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44th Oregon Legislative Assembly

{{short description|Oregon legislature, 1947}}

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{{Infobox legislative term|name=44th Oregon Legislative Assembly

| image = Oregon State Capitol 1.jpg

| caption = The legislature took place in the Oregon State Capitol, seen here in 2007

|body=Oregon Legislative Assembly

|country=United States

|state=Oregon

|meeting_place=Oregon State Capitol

|term=1947

|before=43rd Legislative Assembly

|after=45th Legislative Assembly

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

|chamber1=Oregon State Senate

|membership1=29 Senators

|control1=Republican Party of Oregon

|chamber1_leader1_type=Senate President

|chamber1_leader1= Marshall E. Cornett

|chamber1_leader2_type=Majority Leader

|chamber1_leader2=

|chamber1_leader3_type=Minority Leader

|chamber1_leader3=

|chamber2=Oregon House of Representatives

|membership2=60 Representatives

|control2=Republican Party of Oregon

|chamber2_leader1_type=Speaker of the House

|chamber2_leader1=John Hubert Hall

|chamber2_leader2_type=Majority Leader

|chamber2_leader2=

|chamber2_leader3_type=Minority Leader

|chamber2_leader3=

}}

The Forty-fourth Oregon Legislative Assembly convened in 1947 for its regular biennial session, from January 13 to April 5, at the Oregon State Capitol in Salem. Republicans held overwhelming majorities over the Democrats in both the Senate (25–5) and the House of Representatives (58–2). The body held no special sessions. The Senate President was Marshall E. Cornett (R–17 Klamath Falls) and the Speaker of the House was John Hubert Hall (R–5 Portland).{{cite web |url=http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/Recordpdf/6785318 |title=Oregon Legislators and Staff Guide-1947 Regular Session (44th): January 13 – April 5 |date=2012 |publisher=Oregon Secretary of State |access-date=August 5, 2012}}

On {{#formatdate:1947-10-28}}, Cornett died in a plane crash near Lakeview, Oregon, along with governor Earl Snell and secretary of state Robert S. Farrell, Jr.Editors Sharp, Nancy Weatherly and James Roger Sharp. [https://books.google.com/books?id=uHqVYTkA08YC&pg=PA111 American Legislative Leaders in the West, 1911-1994.] Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. 1997, p. 111. Because the House speaker is in the gubernatorial line of succession after the secretary of state and Senate president, Hall ascended to the governorship and completed Snell's term.

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

|5

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

|Republican

|24

colspan="2" rowspan="1" | Total

|29

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

|19

Senate Members

class="wikitable"

|+Composition of the Senate

! Senator

! Residence

! Party

W. W. Balderree

|Grants Pass

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

Howard Belton

|Canby

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

Allan G. Carson

|Salem

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

Truman A. Chase

|Eugene

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

Merle R. Chessman

|Astoria

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

Marshall E. Cornett †

|Klamath Falls

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

Austin Dunn

|Baker

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

Rex Ellis

|Pendleton

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

Carl Engdahl

|Pendleton

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

Ernest R. Fatland

|Condon

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

Angus Gibson

|Junction City

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

Frank H. Hilton

|Portland

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

James N. Jones

|Juntura

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

J. J. Lynch

|Portland

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

Thomas R. Mahoney

|Portland

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

Eugene E. Marsh

|McMinnville

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

Douglas McKay

|Salem

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

Earl T. Newbry

|Ashland

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

Thomas Parkinson

|Roseburg

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

Lee Patterson

|Portland

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

Walter J. Pearson

|Portland

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

Irving Rand

|Portland

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

Peter J. Stadelman

|The Dalles

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

Orval N. Thompson

|Albany

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

Dean Walker

|Independence

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

Lew Wallace

|Portland

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

William Walsh

|Coos Bay

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

George P. Winslow

|Tillamook

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

Charles H. Zurcher

|Enterprise

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

† Signifies the Senator died in office

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

|2

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

|Republican

|58

colspan="2" rowspan="1" | Total

|60

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

|56

House Members

class="wikitable"

|+Composition of the House

!House Member

!Residence

!Party

Fred W. Adams

|Gold Beach

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

Alex G. Barry

|Portland

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

John M. Bates

|Lake Grove

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

O. H. Bengtson

|Medford

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

J. E. Bennett

|Portland

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

R. H. C. Bennett

|Dundee

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

Robert A. Bennett

|Portland

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

W. W. Chadwick

|Salem

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

Herman H. Chindgren

|Molalla

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

E. H. Condit

|Westport

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

F. H. Dammasch

|Portland

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

John Dickson

|Portland

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

Frank A. Doerfler

|Salem

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

Robert E. Duniway

|Portland

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

Colon R. Eberhard

|La Grande

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

Anna M. Ellis

|Garibaldi

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

Carl H. Francis

|Dayton

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

Giles L. French

|Moro

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

R. C. Frisbie

|Baker

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

Martin P. Gallagher

|Ontario

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

John F. Gantenbein

|Portland

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

Robert C. Gile

|Roseburg

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

J. S. Greenwood

|Wemme

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

John Hubert Hall

|Portland

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

Joseph E. Harvey

|Portland

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

Donald E. Heisler

|The Dalles

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

Fred A. Hellberg

|Astoria

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

Herman P. Hendershott

|Eugene

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

Paul Hendricks

|Salem

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

Carl C. Hill

|Days Creek

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

Earl H. Hill

|Cushman

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

Paul W. Houston

|Oregon City

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

Earle Johnson

|Corvallis

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

J. O. Johnson

|Portland

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

E. W. Kimberling

|Prairie City

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

E. Riddell Lage

|Hood River

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

M. M. Landon

|Sweet Home

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

C. L. Lieuallen

|Pendleton

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

Art W. Lindberg

|Pendleton

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

Pat Lonergan

|Portland

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

Kenneth W. McKenzie

|Wallowa

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

Ralph T. Moore

|Coos Bay

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

William B. Morse

|Prineville

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

William Niskanen

|Bend

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

Henry E. Peterson

|Ione

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

Stanhope S. Pier

|Portland

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

Rose M. Poole

|Klamath Falls

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

Harry Schmeltzer

|Sherwood

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

Henry Semon

|Klamath Falls

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

John R. Snellstrom

|Eugene

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

Burt K. Snyder

|Lakeview

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

Lyle D. Thomas

|Dallas

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

Frank J. Van Dyke

|Medford

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

Harvey Wells

|Portland

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

Marie E. Wilcox

|Grants Pass

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

Harry R. Wiley

|Lebanon

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

Rudie Wilhelm

|Portland

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

Joe Wilson

|Newport

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

Manley J. Wilson

|Warren

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

Douglas R. Yeater

|Salem

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

† Signifies the Representative died in office

See also

References

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