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Oregon’s Historic Senate Floor Desks Since the first session in Oregon’s current Capitol in 1939, every Oregon State Senator has had their service commemorated with a small brass plaque on the Senate floor desk occupied by the Senator. Until the Capitol Wings were opened in 1977, Oregon State Senators used their Senate floor desks as their main office space. Now, Senators each have an office in the Senate Wing and the historic Senate floor desks are used by members during the daily Senate floor sessions. The interactive diagram on the following page shows the Senate floor desks with a link to a list of members who have occupied each respective desk since 1939.

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Oregon’s Historic Senate Floor Desks

Since the first session in Oregon’s current Capitol in 1939, every Oregon State Senator has had their service commemorated with a small brass plaque on the Senate floor desk occupied by the Senator.

Until the Capitol Wings were opened in 1977, Oregon State Senators used their Senate floor desks as their main office space. Now, Senators each have an office in the Senate Wing and the historic Senate floor desks are used by members during the daily Senate floor sessions.

The interactive diagram on the following page shows the Senate floor desks with a link to a list of members who have occupied each respective desk since 1939.

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Senator Desk Year Notes Best, J. A. 1 1939-1943 Belton, Howard C. 1 1945 Newbry, Earl T. 1 1947 Engdahl, Carl 1 1949-1951 Died 3/24/51 Lindberg, Arthur W. 1 1951 Steen, W. Lowell 1 1953-1955 Quiring, Leander 1 1957 Husband, Donald R. 1 1959-1969 Potts, E. D. “Debbs” 1 1971-1983 Hanlon, Charles J. 1 1985 Roberts, Frank 1 1987-1993 Resigned 8/29/93 Leonard, Randy 1 1993 Sworn in 9/24/93 Sorenson, Peter 1 1995 Brown, Kate 1 1997-1999 Courtney, Peter 1 2001- Currently seated

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Senator Desk Year Notes Ellis, Rex 2 1939-1953 Bingner, Charles W. 2 1955 Lowry, Philip B. 2 1957 Hare, John D. 2 1959-1963 Potts, E. D. “Debbs” 2 1965 Burns, John D. 2 1967-1969 Atiyeh, Victor 2 1971 Burns, John D. 2 1973 Powell, John 2 1975-1981 McQueary, Hobert 2 1982 Heard, Fred W. 2 1983 Resigned 7/19/83 Carnahan, Judy 2 1983 Trow, Clifford W. 2 1985-2001 Metsger, Rick 2 2003-2009 Devlin, Richard 2 2011-2018 Resigned 1/1/2018 Wagner, Rob 2 2018- Currently seated

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Senator Desk Year Notes Strayer, W. H. 3 1939-1945 McKay, Douglas 3 1947 Carson, Allan G. 3 1949 Lamport, Frederick S. 3 1951-1953 Merrifield, John C. F. 3 1955 Cameron, C. D. 3 1957-1959 Pearson, Walter J. 3 1961-1965 Boivin, Harry D. 3 1967 Hoyt, C. R. 3 1969-1973 Jernstedt, Kenneth A. 3 1975-1977 Ripper, Jack D. 3 1979-1983 Fadeley, Edward 3 1985 Frye, William 3 1987 Died 7/17/88 Frazier, Marie 3 1988 Appointed 8/22/88 Kerans, Grattan 3 1989 Springer, Dick 3 1991 Bradbury, Bill 3 1993-1995 Brecke, Brenda 3 1995 Gordly, Avel 3 1997-2007 Bates, Alan 3 2009-2016 Died 8/5/16 Talbert, Kevin 3 2016-2017 Appointed 8/30/16 Manning Jr., James I. 3 2017- Currently seated

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Senator Desk Year Notes Walker, Dean H. 4 1939 McKay, Douglas 4 1941 Walker, Dean H. 4 1943-1953 Gill, Warren 4 1955-1957 Francis, Carl H. 4 1959-1961 Elfstrom, Robert L. 4 1963-1969 Mahoney, Thomas R. 4 1971 Burns, Keith 4 1973 Ripper, Jack D. 4 1975-1977 Isham, Dell 4 1979 McFarland, Ruth 4 1981-1983 Wyers, Jan 4 1985-1987 Hill, Larry 4 1989-1991 Dwyer, Bill 4 1991-1993 Kintigh, Bob 4 1995-1997 Courtney, Peter 4 1999 Deckert, Ryan 4 2001 Starr, Bruce 4 2003 Verger, Joanne 4 2005-2013 Olsen, Alan 4 2013- Currently seated

