35th Oregon Legislative Assembly
term of state legislature in Oregon, US
The thirty-fifth Oregon Legislative Assembly convened in 1929 for its biennial regular session, starting January 14 and finishing March 4. Republicans controlled both chambers with overwhelming majorities. Only four Democrats, two in the House and two in the Senate, were members of the thirty-fifth Legislative Assembly. The body held no special sessions; no such sessions were held at all between 1921 and 1933.
House members
All representatives in the thirty-fifth House were Republicans except two, Walter S. Fisher (D–4 Roseburg) and Joseph N. Scott (D–22 Pendleton).
Speaker of the House: R. S. Hamilton (R–21 Bend).
Messenger to the Senate: Catherine Addink
Reading Clerk: Elbert Bede
Chief Clerk: W. F. Drager
Asst. Chief Clerk: Harry McCallen
Mailing Clerk: William F. McAdams
Doorkeeper: Rolls Southwick
Asst. Doorkeepers: B. E. Robertson, Glen A. Tousley
Calendar Clerk: Ruby Russell
Sergeant-at-Arms: Joseph F. Singer
Asst. Sergeant-at-Arms: J. A. Waddell
Messenger to the Printer: John F. Steelhammer
Pages: Denton Burdick, Jr., Harold Charters, Margarte Davidson
Senate members
All members of the thirty-fifth Senate were Republicans except two, Edward F. Bailey (D–3 Junction City) and W. H. Strayer (D–23 Baker).
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