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57th Oregon Legislative Assembly

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{{Infobox Legislative Session

| name = 57th Oregon Legislative Assembly

| image = Oregon State Capitol rotunda.jpg

| image_size = 250px

| caption = Interior of the rotunda at the Capitol Building

| body = Oregon Legislative Assembly

| country = United States

| state = Oregon

| meeting_place = Oregon State Capitol

| term = 1973-1974

| before = 56th Legislative Assembly

| after = 58th Legislative Assembly

| website =

| chamber1 = Oregon State Senate

| membership1 = 30 Senators

| control1 = Democratic Party

| chamber1_leader1_type = Senate President

| chamber1_leader1 = Jason Boe

| chamber1_leader2_type = President Pro Tempore

| chamber1_leader2 = Richard E. Groener

| chamber1_leader3_type = Majority Leader

| chamber1_leader3 = Bill Holmstrom

| chamber1_leader4_type = Minority Leader

| chamber1_leader4 = Victor Atiyeh

| chamber2 = Oregon House of Representatives

| membership2 = 60 Representatives

| control2 = Democratic Party

| chamber2_leader1_type = Speaker of the House

| chamber2_leader1 = Richard Eymann

| chamber2_leader2_type = Speaker Pro Tempore

| chamber2_leader2 = Phil Lang

| chamber2_leader3_type = Majority Leader

| chamber2_leader3 = Les AuCoin

| chamber2_leader4_type = Minority Leader

| chamber2_leader4 = Gordon L. Macpherson

}}

The 57th Oregon Legislative Assembly convened for its regular session from January 8 to July 6, 1973.{{Cite web|url=https://sos.oregon.gov/blue-book/Pages/state/legislative/chronology.aspx|title=State of Oregon: Blue Book - Chronology of Regular Legislative Sessions in Oregon}} There was also a special session from January 24 to February 24, 1974.{{Cite web|url=https://sos.oregon.gov/blue-book/Pages/state/legislative/special-sessions.aspx|title=State of Oregon: Blue Book - Special Legislative Sessions in Oregon}}

Both houses were controlled by the Democratic Party of Oregon. The House speaker was Richard Eymann. Jason Boe was the Senate president;{{Cite web|url=https://sos.oregon.gov/archives/Pages/records/legislators_guide.aspx|title = Oregon Secretary of State}} Eymann would serve as Speaker only during the 57th legislature;[https://sos.oregon.gov/blue-book/Pages/state-elections.aspx Speakers of the House of Representatives of Oregon.] Oregon Blue Book, Oregon Secretary of State. Retrieved on June 9, 2008. Boe would continue as President through the 1980 special session.[https://sos.oregon.gov/blue-book/Pages/state-elections.aspx Oregon Blue Book: Senate Presidents of Oregon.] Oregon Secretary of State.

Republican Tom McCall was governor during the 57th legislature.

The 57th legislature passed sweeping legislation, most notably Senate Bill 100, which established a framework for land use planning in the state.{{cite news

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Bill McCoy, the first African American elected to Oregon's legislature, served his first term in the House during this session. He was later appointed to the Oregon Senate.

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

|18

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

|Republican

|12

colspan="2" rowspan="1" | Total

|30

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

|6

Senate Members

class="wikitable"

|+ Composition of the Senated

!District

! Senator

!Party

4

|Victor Atiyeh

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

23

|Jason Boe

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

22

|Elizabeth Browne

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

17

|Keith A. Burbridge

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

11

|John D. Burns

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

6

|Keith Burns{{Efn|Resigned November 30, 1974}}

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

16

|Wallace P. Carson Jr.

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

12

|Vernon Cook

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

13

|George Eivers

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

20

|Edward Fadeley

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

14

|Richard Groener

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

5

|Ted Hallock

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

3

|Tom Hartung

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

27

|Fred W. Heard

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

1

|Bill Holmstrom

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

7

|Norman R. Howard

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

18

|Dick Hoyt

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

28

|Kenneth Jernstedt

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

19

|Hector Macpherson Jr.

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

9

|Thomas R. Mahoney

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

15

|Anthony Meeker

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

26

|Lynn Newbry

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

2

|Stan Ouderkirk

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

25

|Eugene "Debbs" Potts

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

24

|Jack Ripper

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

10

|Betty Roberts

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

30

|Bob Smith

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

8

|Bill Stevenson {{Efn|Resigned December 15, 1974}}

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

29

|Michael G. Thorne

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

21

|George F. Wingard

|{{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

|33

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

|Republican

|27

colspan="2" rowspan="1" | Total

|60

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

|5

House Members

class="wikitable"

|+ Composition of the House

!District

! House Member

!Party

22

|Harvey Akeson

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

4

|Les AuCoin

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

49

|Sidney Bazett

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

11

|Earl Blumenauer

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

29

|Stan Bunn

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

41

|Mary Burrows

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

37

|Bernard Byers

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

14

|Howard L. Cherry

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

2

|George F. Cole

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

50

|Albert H. Densmore

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

32

|Margaret Dereli

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

17

|Robert A. Elliott

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

44

|Richard O. Eymann

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

42

|Nancie Fadeley

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

30

|Jeff Gilmour

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

47

|William Grannell

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

27

|Ralph Groener

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

36

|William F. Gwinn

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

5

|Lewis B. Hampton

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

3

|Paul A. Hanneman

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

57

|Stafford Hansell

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

35

|Robert C. Ingalls

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

52

|Leigh Thronton Johnson

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

54

|Sam Johnson

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

60

|Denny Jones

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

13

|Stephen Kafoury

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

8

|Vera Katz

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

18

|Lloyd C. Kinsey

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

10

|Phil Lang

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

26

|Ed Lindquist

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

38

|Gordon l. MacPherson

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

1

|Dick Magruder

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

46

|William E. Markham

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

24

|Roger E. Martin

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

34

|Robert Marx

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

15

|William McCoy

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

51

|Brad Morris

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

59

|Donald Oakes

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

23

|Glenn E. Otto

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

58

|E. E. Patterson

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

31

|Norma Paulus

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

12

|Grace Olivier Peck

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

40

|Laurence P. Perry

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

16

|Wally Priestley

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

6

|Mike Ragsdale

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

9

|Mary W. Rieke

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

20

|Mary Wendy Roberts

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

19

|Keith Skelton

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

48

|Edward Stevenson

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

43

|David Stults

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

45

|Robert M. Stults

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

55

|Jack Sumner

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

56

|Paul E. Walden

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

25

|Glen Whallon

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

39

|Wayne Whitehead

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

7

|Pat Whiting

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

53

|Gary Wilhelms

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

21

|Howard Willits

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

28

|Curtis Wolfer

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

33

|Martin F. Wolfer

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

See also

Notes

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References

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External links

  • https://openlibrary.org/b/OL5027059M/Report-to-the-57th-Legislative-Assembly.

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