George W. McBride

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George W. McBride
George W. McBride
In office
March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1901
Preceded by Joseph N. Dolph
Succeeded by John H. Mitchell
In office
1882 – 1884
Preceded by Zenas Ferry Moody
Succeeded by W. P. Keady
Constituency Columbia County
Born March 13, 1854
Lafayette, Oregon
Died June 18, 1911 (aged 57)
Portland, Oregon
Political party Republican
Spouse Laura W. Walter
Profession merchant
For the baseball player, see George McBride

George Wycliffe McBride (March 13, 1854 - June 18, 1911) was a United States Senator from Oregon. Born near Lafayette, he attended the public schools, the preparatory department of Willamette University, and Christian College (Monmouth, Oregon). He studied law and was admitted to the bar, but never practiced; he also engaged in mercantile pursuits.

[edit] Politics

McBride was a member of the Oregon House of Representatives 1882, and served as speaker; he served as Oregon Secretary of State in 1886 and again in 1895, and was elected as a Republican to the U.S. Senate on February 23, 1895, serving from March 4, 1895, to March 3, 1901. McBride was the first native Oregonian to serve in Congress.[1] He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1900. He was chairman of the United States Senate Committee on Transportation Routes to the Seaboard (Fifty-fourth Congress), though the committee may never have met during his tenure; and a member of the Committee on Coast Defenses (Fifty-fifth and Fifty-sixth Congresses). He was appointed a United States commissioner to the St. Louis Exposition in 1904.

[edit] Later life

After politics he was engaged as an agent of the Western Pacific Railroad in California. On May 24, 1902, in New York City he married Laura W. Walter with whom he had one daughter.[1] In 1911 McBride died in Portland. His remains were cremated and the ashes interred in Masonic Cemetery, St. Helens, Oregon.

John Rogers McBride, George's brother, was a U.S. Representative from Oregon in 1863-1864. The other brother, Thomas A. McBride served on the Oregon Supreme Court from 1909 to 1930.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c Corning, Howard M. Dictionary of Oregon History. Binfords & Mort Publishing, 1956.
Preceded by
Joseph N. Dolph		 United States Senator (Class 2) from Oregon
1895–1901
Served alongside: John H. Mitchell, Joseph Simon		 Succeeded by
John H. Mitchell
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United States Senators from Oregon
Class 2: D. Smith • Baker • Stark • Harding • Williams • Kelly • Grover • Dolph • McBride • Mitchell • Gearin • Mulkey • Bourne • H. Lane • McNary • Mulkey • McNary • Cordon • R. Neuberger • Lusk • M. Neuberger • Hatfield • G. Smith
Class 3: J. Lane • Nesmith • Corbett • Mitchell • Slater • Mitchell • Simon • Fulton • Chamberlain • Stanfield • Steiwer • Reames • Barry • Holman • Morse • Packwood • Wyden
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