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Senator Desk Year Notes Lee, Dorothy McCullough 5 1939-1941 Mahoney, Thomas R. 5 1943 Newbry, Earl T. 5 1945 Chessman, Merle R. 5 1947 Patterson, Paul L. 5 1949 Marsh, Eugene E. 5 1951 Gill, Warren 5 1953 Francis, Carl H. 5 1955-1957 Overhulse, Boyd R. 5 1959-1963 Raymond, Raphael R. 5 1965-1971 Fadeley, Edward N. 5 1973 Lang, Loyal 5 1975 Roberts, Frank 5 1977 Ragsdale, Mike 5 1979 Hanlon, Charles J. 5 1981 Fadeley, Edward N. 5 1983 Otto, Glenn 5 1985-1991 Kerans, Grattan 5 1993 Sorenson, Peter 5 1993 Dwyer, Bill 5 1995-1997 Corcoran, Tony 5 1999 Carter, Margaret 5 2001 Walker, Vicki 5 2003 Burdick, Ginny 5 2005 Johnson, Betsy 5 2005-2009 Appointed 1/20/05 Thomsen, Chuck 5 2011- Currently seated

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Senator Desk Year Notes Franciscovich, F. M. 6 1939-1941 Lee, Dorothy McCullough 6 1943 Karnopp, Mrs. John L. 6 1943 Appointed 9/1943 Mahoney, Thomas R. 6 1945-1951 Hitchcock, Philip S. 6 1953 Holmes, Robert D. 6 1955 Pearson, Walter J. 6 1957 Boivin, Harry D. 6 1959 Mahoney, Thomas R. 6 1961-1967 Yturri, Anthony 6 1969-1971 Mahoney, Thomas R. 6 1973 Howard, Norman R. 6 1975 Smith, Robert F. 6 1977-1981 Timms, Eugene 6 1982-1987 Sworn in 12/21/82 to succeed Smith Jolin, Peg 6 1989-1993 Rasmussen, Karsten 6 1993 Gold, Shirley 6 1995 Wilde, Thomas 6 1997-1999 Clarno, Bev 6 2001 Schrader, Kurt 6 2003 Carter, Margaret 6 2005-2009 Shields, Chip 6 2009 Johnson, Betsy 6 2011- Currently seated

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Senator Desk Year Notes Ross, Lyman 7 1939 Booth, Joel C. 7 1941-1945 Jones, J. N. 7 1947 Bull, Vernon D. 7 1949-1951 Bingner, Charles W. 7 1953 Ohmart, Lee V. 7 1955-1957 Cook, Ward H. 7 1959 Lewis, Jean L. 7 1961 Cook, Ward H. 7 1961-1965 Bateson, Cornelius C. 7 1967-1969 Dement, Sam 7 1971 Atiyeh, Victor 7 1973-1977 Jernstedt, Kenneth A. 7 1979-1987 Yih, Mae 7 1989-2001 Burdick, Ginny 7 2003-2005 Monnes Anderson, Laurie 7 2005- Currently seated

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Senator Desk Year Notes Balentine, U. S. 8 1939 Wheeler, H. C. 8 1941-1943 Hilton, Frank H. 8 1945-1951 Merrifield, John C. F. 8 1953 Husband, Donald R. 8 1955-1957 Ahrens, Eddie 8 1959 Potts, E. D. “Debbs” 8 1961-1963 Atiyeh, Victor 8 1965-1969 Burns, John D. 8 1971 Meeker, Anthony 8 1973 Trow, Clifford W. 8 1975-1983 Brockman, Peter 8 1985-1991 Bryant, Neil 8 1993 Cease, Ron 8 1995 Burdick, Ginny 8 1997 Metsger, Rick 8 1999-2001 Devlin, Richard 8 2003 Bates, Alan 8 2005-2007 Schrader, Martha 8 2009 Shields, Chip 8 2011-2017 DeBoer, Alan 8 2017-2019 Golden, Jeff 8 2019- Currently seated

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Senator Desk Year Notes Dunn, George W. 9 1939-1941 Wipperman, Louis W. 9 1943 Wheeler, H. C. 9 1945 Carson, Allan G. 9 1947 Lamport, Frederick S. 9 1949 Yeater, Douglas R. 9 1951-1953 Hatfield, Mark O. 9 1955 Cook, Ward H. 9 1957 Durno, Edwin R. 9 1959 Yturri, Anthony 9 1961-1967 Dement, Sam 9 1969 Willner, Don S. 9 1971 Stevenson, Bill 9 1973 Wingard, George 9 1975-1981 Hendriksen, Margie 9 1983-1985 Kintigh, Bob 9 1987-1993 Dukes, Joan 9 1995-1999 Corcoran, Tony 9 2001-2003 Prozanski, Floyd 9 2003 Whitsett, Doug 9 2005-2015 Gelser, Sara 9 2015- Currently seated

