june february united_states republican politician oregon served senate senate minority leader senate helped pass legislation led construction worked agricultural forestry issues supported new deal programs beginning great depression surpassed mark oregon longest serving senator republican vice presidential candidate ticket presidential candidate lost democratic ticket composed running term president landslide justice dean hometown salem deputy district attorney brother later federal judge died office unsuccessful surgery brain oregon held state funeral body lay state oregon state capitol salem dam field land owned oregon named honor early life born maternal grandfather family farm north salem june ninth children son born née married father law gave acre km2 farm city paternal grandfather moved kentucky maternal grandfather namesake moved missouri father helped family farm taught school years returning farming near salem mother died father moved family salem bought general merchandise store unable run family farm declining health charles known began education room school later attended salem living died making charlie orphan age head household siblings took jobs order provide family boy charles worked orchard farming tasks met future president moved salem later worked county recorder office brother elected county recorder short time attended leaving school enrolled college preparatory classes eye attending stanford_university time met began dating social club helped start member club future governor oregon legal career autumn moved california attend stanford studied law economics science history working pay housing left stanford returned oregon family asked come home salem read law supervision brother john passed bar brothers practiced law salem john served deputy district attorney time charles bought old family farm returned family served president helped organize agricultural association partnered brother began teaching property law spring hired dean replace dean worked school secure additional classroom space recruited prominent local attorneys serve faculty increased size school graduates year dean drive law school programs west_coast located leased space office buildings university campus november married daughter successful salem businessman died july automobile accident south way home salem oregon attend funeral mother returning portland family car flipped crushed spent days oregon funeral returned washington charles children state politics held public office deputy recorder remaining position managed successful campaign brother john district attorney judicial district oregon john appointed charles deputy served biographer describes progressive stuck republican_party left party favor west democrat backed reforms initiative recall referendum primary elections direct election senators early supporter public private power companies west won election chose special legal counsel oregon railroad commission urged lower passenger freight rates maintained friendly relations progressive conservative factions oregon republicans west west appointed fill new position created legislature expansion court justices seven youngest justices left law school private practice quickly established judicial activist strong advocate progressive reform supporter organized labor consistently defended rights injured workers hesitant bench instrument social change hour day public employees unions supported political career criminal convictions resulted portland vice scandal november surrounding city gay male time seated convictions appealed court wrote opinion reversal conviction prominent portland attorney dissent emotionally charged revealed deeply seated personal discomfort sex court moved new filed run year term bench time office partisan lost republican primary single vote recounts discovery ballots defeat served remainder partial term left court july close contest contenders elected chair seen unify progressive conservative wings party oregon federal politics chairman state republican_party campaigned republican presidential nominee elected presidential election hughes supreme_court justice future chief justice carried oregon lost presidency incumbent senator died office created opportunity failed bid election possible successors considered oregon governor governor preferred supported national women suffrage prohibition shared interest farming furthermore supporters argued progressive conservative factions republican_party accept unity party best chance retaining senate seat election appointed term resigning state party chairman prepared campaign term senate faced speaker republican primary defeated november general election defeated friend governor win year term senate won election replace finished lane original term end january took office november replacing seat shortly taking office resigned seat effective december senate december took office december instead taking office january term elected started resigned order slight edge new members senate adversary defeated incumbent democrat oregon senate seat making state senior senator won election times serving washington death senate years world war wilson sought senate approval treaty versailles treaty included provisions establishing joining wilson fourteen points republicans opposed going party group senators known proposed minor changes support united_states entry league ultimately senate ratified treaty versailles united_states joined league prime opponents wilson league senate majority leader demonstrated skill debate league lodge took wing formed longtime friendship friendship helped secure favorable committee assignments inner power circle senate early career served chairman member president asked secretary interior replace fall involvement ongoing dome scandal declined preferring stay senate selected senate minority leader fellow republicans senate democratic control new deal era remained minority leader rest time office time periphery republican left opposed republican senators supported roosevelt supported new deal programs beginning roosevelt presidency world war approached favored aid england france short war voted arms place supported lend lease agreement british preparation military conscription civilian men early 1920s supported development federal hydroelectric power dams introduced legislation led building grand dams columbia public works projects voted joining favored buying lands fire protection forests clarke act farm support vetoed president relief bill forerunner farm legislation new deal vice presidential nomination republican nominee vice president western farm leader chosen balance ticket presidential nominee pro business leader east men differed issues writing life magazine shortly general election said vice president endorsing government power projects isolation high huge farm relief president believes things remains seen acceptance speech reiterated support federally owned power producing corporation head far private utilities empire opposed campaign promoted farming issues criticized foreign trade agreements said closed european markets grain meat fruits fiber ticket lost massively roosevelt wallace family legacy december married second time met dinner party world war hometown washington marriage worked private secretary marriage second produce children charles adopted daughter charlotte built new ranch style house designed creeks farm north salem estate called featured putting green rose garden tennis court acres km2 trees described oregon later senator hosted meetings politicians national stage farm included acres km2 fruit helped establish industry oregon developed imperial complaining suffering speech beginning early went maryland november doctors diagnosed brain removed week released hospital december cancer spread parts body family departed florida spend winter partly recovered surgery february elected republican senate leader died buried memorial cemetery salem given state funeral body lay state chamber oregon state capitol salem running mate died months later time members major party presidential ticket died term sought election time death held record longest serving senator oregon record kept surpassed mark days office dam oregon washington named field salem airport named honor
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