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. A notable piece of legislation was a state wide civil rights bill, signed into law by Republican Governor Paul L. Patterson. Republicans held a supermajority after winning in a landslide 1952 election.
Senate AffiliationMembers Democratic4 Republican26 Total30 Government Majority22 Senate Members + Composition of the Senate SenatorResidencePartyS. Eugene AllenPortlandRepublicanJack BainPortlandDemocraticHoward BeltonCanbyRepublicanCharles W. BingnerLaGrandeRepublicanPhil BradyPortlandDemocraticGene L. BrownGrants PassRepublicanDean F. BrysonPortlandRepublicanTruman A. ChaseEugeneRepublicanBen DayGold HillRepublicanRex EllisPendletonRepublicanPaul E. GeddesRoseburgRepublicanAngus GibsonJunction CityRepublicanWalter C. GiersbachForest GroveRepublicanWarren C. GillLebanonRepublicanStewart HardieCondonRepublicanPhilip S. HitchcockKlamath FallsRepublicanRobert D. HolmesGearhartDemocraticJohn P. HounsellHood RiverRepublicanFrederick S. LamportSalemRepublicanRoger LoennigHainesRepublicanPat LonerganPortlandRepublicanEugene E. MarshMcMinnvilleRepublicanWarren A. McMinimeeTillamookRepublicanJohn C. F. MerrifieldPortlandRepublicanRichard L. NeubergerPortlandDemocraticElmo SmithJohn DayRepublicanW. Lowell SteenMilton-FreewaterRepublicanGeorge A. UlettCoquilleRepublicanDean WalkerIndependenceRepublicanDouglas R. YeaterSalemRepublican
House AffiliationMembers Democratic11 Republican49 Total60 Government Majority38 House Members + Composition of the House House MemberResidencePartyJohn P. AmacherWinchesterRepublicanGust AndersonPortlandRepublicanDavid C. BaumLaGrandeRepublicanWilliam W. BradeenBurnsRepublicanEd R. CardwellSweet HomeRepublicanW. W. ChadwickSalemRepublicanHerman H. ChindgrenMolallaRepublicanAlfred H. CorbettPortlandDemocraticF. H. DammaschPortlandRepublicanLeon S. DavisHillsboroRepublicanRichard F. DeichPortlandRepublicanPat DooleyPortlandDemocraticRobert E. DuniwayPortlandRepublicanJoseph M. DyerAstoriaRepublicanOrval EatonAstoriaRepublicanRobert L. ElfstromSalemRepublicanHarry C. ElliottTillamookRepublicanFrank M. FarmerRickreallRepublicanCarl H. FrancisDaytonRepublicanEdward A. GearyKlamath FallsRepublicanR. E. GoadPendletonDemocraticKenneth GoodallOswegoRepublicanAlva Curtis GoodrichBendRepublicanClaude E. HallWaldportRepublicanJoseph E. HarveyPortlandRepublicanMark HatfieldSalemRepublicanLloyd E. HaynesGrants PassRepublicanEarl H. HillCushmanRepublicanRussell HudsonThe DallesRepublicanDonald R. HusbandEugeneRepublicanV. T. JacksonRoseburgDemocraticRobert J. JensenPortlandRepublicanRobert R. KlemsenSt. HelensDemocraticIvan C. LairdSitkumDemocraticGeorge LaymanNewbergRepublicanCarroll LoceyIronsideRepublicanE. H. MannMedfordRepublicanRoderick T. McKenzieSixesRepublicanJohn MiskoOregon CityRepublicanEarl A. MooreHood RiverRepublicanG. Russell MorganHillsboroRepublicanMaurine NeubergerPortlandDemocraticLee V. OhmartSalemRepublicanBoyd R. OverhulseMadrasDemocraticRobert W. RootMedfordRepublicanPhil J. RothPortlandRepublicanJess W. SavageAlbanyRepublicanRalph SaylorEchoRepublicanHenry SemonKlamath FallsDemocraticJ. P. SteiwerFossilRepublicanRobert J. StewardKeatingDemocraticLoran L. StewartCottage GroveRepublicanB. A. StoverBendRepublicanMonroe SweetlandMilwaukieDemocraticCharles Allen TomRufusRepublicanDorothy WallacePortlandRepublicanH. R. WeatherfordWallowaRepublicanHarvey WellsPortlandRepublicanRudie WilhelmPortlandRepublicanFrancis W. ZieglerCorvallisRepublican
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