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| Affiliation | Republican |
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| Name | Connie McCready |
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Portland, Oregon , United States |
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August 20, 1921
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| Died | December 22, 2000
(79 years)
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| Contributor | RBH |
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| Info | Constance "Connie" McCready, born Constance Averill, a journalist and politician from Portland, Oregon. She held several elected offices in Oregon during her career, including a stint in the Oregon Legislature, on the Portland City Council, and culminating with a partial term as Portland's mayor.
She was born in Pendleton, Oregon on August 21, 1921 the daughter of conservationist Edgar Francis Averill.[1] The family would move to Portland and she graduated from Grant High School. McCready graduated from the University of Oregon in 1943. After college she worked as a reporter for The Oregonian, Portland's main daily newspaper. In 1945, she married Albert L. McCready and the two would have three daughters. In addition to working for The Oregonian, she also was an editor for Home & Garden magazine.
In 1967 and 1969, she served in the Oregon House of Representatives as a Republican representing Portland. In 1979, McCready was appointed to the position of mayor in Portland upon Neil Goldschmidt's resignation to become United States Secretary of Transportation in the Carter Administration. She was the second of three women to hold the post. McCready was mayor during the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens when Portland was blanketed by ash on three occasions, and eventually threatened businesses with fines if they failed to remove the ash from their parking lots. She was defeated the following year by Frank Ivancie, at which point she retired from politics.
A Republican, she was noted for her maverick political views which often deviated from the party line, including staunch support of the Equal Rights Amendment and gay rights.
McCready died in 2000 of complications from a stroke.
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