Charles L. McNary, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Charles L. McNary

United States Senator from Oregon

Date of Birth: 12-Jun-1874

Place of Birth: Salem, Oregon, United States

Date of Death: 25-Feb-1944

Profession: judge, lawyer, politician, prosecutor

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Charles L. McNary

  • Charles Linza McNary (June 12, 1874 – February 25, 1944) was a United States Republican politician from Oregon.
  • He served in the Senate from 1917 to 1944 and was Senate Minority Leader from 1933 to 1944.
  • In the Senate, McNary helped to pass legislation that led to the construction of Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River, and worked on agricultural and forestry issues.
  • He also supported many of the New Deal programs at the beginning of the Great Depression.
  • Until Mark O.
  • Hatfield surpassed his mark in 1993, he was Oregon's longest-serving senator. McNary was the Republican vice presidential candidate in 1940, on the ticket with presidential candidate Wendell Willkie; both died in 1944, during what would have been their first term had they won.
  • They lost to the Democratic ticket, composed of Franklin D.
  • Roosevelt, who was running for his third term as president, and Henry A.
  • Wallace in a landslide.
  • McNary was a justice of the Oregon Supreme Court from 1913 to 1915 and was dean of Willamette University College of Law, in his hometown of Salem, from 1908 to 1913.
  • Before that, he was a deputy district attorney under his brother, John Hugh McNary, who later became a federal judge for the District of Oregon. McNary died in office after unsuccessful surgery on a brain tumor.
  • Oregon held a state funeral for him, during which his body lay in state at the Oregon State Capitol in Salem.
  • McNary Dam, McNary Field, McNary High School, and McNary Country Club (on land he owned) in Oregon are named in his honor.
  • He is currently the longest serving Senate Minority Leader.

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