60th Oregon Legislative Assembly

The 60th Oregon Legislative Assembly was the legislative session of the Oregon Legislative Assembly that convened on January 8, 1979, and adjourned July 4th the same year.^[1][2]

60th 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	1979
Website	www.oregonlegislature.gov
Oregon State Senate
Members	30 Senators
Senate President	Jason Boe (D)
Majority Leader	Fred W. Heard (D)
Minority Leader	Robert Freeman Smith (R)
Party control	Democratic Party of Oregon
Oregon House of Representatives
Members	60 Representatives
Speaker of the House	Hardy Myers (D)
Majority Leader	Grattan Kerans (D)
Minority Leader	Gary Wilhelms (R)
Party control	Democratic Party of Oregon

Senate

Affiliation		Members
	Democratic	23
	Republican	7
Total		30
Government Majority		16

Mike Ragsdale resigned his House seat to fill the vacancy in the Senate created by the resignation of Victor Atiyeh.

Senate Members

Composition of the Senate

District	Senator	Party
1	Charles Hanlon	Democratic
2	Dell Isham	Democratic
3	Tom Hartung	Republican
4	Mike Ragsdale	Republican
5	Ted Hallock	Democratic
6	Jan Wyers	Democratic
7	Stephen Kafoury	Democratic
8	William McCoy	Democratic
9	Frank L. Roberts	Democratic
10	Jim Gardner	Democratic
11	Richard Bullock	Democratic
12	Vern Cook	Democratic
13	Walter F. Brown	Democratic
14	Richard E. Groener	Democratic
15	Tony Meeker	Republican
16	L. B. Day	Republican
17	Keith A. Burbidge	Democratic
18	Clifford W. Trow	Democratic
19	John A. Powell	Democratic
20	George F. Wingard	Republican
21	Edward Fadeley	Democratic
22	Ted Kulongoski	Democratic
23	Jason Boe (President)	Democratic
24	Jack Ripper	Democratic
25	E. D. Potts	Democratic
26	Lenn Hannon	Democratic
27	Fred W. Heard (Majority Leader)	Democratic
28	Kenneth Jernstedt	Republican
29	Michael G. Thorne	Democratic
30	Bob Smith (Minority Leader)	Republican

House

Affiliation		Members
	Democratic	34
	Republican	26
Total		60
Government Majority		8

Mary Alice Ford was appointed to the House seat vacated by Mike Ragsdale.

House Members

Composition of the House

District	House Member	Party
1	Caroline Magruder	Democratic
2	Ted Bugas	Republican
3	Paul Hanneman	Republican
4	Mark Gardner	Democratic
5	Nancy Ryles	Republican
6	Mary Alice Ford, Mike Ragsdale	Republican
7	Norm Smith	Republican
8	Vera Katz	Democratic
9	Thomas L. Mason	Democratic
10	Josephine H. Simpson	Republican
11	Rick Bauman	Democratic
12	Rod Monroe	Democratic
13	Gretchen Kafoury	Democratic
14	Howard Cherry	Democratic
15	Jim Chrest	Democratic
16	Wally Priestley	Democratic
17	George Starr	Democratic
18	Jane Cease	Democratic
19	Hardy Myers (Speaker)	Democratic
20	Drew Davis	Democratic
21	Sue Pisha	Democratic
22	Sandy Richards	Democratic
23	Glenn E. Otto	Democratic
24	Joyce Cohen	Democratic
25	Glen W. Whallon	Democratic
26	Ed Lindquist	Democratic
27	Ted Achilles	Republican
28	Curtis Wolfer	Democratic
29	Bill Rutherford	Republican
30	Jeff Gilmour	Democratic
31	Alan C. Riebel	Republican
32	Donna B. Zajonc	Republican
33	Chick Edwards	Republican
34	John Schoon	Republican
35	Tony Van Vliet	Republican
36	Mae Yih	Democratic
37	Bud Byers	Democratic
38	Max C. Rijken	Democratic
39	Grattan Kerans (Majority Leader)	Democratic
40	David B. Frohnmayer	Republican
41	Mary Burrows	Republican
42	Nancie Fadeley	Democratic
43	Larry Campbell	Republican
44	Bill Rogers	Republican
45	John Kitzhaber	Democratic
46	Bill Markham	Republican
47	William Grannell	Democratic
48	Doc Stevenson	Democratic
49	Cecil L. Johnson	Republican
50	Clayton Klein	Democratic
51	Eldon Johnson	Republican
52	Kip Lombard	Republican
53	Gary Wilhelms (Minority Leader)	Republican
54	Tom Throop	Democratic
55	Bill Belamy	Republican
56	Wayne H. Fawbush	Democratic
57	Jack Duff	Republican
58	Bob Brogoitti	Republican
59	Max Simpson	Democratic
60	Denny Jones	Republican