Lowell Stockman

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Lowell Stockman
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Oregon's 2nd district
In office 1943 - 1953
Preceded by	Walter M. Pierce
Succeeded by	Sam Coon

Born	April 12, 1901 Helix, Oregon
Died	August 9, 1962 Bellevue, Washington
Political party	Democrat
Spouse	Dorcas Conklin
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Lowell Stockman (April 12, 1901 - August 9, 1962) was a representative from Oregon to the United States House of Representatives from 1943 to 1953.

1 Early life
2 Politics
3 Family
4 References

[edit] Early life

Stockman was born on a farm near Helix, Oregon. He attended public schools at Pendleton, Oregon, and graduated from Oregon State University at Corvallis in 1922. He engaged in wheat farming in Eastern Oregon's Umatilla County beginning in 1922.^[1]

[edit] Politics

While in Eastern Oregon, Stockman became a member of the Pendleton School Board and the Oregon Liquor Control Commission.

Stockman was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-eighth and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1943 - January 3, 1953), but was not a candidate for renomination in 1952. He resumed farming until 1959, while a member of the Theodore Roosevelt Centennial Commission between 1956 and 1959. He became the vice president of Oregon Fiber Products, Inc. and the treasurer of Pilot Rock Lumber Company. He moved to Bellevue, Washington in 1959 and operated a trailer court until his death August 9, 1962. He was buried on University of Washington property near Pack Forest, Washington.

[edit] Family

Lowell’s parents were W.J. Stockman and the former Miss Etta Edmiston.^[1] He was married in 1924 to Dorcas Conkiln and the couple would have three daughters.^[1]