Kathryn Clarke (politician)

Kathryn Clarke
Member of the Oregon Senate
from the district
In office
January 21, 1915  January 1917
Preceded by George Neuner Jr.
Personal details
Born 1873 (1873)
Gardiner, Oregon, United States
Died August 19, 1940(1940-08-19) (aged 66–67)
Pasadena, California, United States
Political party Republican

Kathyrn Clarke (1873 August 19, 1940) was the first woman to serve in the Oregon Senate.[1]

Biography

Clarke was born in 1873 to John Clarke and Catherine McGregor Clarke in Gardiner, Oregon.[2] In January 1915, Senator George Neuner Jr. resigned to serve as district attorney, so governor Oswald West, the cousin of Clarke, set to appoint a replacement. He initially offered the post to Dexter Rice, a judge, but Rice declined. A special election was held on January 20, which Clarke won by 76 votes.[3][4][5] Clarke served until January 1917.[6]

See also

References

  1. "Senate History Rooms". Oregon State Legislature. Retrieved September 17, 2016.
  2. East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, Umatilla Co., Or.) 1888-current, February 12, 1915, DAILY EVENING EDITION, Image 8
  3. Jensen, Kimberly. "Kathryn Clarke (1873-1940)". The Oregon Encyclopedia. Retrieved September 17, 2016.
  4. Miss Clark in Maiden Debate
  5. Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919, January 21, 1915, Image 1
  6. The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, January 09, 1916, SECTION TWO, Image 30


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