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  Cordon, Guy
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AffiliationRepublican   
NameGuy Cordon
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Roseburg, Oregon , United States
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Born April 24, 1890
Died June 08, 1969 (79 years)
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Jan 06, 2018 10:10pm
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Info Senator from Oregon; born in Cuero, De Witt County, Tex., April 24, 1890; moved to Roseburg, Oreg., and attended the public schools; deputy assessor 1909-1916; county assessor of Douglas County, Oreg., 1917-1920; during the First World War served as a private in the Field Artillery of the United States Army; was admitted to the bar in 1920 and commenced practice in Roseburg, Oreg.; district attorney of Douglas County 1923-1935; appointed and subsequently elected as a Republican to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Charles L. McNary; reelected in 1948 and served from March 4, 1944, to January 3, 1955; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1954; chairman, Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (Eighty-third Congress); engaged in the practice of law in Washington, D.C., until his retirement in 1962; died in Washington, D.C., June 8, 1969


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  11/02/1954 OR US Senate Lost 49.78% (-0.43%)
  11/02/1948 OR US Senate Won 60.03% (+20.06%)
  11/07/1944 OR US Senate - Special Election Won 57.54% (+15.09%)
  05/19/1944 OR US Senate - Special R Primary Won 47.76% (+3.28%)
  03/13/1944 OR US Senate - Appointment Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
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