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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—OregonAbraham Walter LAFFERTY
(1875-1964)
LAFFERTY, Abraham Walter,
a Representative from Oregon; born near Farber, Audrain County,
Mo., June 10, 1875; attended the public schools; studied law at the
University of Missouri at Columbia in 1895 and 1896; was admitted
to the bar the latter year and commenced practice in Montgomery
City, Mo.; prosecuting attorney of Montgomery County, Mo.,
1902-1904; appointed special agent of the United States General
Land Office and moved to Portland, Oreg., March 1, 1905; resigned
October 1, 1906, and engaged in the practice of law in Portland;
elected as a Republican to the Sixty-second and Sixty-third
Congresses (March 4, 1911-March 3, 1915); unsuccessful candidate
for reelection to the Sixty-fourth Congress; resumed the practice
of law in Portland; during the First World War served as major at
the San Francisco training camp; moved to New York City in 1919 and
continued the practice of law there until 1933, when he moved to
Riverdale, Md.; returned to Portland, Oreg., and was an
unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the United States House of
Representatives as an Independent in 1950 and as a Republican in
1952, 1954, and 1956; was a resident of Portland, Oreg., until his
death January 15, 1964; interment in Fairmount Cemetery,
Middletown, Mo.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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