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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—OregonJames Wheaton MOTT
(1883-1945)
MOTT, James Wheaton, a
Representative from Oregon; born near New Washington, Clearfield
County, Pa., November 12, 1883; moved with his parents to Salem,
Oreg., in 1890; attended the public schools, the University of
Oregon at Eugene, and Stanford University, Calif.; was graduated
from Columbia University, New York City, in 1909; engaged as a
newspaper reporter in New York City, San Francisco, Calif., and
Salem, Oreg., 1909-1917; was graduated from the law department of
Willamette University, Salem, Oreg., in 1917; was admitted to the
bar in the same year and commenced practice in Astoria, Oreg.;
during the First World War served as a seaman first class in the
United States Navy; city attorney of Astoria, Oreg., 1920-1922;
member of the State house of representatives 1922-1928 and
1930-1932; moved to Salem, Oreg., in 1929; corporation commissioner
of Oregon 1931-1932; elected as a Republican to the Seventy-third
and to the six succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1933,
until his death in Bethesda, Md., on November 12, 1945; interment
in Mount Crest Abbey Mausoleum, Salem, Oreg.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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