The 40th Oregon Legislative Assembly was the legislative session of the Oregon Legislative Assembly that convened on January 9, 1939 and adjourned March 15. It was the first legislature held in the current completed capitol after the 1935 fire destroyed the previous capitol. A notable event was the death of Senator George T. Eayrs, who collapsed at his desk in the afternoon of March 13, and was pronounced dead soon after. Senators James A. Best and Joel C. Booth, both doctors, attempted to revive him unsuccessfully.
Senate AffiliationMembers Democratic7 Republican23 Total30 Government Majority16 Senate Members +Composition of the SenateSenatorResidencePartyUlysses S. BalentineKlamath FallsRepublicanHoward BeltonCanbyRepublicanDr. James A. BestPendletonRepublicanDr. Joel C. BoothLebanonRepublicanWilliam E. BurkeSherwoodRepublicanGeorge H. ChaneyCoquilleDemocraticCharles ChildsAlbanyRepublicanC. W. ClarkRoseburgRepublicanAshby C. DicksonPortlandDemocraticWilliam L. DicksonPortlandDemocraticRobert M. DuncanBurnsRepublicanGeorge W. DunnAshlandRepublicanGeorge T. Eayrs 𐠒PortlandDemocraticRex EllisPendletonRepublicanFrank M. FranciscovichAstoriaRepublicanRonald E. JonesBrooksRepublicanHarry M. KeninPortlandRepublicanDorothy McCullough LeePortlandRepublicanThomas R. MahoneyPortlandDemocraticDouglas McKaySalemRepublicanLyman RossAlohaDemocraticPeter J. StadelmanThe DallesRepublicanIsaac E. StaplesTillamookRepublicanWilliam H. SteiwerFossilRepublicanW. H. StrayerBakerDemocraticDean WalkerIndependenceRepublicanLew WallacePortlandDemocraticHalvor C. WheelerDexterRepublicanLouis W. WippermanGrants PassRepublicanCharles H. ZurcherEnterpriseRepublican
House AffiliationMembers Democratic13 Republican46Independent1 Total60 House Members +Composition of the HouseHouse MemberResidencePartyClarence E. AshAstoriaRepublicanHarry D. BoivinKlamath FallsDemocraticC. C. BradleyPortlandRepublicanPhil BradyPortlandDemocraticVernon D. BullLa GrandeDemocraticH. A. CanadyRoseburgRepublicanRoy E. CarterGold BeachDemocraticJack R. CaufieldTillamookDemocraticC.C. ChapmanPortlandRepublicanTruman A. ChaseEugeneRepublicanH. H. ChindgrenMolallaRepublicanAlfred F. CunhaPendletonRepublicanFrank DeichPortlandRepublicanGeorge R. DuncanStaytonRepublicanCarl EngdahlPendletonRepublicanRobert S. Farrell Jr.PortlandRepublicanErnest R. FatlandCondonRepublicanEarl E. FisherBeavertonRepublicanGiles L. FrenchMoroRepublicanWalter FuhrerSalemRepublicanAngus GibsonJunction CityRepublicanA. S. GrantBakerDemocraticJ. S. GreenwoodWemmeRepublicanJohn Hubert HallPortlandRepublicanWalter E. HempsteadPortlandRepublicanFred W. HermanRainierRepublicanH. T. HesseHillsboroRepublicanEarl H. HillCushmanRepublicanFrank H. HiltonPortlandRepublicanC. T. HockettEnterpriseRepublicanDr. Jacob Frederick HoschBendIndependentE. W. KimberlingPrairie CityRepublicanE. W. KirkpatrickMilwaukieDemocraticFrank J. LonerganPortlandRepublicanHector Macpherson Sr.AlbanyRepublicanEugene E. MarshMcMinnvilleRepublicanHannah MartinSalemRepublicanWilliam M. McAllisterMedfordRepublicanJ. H. McCloskeyNorwayDemocraticJohn B. McCourtPortlandRepublicanCoe A. McKennaPortlandRepublicanW. H. MillerGrants PassDemocraticChristina MunroeHood RiverDemocraticL. D. NashNashvilleRepublicanEarl T. NewbryAshlandRepublicanW. R. OsborneAmityRepublicanJ. D. PerryDeer IslandDemocraticStanhope S. PierPortlandRepublicanAlexander RennieCorvallisRepublicanGlenn N. RiddleRiddleRepublicanHenry SemonKlamath FallsDemocraticF. Leo SmithPortlandDemocraticBurt K. SnyderLakeviewRepublicanV. B. StaplesOntarioRepublicanJohn F. SteelhammerSalemRepublicanLyle D. ThomasWest SalemRepublicanHoward W. TurnerMadrasRepublicanHarvey WellsPortlandRepublicanHarry R. WileyAlbanyRepublicanMalcolm W. WilkinsonThe DallesRepublican
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