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39th Oregon Legislative Assembly

The 39th Oregon Legislative Assembly was the legislative session of the Oregon Legislative Assembly that convened on January 11, 1937 and adjourned March 8. It was the first assembly held in the second state capitol after the 1935 fire. The building was still partially damaged, but important parts, like the legislative chambers were ready for use.{{Cite web |title=Legislative Research at Oregon State Archives |url=http://sos.oregon.gov/ |access-date=2025-06-12 |website=sos.oregon.gov |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Oregon State Legislature |url=https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/legislators-chronological |website=Oregon Legislature |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=1937 Session Legislators and Staff Guide State Government |url=https://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/Record/6785308}}

{{Infobox legislative term|name=39th Oregon Legislative Assembly

| image = Oregon State Capitol exterior 1939.jpg

| caption = Backside of the capitol in 1939

|body=Oregon Legislative Assembly

|country=United States

|state=Oregon

|meeting_place=Oregon State Capitol

|term=1937

|before=38th Legislative Assembly

|after=40th Legislative Assembly

|website=[https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/ www.oregonlegislature.gov]

|chamber1=Oregon State Senate

|membership1=30 Senators

|control1=Republican Party of Oregon

|chamber1_leader1_type=Senate President

|chamber1_leader1=F. M. Franciscovich

|chamber1_leader2_type=Majority Leader

|chamber1_leader2=

|chamber1_leader3_type=Minority Leader

|chamber1_leader3=

|chamber2=Oregon House of Representatives

|membership2=60 Representatives

|control2=Democratic Party of Oregon

|chamber2_leader1_type=Speaker of the House

|chamber2_leader1=Harry D. Boivin

|chamber2_leader2_type=Majority Leader

|chamber2_leader2=

|chamber2_leader3_type=Minority Leader

|chamber2_leader3=

}}

Senate

class="wikitable"

| colspan="2" rowspan="1" align="center" valign="top" |Affiliation

| style="vertical-align:top;" |Members

style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" | 

|Democratic

|12

style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" | 

|Republican

|16

colspan="2" rowspan="1" | Total

|28

colspan="2" rowspan="1" | Government Majority

|4

Senate Members

class="wikitable"

|+Composition of the Senate

!Senator

!Residence

!Party

Homer D. Angell

|Portland

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

Ulysses S. Balentine

|Klamath Falls

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

William D. Bennett

|Portland

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

Dr. James A. Best

|Pendleton

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

William E. Burke

|Sherwood

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

Byron G. Carney

|Milwaukie

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

George H. Chaney

|Coquille

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

C. W. Clark

|Roseburg

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

William L. Dickson

|Portland

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

Robert M. Duncan

|Burns

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

George W. Dunn

|Ashland

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

George T. Eayrs

|Portland

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

Rex Ellis

|Pendleton

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

Frank M. Franciscovich

|Astoria

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

Thomas P. Graham

|Portland

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

Clyde L. Kiddle

|LaGrande

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

Dellmore Lessard

|Portland

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

Elwin A. McCormack

|Eugene

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

Douglas McKay

|Salem

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

Walter E. Pearson

|Portland

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

E. Lyman Ross

|Aloha

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

Charles K. Spaulding

|Salem

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

Peter J. Stadelman

|The Dalles

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

William H. Steiwer

|Fossil

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

W. H. Strayer

|Baker

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

Cortis D. Stringer

|Lebanon

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

Dean Walker

|Independence

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

Halvor C. Wheeler

|Goshen

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

House

class="wikitable"

| colspan="2" rowspan="1" align="center" valign="top" |Affiliation

| style="vertical-align:top;" |Members

style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" | 

|Democratic

|39

style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" | 

|Republican

|20

|Independent

|1

colspan="2" rowspan="1" | Total

|60

House Members

class="wikitable"

|+Composition of the House

!House Member

!Residence

!Party

Noah Ray Alber

|Portland

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

E. C. Allen

|Portland

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

Ray L. Antrim

|Aloha

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

Ellis W. Barnes

|Portland

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

R. H. C. Bennett

|Newberg

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

Daisy B. Bevans

|Milwaukie

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

Harry D. Boivin

|Klamath Falls

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

Al Boon

|Mohler

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

Phil Brady

|Portland

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

Vernon D. Bull

|La Grande

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

William P. Cady

|Portland

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

Roy E. Carter

|Gold Beach

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

Fred Dawson

|Albany

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

Frank Deich

|Portland

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

W. B. Duerst

|McMinnville

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

James W. Eckersley

|Oswego

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

Carl Engdahl

|Pendleton

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

R. Wayne Erwin

|Pendleton

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

A. M. Esson

|Portland

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

Ernest R. Fatland

|Condon

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

Giles L. French

|Moro

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

George W. Friede

|Portland

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

Walter Fuhrer

|Salem

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

A. S. Grant

|Baker

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

Fred E. Harrison

|Brownsville

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

Archie K. Higgs

|Portland

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

C. T. Hockett

|Enterprise

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

Russell Hogan

|Portland

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

Dr. Jacob Frederick Hosch

|Bend

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

J. W. Hughes

|Forest Grove

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

Clarence F. Hyde

|Eugene

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

Fred D. Jeannet

|Oswego

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

C. W. E. Jennings

|Valley Falls

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

Ronald E. Jones

|Brooks

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

E. W. Kimberling

|Prairie City

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

Ralph P. Laird

|Creswell

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

Charles H. Leach

|Portland

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

Thomas A. Livesley

|Salem

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

Grace Kent Magruder

|Clatskanie

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

J. T. Mahoney

|Siletz

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

Hannah Martin

|Salem

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

William M. McAllister

|Medford

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

J. H. McCloskey

|Norway

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

W. H. Miller

|Grants Pass

|Independent

Christina Munroe

|Hood River

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

A. Walter Norblad

|Astoria

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

Delbert A. Norton

|Portland

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

O. Henry Oleen

|St. Helens

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

Alexander Rennie

|Corvallis

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

Glenn N. Riddle

|Riddle

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

Paul E. Roth

|Portland

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

Henry Semon

|Klamath Falls

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

V. B. Staples

|Ontario

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

Ralph O. Stephenson

|Medford

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

Lyle D. Thomas

|West Salem

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

Howard W. Turner

|Madras

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

Jack Wagner

|Portland

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

A. Orville Waller

|Eugene

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

Malcolm W. Wilkinson

|The Dalles

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

Bernard A. Young

|Roseburg

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

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