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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—OregonMelvin Clark GEORGE
(1849-1933)
GEORGE, Melvin Clark, a
Representative from Oregon; born near Caldwell, Noble County, Ohio,
May 13, 1849; moved with his parents over the Old Oregon Trail in
1851 and settled on a homestead near Lebanon, Linn County, Oreg.;
attended the country schools, Santiam Academy, and Willamette
University, Oregon; studied law; was admitted to the bar and
commenced practice in Portland, Oreg., in 1875; member of the State
senate from Multnomah district 1876-1880; elected as a Republican
to the Forty-seventh and Forty-eighth Congresses (March 4,
1881-March 3, 1885); declined to be a candidate for renomination in
1884; resumed the practice of law in Portland, Oreg.; judge of the
State circuit court 1897-1907; appointed by the circuit judges to
superintend the construction of the Burnside Bridge over the
Willamette River at Portland; director of the Portland public
schools for five years; died in Portland, Oreg., February 22, 1933;
interment in Lone Fir Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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