47th Oregon Legislative Assembly

The 47th Oregon Legislative Assembly was the legislative session of the Oregon Legislative Assembly that convened on January 12, 1953 and adjourned April 21, 1953.^{[1] [2]} A notable piece of legislation was a state wide civil rights bill, signed into law by Republican Governor Paul L. Patterson.^[3] Republicans held a supermajority after winning in a landslide 1952 election.

47th Oregon Legislative Assembly
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The legislature took place in the Oregon State Capitol, seen here in 2007
Overview
Legislative body	Oregon Legislative Assembly
Jurisdiction	Oregon, United States
Meeting place	Oregon State Capitol
Term	1953
Website	www.oregonlegislature.gov
Oregon State Senate
Members	30 Senators
Senate President	Eugene E. Marsh (R)
Party control	Republican Party of Oregon
Oregon House of Representatives
Members	60 Representatives
Speaker of the House	Rudie Wilhelm Jr. (R)
Party control	Republican Party of Oregon

Senate

Affiliation		Members
	Democratic	4
	Republican	26
Total		30
Government Majority		22

Senate Members

Composition of the Senate

Senator	Residence	Party
S. Eugene Allen	Portland	Republican
Jack Bain	Portland	Democratic
Howard Belton	Canby	Republican
Charles W. Bingner	LaGrande	Republican
Phil Brady	Portland	Democratic
Gene L. Brown	Grants Pass	Republican
Dean F. Bryson	Portland	Republican
Truman A. Chase	Eugene	Republican
Ben Day	Gold Hill	Republican
Rex Ellis	Pendleton	Republican
Paul E. Geddes	Roseburg	Republican
Angus Gibson	Junction City	Republican
Walter C. Giersbach	Forest Grove	Republican
Warren C. Gill	Lebanon	Republican
Stewart Hardie	Condon	Republican
Philip S. Hitchcock	Klamath Falls	Republican
Robert D. Holmes	Gearhart	Democratic
John P. Hounsell	Hood River	Republican
Frederick S. Lamport	Salem	Republican
Roger Loennig	Haines	Republican
Pat Lonergan	Portland	Republican
Eugene E. Marsh	McMinnville	Republican
Warren A. McMinimee	Tillamook	Republican
John C. F. Merrifield	Portland	Republican
Richard L. Neuberger	Portland	Democratic
Elmo Smith	John Day	Republican
W. Lowell Steen	Milton-Freewater	Republican
George A. Ulett	Coquille	Republican
Dean Walker	Independence	Republican
Douglas R. Yeater	Salem	Republican

House

Affiliation		Members
	Democratic	11
	Republican	49
Total		60
Government Majority		38

House Members

Composition of the House

House Member	Residence	Party
John P. Amacher	Winchester	Republican
Gust Anderson	Portland	Republican
David C. Baum	LaGrande	Republican
William W. Bradeen	Burns	Republican
Ed R. Cardwell	Sweet Home	Republican
W. W. Chadwick	Salem	Republican
Herman H. Chindgren	Molalla	Republican
Alfred H. Corbett	Portland	Democratic
F. H. Dammasch	Portland	Republican
Leon S. Davis	Hillsboro	Republican
Richard F. Deich	Portland	Republican
Pat Dooley	Portland	Democratic
Robert E. Duniway	Portland	Republican
Joseph M. Dyer	Astoria	Republican
Orval Eaton	Astoria	Republican
Robert L. Elfstrom	Salem	Republican
Harry C. Elliott	Tillamook	Republican
Frank M. Farmer	Rickreall	Republican
Carl H. Francis	Dayton	Republican
Edward A. Geary	Klamath Falls	Republican
R. E. Goad	Pendleton	Democratic
Kenneth Goodall	Oswego	Republican
Alva Curtis Goodrich	Bend	Republican
Claude E. Hall	Waldport	Republican
Joseph E. Harvey	Portland	Republican
Mark Hatfield	Salem	Republican
Lloyd E. Haynes	Grants Pass	Republican
Earl H. Hill	Cushman	Republican
Russell Hudson	The Dalles	Republican
Donald R. Husband	Eugene	Republican
V. T. Jackson	Roseburg	Democratic
Robert J. Jensen	Portland	Republican
Robert R. Klemsen	St. Helens	Democratic
Ivan C. Laird	Sitkum	Democratic
George Layman	Newberg	Republican
Carroll Locey	Ironside	Republican
E. H. Mann	Medford	Republican
Roderick T. McKenzie	Sixes	Republican
John Misko	Oregon City	Republican
Earl A. Moore	Hood River	Republican
G. Russell Morgan	Hillsboro	Republican
Maurine Neuberger	Portland	Democratic
Lee V. Ohmart	Salem	Republican
Boyd R. Overhulse	Madras	Democratic
Robert W. Root	Medford	Republican
Phil J. Roth	Portland	Republican
Jess W. Savage	Albany	Republican
Ralph Saylor	Echo	Republican
Henry Semon	Klamath Falls	Democratic
J. P. Steiwer	Fossil	Republican
Robert J. Steward	Keating	Democratic
Loran L. Stewart	Cottage Grove	Republican
B. A. Stover	Bend	Republican
Monroe Sweetland	Milwaukie	Democratic
Charles Allen Tom	Rufus	Republican
Dorothy Wallace	Portland	Republican
H. R. Weatherford	Wallowa	Republican
Harvey Wells	Portland	Republican
Rudie Wilhelm	Portland	Republican
Francis W. Ziegler	Corvallis	Republican