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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—OregonClifton Nesmith McARTHUR
(1879-1923)
McARTHUR, Clifton Nesmith,
(grandson of James Willis Nesmith), a Representative from Oregon;
born in The Dalles, Wasco County, Oreg., June 10, 1879; attended
the public schools at Rickreall, Oreg., and the Bishop Scott
Academy, Portland, Oreg.; was graduated from the University of
Oregon at Eugene in 1901; reporter on the Morning Oregonian
1901-1903; engaged in agricultural pursuits near Rickreall, Oreg.,
1903-1906; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1906 and
commenced practice in Portland; secretary of the Republican State
central committee in 1908; secretary to Gov. Frank W. Benson
1908-1911; member of the State house of representatives 1909-1913
and served as speaker two sessions; elected as a Republican to the
Sixty-fourth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4,
1915-March 3, 1923); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1922
to the Sixty-eighth Congress; resumed the practice of his
profession and his former business activities in Portland, Oreg.,
where he died December 9, 1923; remains were cremated and the ashes
deposited in the vaults of the Portland Cremation Association.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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