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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—OregonCharles Linza McNARY
(1874-1944)
Senate Years of Service:
1917-1944Party: Republican;
RepublicanMcNARY, Charles Linza, a
Senator from Oregon; born on a farm near Salem, Marion County,
Oreg., June 12, 1874; attended the public schools and Leland
Stanford Junior University, California; studied law; admitted to
the bar in 1898 and commenced practice in Salem, Oreg.; deputy
district attorney of the third judicial district 1904-1911; dean of
the law department of Willamette University, Salem, Oreg.,
1908-1913; associate justice of the State supreme court 1913-1915;
appointed on May 29, 1917, as a Republican to the United States
Senate to fill the vacancy in the term ending March 3, 1919, caused
by the death of Harry Lane, and served from May 29, 1917, until
November 5, 1918, when Frederick W. Mulkey was elected to fill this
vacancy; again appointed to the United States Senate on December
12, 1918, to become effective December 18, 1918, to fill the
vacancy in the same term caused by the resignation of Frederick W.
Mulkey, having been previously elected for the term beginning March
4, 1919; reelected in 1924, 1930, 1936 and 1942 and served from
December 18, 1918, until his death; minority leader 1933-1944;
chairman, Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands
(Sixty-sixth through Sixty-ninth Congresses), Committee on
Agriculture and Forestry (Sixty-ninth through Seventy-second
Congresses), Republican Conference (1933-45); unsuccessful
candidate for Vice President of the United States on the Republican
ticket in 1940; died in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., February 25, 1944;
interment in Belcrest Memorial Cemetery, Salem, Oreg.
Bibliography
American National Biography; Dictionary of American
Biography; Johnson, Roger T. “Charles L. McNary and the
Republican Party During Prosperity and Depression.” Ph.D.
dissertation, University of Wisconsin, 1967; Neal, Steve. McNary
of Oregon: A Political Biography. Portland: Western Imprints,
1985.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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