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U.S. Senators from Oregon:
Name	Dates of Service
*Class 2*
Delazon Smith (D) Edward D. Baker (R) Benjamin Stark (D) Benjamin F. Harding (D) George Henry Williams (R) James K. Kelly (D) La Fayette Grover (D) Joseph N. Dolph (R) George W. McBride (R) John H. Mitchell (R) John M. Gearin (D) Frederick W. Mulkey (R) Jonathan Bourne, Jr. (R) Harry Lane (D) Charles L. McNary (R) Frederick W. Mulkey (R) Charles L. McNary (R) Guy Cordon (R) Richard L. Neuberger (D) Hall S. Lusk (D) Maurine B. Neuberger (D) Mark O. Hatfield (R) Gordon Smith (R)	1859-1859 1860-1861 1861-1862 1862-1865 1865-1871 1871-1877 1877-1883 1883-1895 1895-1901 1901-1905 1905-1907 1907-1907 1907-1913 1913-1917 1917-1918 1918-1918 1918-1944 1944-1955 1955-1960 1960-1960 1960-1967 1967-1997 1997-

Name	Dates of Service
*Class 3*
Joseph Lane (D) James W. Nesmith (D) Henry W. Corbett (R) John H. Mitchell (R) James H. Slater (D) John H. Mitchell (R) Joseph Simon (R) Charles W. Fulton (R) George E. Chamberlain (D) Robert N. Stanfield (R) Frederick Steiwer (R) Alfred Evan Reames (D) Alexander G. Barry (R) Rufus C. Holman (R) Wayne L. Morse (R,I,D) Robert W. (Bob) Packwood (R) Ron Wyden (D)	1859-1861 1861-1867 1867-1873 1873-1879 1879-1885 1885-1897 1898-1903 1903-1909 1909-1921 1921-1927 1927-1938 1938-1938 1938-1939 1939-1945 1945-1969 1969-1995 1996-

Senate Service
Longest Service (24 years or more): Mark O. Hatfield Charles L. McNary Robert W. Packwood Wayne L. Morse

Oregon Senators Who Served in Leadership Positions
Minority Leader: Charles L. McNary Majority Leader: Charles L. McNary Republican Conference Chairmen: Charles L. McNary, Robert W. Packwood National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman: Robert W. Packwood Standing Committee Chairs Since 1947: Appropriations: Mark O. Hatfield Commerce, Science and Transportation: Robert W. Packwood Finance: Robert W. Packwood Interior and Insular Affairs: Guy Cordon Special Committee on Aging: Gordon Smith
Oregon Citizens Honored in the Capitol's Art Collection
Statuary: Reverend Jason Lee by Gifford MacG. Proctor (Statuary Hall); Dr. John McLoughlin by Gifford Proctor (House connecting corridor); Edward D. Baker by Horatio Stone (Rotunda). Portraits: Charles L. McNary by Henrique Medina (Senate wing, second floor, main corridor).

Unusual Facts
Oregon's first senatorial couple, Maurine D. and Richard L. Neuberger, married in 1945. Mrs. Neuberger served in the state house of representatives at the same time that her husband served in the state senate. She was elected to the U.S. Senate to fill the vacancy caused by his death. In January 1953, having left the Republican party the previous year, Oregon Senator Wayne L. Morse carried a folding chair into the Senate chamber, dramatically declaring his independence by sitting in the aisle which divided the two major parties. Since this arrangement would have posed logistical problems, the Senate permitted Morse to sit at his old desk on the Republican side of the aisle. By leaving the Republican party, however, Morse lost his seniority and was unable to receive comparable committee assignments. In 1955, Morse joined the Democratic party.


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