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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—OregonJohn Newton WILLIAMSON
(1855-1943)
WILLIAMSON, John Newton, a
Representative from Oregon; born near Junction City, Lane County,
Oreg., November 8, 1855; attended the country schools; attended
Willamette University, Salem, Oreg.; moved to Prineville, Oreg.,
and engaged in livestock raising; sheriff of Cook County 1886-1888;
member of the State house of representatives 1888-1898; served in
the State senate 1900-1902; elected as a Republican to the
Fifty-eighth and Fifty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1903-March 3,
1907); declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1906; engaged
in stock raising and agricultural pursuits; appointed postmaster at
Prineville, Cook County, Oreg., March 21, 1922; reappointed on May
18, 1926, and served until June 30, 1934, when he retired to his
farm in Central Oregon; died in Prineville, Oreg., August 29, 1943;
interment in the Masonic Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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