and later served as a United States Senator from the state of Oregon.
Joseph Simon was a German-born politician and attorney in the U.S. state of Oregon. He was born in Bechtheim,Hesse,and his family immigrated to the United States when he was one year old,settling in Portland,Oregon. A Republican,Simon served on the city council before election to the Oregon State Senate. He was later elected to the United States Senate for one partial term,1898 to 1903. He later served as mayor of Portland for one term,1909 to 1911. He was also the first Jewish Republican senator.
Charles William Fulton was an American lawyer and politician in the state of Oregon. A native of Ohio,he grew up in Iowa and Nebraska before settling in Astoria,Oregon. A Republican,he served in the Oregon State Senate,including time as President of the Senate,before he was elected as United States Senator from Oregon.
John Newton Williamson was an American rancher and politician in the state of Oregon. A native Oregonian,he served in both chambers of the Oregon Legislative Assembly representing central and eastern Oregon in the late 19th century. A Republican,he then served in Congress from 1903 to 1907 and was involved in the Oregon land fraud scandal.
Conrad Patrick Olson was an American politician and judge in Oregon. He was the 48th Associate Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court. Additionally,the Wisconsin native served in both chambers of the Oregon Legislature during the early 1900s.
William Davenport Hare was an American politician in Oregon. He served as a Republican member of the Oregon Legislature and the 8th mayor of Hillsboro,Oregon. His other duties included those of customs collector and presidential elector. A native of what was Virginia,his grandfather was a member of the United States Congress,while several of his descendants would also serve in the Oregon Legislature.
Thomas Ramsey Cornelius was a prominent American politician and soldier in the early history of Oregon. Born in Missouri,he moved to the Oregon Country with his family as a young man,where he fought in the Cayuse War and Yakima Indian War against the Native Americans. He settled in Washington County near what later became Cornelius,named in his honor.
William Nathan Barrett was an American politician and lawyer in Oregon. A native of Washington County,he served in both chambers of the Oregon Legislative Assembly,including three different times in the Oregon House. A Republican,he was also a three time mayor of Hillsboro,Oregon.
Winlock W. Steiwer was an American banker,rancher,and politician in the state of Oregon. Born in the Willamette Valley,he made his name in Eastern Oregon as the founder of a bank and as county judge. A Republican,he twice served in the Oregon State Senate. He pleaded guilty in the Oregon land fraud scandal of the early 1900s.
Charles Bruce Moores was an American businessman and politician in the state of Oregon. A native of Missouri,he came from a family of politicians including his father John H. Moores,his grandfather Isaac R. Moores,and uncle Isaac R. Moores,Jr. who all served in the Oregon Legislature. A Republican,he served as the Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives during his sole term in the House in 1895.
William G. Hare was an American lawyer and politician in the state of Oregon. A native Oregonian,he grew up in the Hillsboro area where he later practiced law. A Republican,he served in both houses of the Oregon Legislature,as had his father William D. Hare. His brother Joseph was once the mayor of Hillsboro.
William Henry Wehrung was an American businessman and politician in the state of Oregon. A native Oregonian,he was a cabinetmaker,banker,and merchant in Hillsboro,Oregon. A member of the Democratic Party,he served in the Oregon State Senate and was a longtime member of the Hillsboro city council.
The 1902 and 1903 United States Senate elections were elections in which the Democratic Party gained three seats in the United States Senate,but the Republicans kept their strong majority.
William Lair Thompson,known as Lair Thompson or W. Lair Thompson,was an American politician and lawyer from the state of Oregon. He served one term in the Oregon House of Representatives followed by a four-year term in the Oregon State Senate. Thompson was a conservative Republican who represented a large rural district. He served as President of the Oregon Senate during the 1915 legislative session. Thompson was one of Oregon's most prominent trial attorneys,handling a number of high-profile cases including one,Bunting v. Oregon,that required him to present arguments before the United States Supreme Court.
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 Alvin Massingill,also known as Billy Massingill or W. A. Massingill,was an American businessman and politician who served as state legislator for the state of Oregon. He served one two-year term 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,sawmill,and a wool shipping warehouse in Lakeview,Oregon,and was that town's postmaster for several years.
Robert Albert Emmitt,also known as Bob Emmitt or Judge Emmitt,was an American farmer and politician. He served two two-year terms in the Oregon House of Representatives as a Republican legislator,representing a large rural district in eastern Oregon. He was also a justice of the peace in Klamath County and later the postmaster and justice of the peace for the city of Klamath Falls,Oregon.
John Emmitt was a pioneer farmer and state legislator from the state of Oregon. He served four years in the Oregon State Senate as a Republican,representing a large rural district in western Oregon. Prior to being elected to the state senate,he was justice of the peace in Douglas County,Oregon. Later,Emmitt was appointed to the board of regents for Oregon Agricultural College.
