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7 unusual facts about Oregon State Senate


Hector Macpherson

Hector Macpherson, Jr. (born 1918), American dairy farmer and Oregon State Senate member from 1971 to 1974, son of Hector Macpherson, Sr.

L. B. Day Comcast Amphitheatre

B. Day Amphitheatre with 9,000 seats, and named for L. B. Day, an Oregon State Senator and longtime supporter of the State Fair.

Merry Hempsters

The bill won support in both the Oregon House and Senate, and went on to be signed into law on August 4, 2009, by Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski.

Oregon Forest Resources Institute

The others are ex officio: the dean of Oregon State University College of Forestry and a public representative appointed by the president of the Oregon State Senate and speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives.

Oregon State Senate

In 2002, the Oregon Supreme Court struck down the decade-old Oregon Ballot Measure 3, that had restricted State Senators to two terms (eight years) on procedural grounds.

Oregon, along with Arizona, Maine, and Wyoming, is one of the four U.S. states to have abolished the Office of the Lieutenant Governor, a position which for most upper houses of state legislatures and indeed for the U.S. Congress (with the Vice President) is the head of the legislative body and holder of the casting vote in the event of a tie.

State Accident Insurance Fund

In 2005, state senator Vicki Walker publicly questioned whether SAIF's cost savings was coming at the expense of denying legitimate claims.


Chris Telfer

Telfer serves on the Bend City Council, and was elected to the Oregon State Senate in the November 2008 elections, to succeed outgoing Senator Ben Westlund.

Lee Beyer

In the 2010 elections, Beyer was re-elected to his former seat in the Oregon State Senate, to succeed retiring senator Bill Morrisette.

United States Senate election in Oregon, 1996

Oregon State Senate President Gordon Smith, who had run for the Senate earlier that year, won the Republican primary, while businessman Tom Bruggere won a contested Democratic primary.


see also

Karly's Law

It passed the Oregon House of Representatives unanimously on 30 April 2007, where it went on to the Oregon state Senate Human Services Committee.