The 57th Oregon Legislative Assembly convened for its regular session from January 8 to July 6, 1973. There was also a special session from January 24 to February 24, 1974.
Both houses were controlled by the Democratic Party of Oregon. The House speaker was Richard Eymann. Jason Boe was the Senate president; Eymann would serve as Speaker only during the 57th legislature;Speakers of the House of Representatives of Oregon. Oregon Blue Book, Oregon Secretary of State. Retrieved on June 9, 2008. Boe would continue as President through the 1980 special session.Oregon Blue Book: Senate Presidents of Oregon. Oregon Secretary of State.
Republican Tom McCall was governor during the 57th legislature.
The 57th legislature passed sweeping legislation, most notably Senate Bill 100, which established a framework for land use planning in the state.
Bill McCoy, the first African American elected to Oregon's legislature, served his first term in the House during this session. He was later appointed to the Oregon Senate.
Senate AffiliationMembers Democratic18 Republican12 Total30 Government Majority6 Senate members + Composition of the SenatedDistrict SenatorParty4Victor AtiyehRepublican23Jason BoeDemocratic22Elizabeth BrowneDemocratic17Keith A. BurbridgeDemocratic11John D. BurnsDemocratic6Keith BurnsDemocratic16Wallace P. Carson Jr.Republican12Vernon CookDemocratic13George EiversRepublican20Edward FadeleyDemocratic14Richard GroenerDemocratic5Ted HallockDemocratic3Tom HartungRepublican27Fred W. HeardDemocratic1Bill HolmstromDemocratic7Norman R. HowardDemocratic18Dick HoytRepublican28Kenneth JernstedtRepublican19Hector Macpherson Jr.Republican9Thomas R. MahoneyDemocratic15Anthony MeekerRepublican26Lynn NewbryRepublican2Stan OuderkirkRepublican25Eugene "Debbs" PottsDemocratic24Jack RipperDemocratic10Betty RobertsDemocratic30Bob SmithRepublican8Bill Stevenson Democratic29Michael G. ThorneDemocratic21George F. WingardRepublican
House AffiliationMembers Democratic33 Republican27 Total60 Government Majority5 House members + Composition of the HouseDistrict House memberParty22Harvey AkesonDemocratic4Les AuCoinDemocratic49Sidney BazettRepublican11Earl BlumenauerDemocratic29Stan BunnRepublican41Mary BurrowsRepublican37Bernard ByersDemocratic14Howard L. CherryDemocratic2George F. ColeDemocratic50Albert H. DensmoreDemocratic32Margaret DereliDemocratic17Robert A. ElliottRepublican44Richard O. EymannDemocratic42Nancie FadeleyDemocratic30Jeff GilmourDemocratic47William GrannellDemocratic27Ralph GroenerDemocratic36William F. GwinnRepublican5Lewis B. HamptonRepublican3Paul A. HannemanRepublican57Stafford HansellRepublican35Robert C. IngallsRepublican52Leigh Thronton JohnsonRepublican54Sam JohnsonRepublican60Denny JonesRepublican13Stephen KafouryDemocratic8Vera KatzDemocratic18Lloyd C. KinseyRepublican10Phil LangDemocratic26Ed LindquistDemocratic38Gordon l. MacPhersonRepublican1Dick MagruderDemocratic46William E. MarkhamRepublican24Roger E. MartinRepublican34Robert Marx Democratic15William McCoy Democratic51Brad MorrisRepublican59Donald OakesRepublican23Glenn E. OttoDemocratic58E. E. PattersonRepublican31Norma PaulusRepublican12Grace Olivier PeckDemocratic40Laurence P. PerryDemocratic16Wally PriestleyDemocratic6Mike RagsdaleRepublican9Mary W. RiekeRepublican20Mary Wendy RobertsDemocratic19Keith SkeltonDemocratic48Edward StevensonDemocratic43David StultsRepublican45Robert M. StultsRepublican55Jack SumnerDemocratic56Paul E. WaldenRepublican25Glen WhallonDemocratic39Wayne WhiteheadRepublican7Pat WhitingDemocratic53Gary WilhelmsRepublican21Howard WillitsDemocratic28Curtis WolferDemocratic33Martin F. WolferDemocratic
See also List of Oregon ballot measures#1973
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External links https://openlibrary.org/b/OL5027059M/Report-to-the-57th-Legislative-Assembly.