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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—OregonWilliam Alexander EKWALL
(1887-1956)
EKWALL, William Alexander,
a Representative from Oregon; born in Ludington, Mason County,
Mich., June 14, 1887; moved to Klamathon, Calif., with his parents
in 1893, and to Portland, Oreg., in 1906; attended the public
schools; was graduated in 1912 from the Oregon Law School at
Portland; was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced
practice in Portland, Oreg.; during the First World War served in
the United States Army as a private in the Infantry, Central
Officers Training School, in 1918; municipal judge of Portland
1922-1927; judge of the circuit court, fourth judicial district
(Multnomah County), department 8, from 1927 until elected to
Congress; elected as a Republican to the Seventy-fourth Congress
(January 3, 1935-January 3, 1937); unsuccessful candidate for
reelection in 1936 to the Seventy-fifth Congress; resumed the
practice of law at Portland, Oreg., 1937-1942; delegate to the
Republican National Convention in 1940; appointed judge of the
United States Customs Court, New York City on February 13, 1942,
and served until his death in Portland, Oreg., October 16, 1956;
interment in Portland Memorial Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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