History of the Oregon House

Members taking the oath of office, House Chamber 1895

Photo courtesy of the Oregon State Library

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Members on the floor of the House Chamber circa 1920.

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House Chamber circa 1947

House Chamber in the old Capitol pre-1920

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Historical Mural in the House Chamber

History of the names over the House Chamber

The Chief Clerks
of the House

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W.F. Drager, the longest serving Chief Clerk

Last Name	First Name	Year(s)	Title
Huber	N.H.	1846	Chief Clerk-H (Territorial)
Cooke	Calvin W.	1847	Chief Clerk-H (Provisional)
T'Vault	William G.	1848	Chief Clerk-H (Provisional)
T'Vault	William G.	1849	Chief Clerk-H (Territorial)
Savage	G.W.	1850SS	Chief Clerk-H (Territorial)
Bush	Asahel	1850, 1851	Chief Clerk-H (Territorial)
Harding	Benjamin F.	1851	Chief Clerk-H
White	Richard J.	1851, 1852	Chief Clerk-H (Territorial)
McCraken	John	1853	Chief Clerk-H (Territorial)
Genois	B.	1854	Council-Chief Clerk
Beale	Thomas W.	1855	Council-Chief Clerk
Gregg	J.T.	1855ss	Chief Clerk-H
Dade	D.C.	1856	Chief Clerk-H (Territorial)
Hand	Charles	1857	Chief Clerk-H (Territorial)
Pyle	James M.	1858	Chief Clerk-H (Territorial)
Terry	Chester	1858, 1859	Chief Clerk-H (Territorial)
Patton	T.M.	1860	Chief Clerk-H
Pyle	James M.	1864, 1865, 1866	Chief Clerk-H (State)
Patton	T.M.	1866	Chief Clerk-H
Howlett	L.S.	1885	Chief Clerk-H
Jennings	A.C.	1887	Chief Clerk-H
Gregg	J.T.	1889	Chief Clerk-H
Hays	R.R.	1891	Chief Clerk-H
Sherman	D.	1893	Chief Clerk-H
Moody	R.E.	1895	Chief Clerk-H
Jennings	A.C.	1899, 1901, 1903	Chief Clerk-H
Thompson	W. Lair	1905, 1907	Chief Clerk-H
Drager	W.F.	1909, 1911, 1913, 1915, 1917, 1919, 1921, 1923, 1925, 1929, 1931, 1933, 1935, 1937, 1939, 1941, 1943	Chief Clerk-H
Buff	Claribel	1945, 1947, 1949, 1951, 1953	Chief Clerk-H
Bynon Low	Edith	1955, 1957	Chief Clerk-H
Renfro	Ruth	1959	Chief Clerk-H
Roberts	Frank L.	1961	Chief Clerk-H
Edwards	Cecil L.	1963	Chief Clerk-H
Hunt	Winton	1965, 1967, 1969, 1971	Chief Clerk-H
Mohr	Fred J.	1973	Chief Clerk-H
Hunt	Winton	1975, 1977, 1979, 1981	Chief Clerk-H
Aiken	Ann	1983	Chief Clerk-H
Kenady	Ramona	1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013,	Chief Clerk-H
Sekerak	Timothy	2015, 2017, 2019	Chief Clerk-H

Oregon State Legislature history

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House Chamber in the old Capitol pre-1920

History of the Oregon House