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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | Robert B. Duncan |
| Address |
Gresham, Oregon , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
| Born |
December 04, 1920 |
| Died |
April 29, 2011
(90 years) |
| Contributor | User 490 |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | Robert Blackford "Bob" Duncan
Elected to the Oregon House of Representatives from Jackson County in 1956, 1958, and 1960. Served as Speaker in 1959 and 1961.
born in Normal, McLean County, Ill., December 4, 1920; was raised in Bloomington, Ill., and attended public schools there; served in the Merchant Marine; worked in the placer gold fields of Alaska, with a seed corn company in Illinois, and with a bank in Chicago; student at University of Alaska at College, Alaska, in 1939 and 1940; graduated from Illinois Wesleyan University at Bloomington, B.A., 1942; took University of California correspondence courses in 1940; graduated from University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor, LL.B., 1948; served in the United States Naval Air Force, 1942-1945, and retired as a lieutenant commander in the Naval Reserve; was admitted to the bar in October 1948 and commenced the practice of law in Medford, Oreg.; nominated in 1954 as a write-in candidate for the State legislature but declined for business reasons; elected to the State house of representatives in 1956; was reelected in 1958 and 1960 and served as speaker 1959-1962; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-eighth and to the Eighty-ninth Congresses (January 3, 1963-January 3, 1967); was not a candidate in 1966 for reelection to the Ninetieth Congress; unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate in 1968 and 1972; resumed the practice of law; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-fourth, Ninety-fifth, and Ninety-sixth Congresses (January 3, 1975-January 3, 1981); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1980 to the Ninety-seventh Congress; resumed the practice of law in Washington, D.C., 1981-1985; member, Northwest Power Planning Council, 1986 to present, and served as chairman in 1987; is a resident of Yachats, Oreg.
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