George W. McBride
George W. McBride | |
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Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives | |
In office 1882–1884 | |
Preceded by | Zenas Ferry Moody |
Succeeded by | W. P. Keady |
Constituency | Columbia County |
Personal details | |
Born | Lafayette, Oregon | March 13, 1854
Died | June 18, 1911 Portland, Oregon | (aged 57)
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | Laura W. Walter |
Profession | merchant |
George Wycliffe McBride (March 13, 1854 – June 18, 1911) was an American politician and businessman from the U.S. state of Oregon. An Oregon native, he served in the Oregon Legislative Assembly as Speaker of the House and as Oregon Secretary of State for two terms before election as United States Senator from Oregon. A Republican, he was the first native Oregonian to serve in the Senate. His father and two of his brothers were also politicians.
Early life
George McBride was born on March 13, 1854, near
George attended the local public schools before enrolling in the preparatory department of Willamette University in Salem, Oregon.[1] After one year at Willamette he enrolled at Monmouth Christian College (now Western Oregon University) in Monmouth, Oregon, where he spent two years.[1] McBride then studied law and was admitted to the bar, but never practiced.[1] He moved to St. Helens where he engaged in mercantile pursuits for nine years.[2]
Politics
McBride was elected to the
On February 23, 1895, the Oregon Legislative Assembly selected McBride to serve in the United States Senate.[1] Elected as a Republican, he served one term in office from March 4, 1895, to March 3, 1901.[1] In the Senate he was chairman of the United States Senate Committee on Transportation Routes to the Seaboard during the Fifty-fourth Congress, though the committee may never have met during his tenure, and also a member of the Committee on Coast Defenses during both Fifty-fifth and Fifty-sixth Congresses.[1] He was the first native Oregonian to serve in the Senate.[2] He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1900.[1]
Later life
McBride was appointed as a United States commissioner to the St. Louis Exposition of 1904.[1] After politics he was engaged as an agent of the Western Pacific Railroad in California.[1] On May 24, 1902, in New York City he married Laura W. Walter with whom he had one daughter.[2] In 1911 McBride died in Portland, Oregon, at the age of 57.[1] His remains were cremated and the ashes interred in the Masonic Cemetery in St. Helens.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "George Wycliffe McBride". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. United States Congress. Retrieved April 28, 2009.
- ^ a b c d e Corning, Howard M. (1956) Dictionary of Oregon History. Binfords & Mort Publishing, p. 159.
- ^ a b Oregon Legislators and Staff Guide: 1882 Regular Session (12th). Oregon State Archives. Retrieved on April 27, 2009.
- ^ a b "Secretary of State Agency History, page 13". Oregon Blue Book. Oregon Secretary of State. Retrieved April 28, 2021.