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Senator Desk Year Notes Staples, Isaac E. 10 1939 Jones, Ronald E. 10 1941 Belton, Howard C. 10 1943 Engdahl, Carl 10 1945-1947 Belton, Howard C. 10 1949-1955 Gleason, G. D. 10 1957-1959 White, Robert F. 10 1961 Corbett, Alice 10 1963-1965 Morgan, Ross 10 1967 Schedeen, R. E. 10 1969 Fadeley, Edward N. 10 1971 Ripper, Jack D. 10 1973 Fadeley, Edward N. 10 1975-1981 Hanlon, Charles J. 10 1983 Brenneman, John 10 1985 Ryles, Nancy 10 1987 Resigned 5/15/87 Bloom, Bill 10 1987 Springer, Dick 10 1989 Smith, Tricia 10 1991-1993 Shannon, Marylin 10 1995 Leonard, Randy 10 1997 Burdick, Ginny 10 1999-2001 Winters, Jackie 10 2003-2018 Bentz, Cliff 10 2018-2019 Winters, Jackie 10 2019 Died 5/29/19 Boles, Denyc 10 2019- Sworn in 6/28/19, Currently seated

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Senator Desk Year Notes Kenin, Harry M. 11 1939-1941 Herman, Fred W. 11 1941 Cornett, Marshall E. 11 1943 Winslow, George P. 11 1945 Patterson, Paul L. 11 1947 Bain, Jack 11 1949-1951 Ulett, George A. 11 1953 Hardie, Stewart 11 1955 Thiel, Daniel A. 11 1957-1961 Inskeep, John J. 11 1963-1969 Burbidge, Keith A. 11 1971 Smith, Robert F. 11 1973 Brown, Walter F. 11 1975-1979 Simmons, Jim 11 1981-1987 Kitzhaber, John 11 1989 Kerans, Grattan 11 1991 Dukes, Joan 11 1993 Hartung, Tom 11 1995 Duncan, Verne 11 1997 Beyer, Lee 11 1999-2001 Morrisette, Bill 11 2001 Ringo, Charlie 11 2003-2005 George, Larry 11 2007 Telfer, Chris 11 2009-2013 Knopp, Tim 11 2013-2015 Riley, Chuck 11 2015- Currently seated

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Senator Desk Year Notes Steiwer, W. H. 12 1939-1943 Cornett, Marshall E. 12 1945 Fatland, Ernest R. 12 1947 McAllister, William M. 12 1949 Walsh, William E. 12 1951 Smith, Elmo E. 12 1953 Ulett, George A. 12 1955 Leth, Walter C. 12 1957-1963 Huston, Glenn 12 1965-1967 Lent, Berkeley 12 1969 Macpherson, Hector, Jr. 12 1971 Howard, Norman R. 12 1973 Hanlon, Charles J. 12 1975-1979 Meeker, Anthony 12 1981 Houck, C. T. “Cub” 12 1983-1987 Bunn, Jim 12 1987-1993 Miller, Randy 12 1995 Fisher, Bill 12 1997 Duncan, Verne 12 1999 Harper, Steve 12 2001-2003 Shields, Frank 12 2005 Avakian, Brad 12 2007 Boquist, Brian 12 2009- Currently seated

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Senator Desk Year Notes Wheeler, H. C. 13 1939 Childs, Charles 13 1941 Gibson, Angus 13 1943-1953 Boivin, Harry D. 13 1955 Yturri, Anthony 13 1957 Groener, Richard E. 13 1959-1961 Newbry, L. W. 13 1963-1973 Thorne, Michael G. 13 1975-1991 Duff, Scott 13 1991 Cooley, Wes 13 1993 McCoy, William 13 1995 Boyer, Robert 13 1996 Appointed 5/30/96 Nelson, David 13 1997-1999 Messerle, Ken 13 2001-2003 Schrader, Kurt 13 2005-2007 Walker, Vicki 13 2009 Resigned 7/12/09

Edwards, Chris 13 2009-2016 Sworn in 9/2/09; Resigned 12/31/16

Manning Jr., James 13 2017 Sworn in 12/23/16; Effective 1/01/17

Frederick, Lew 13 2017- Currently seated

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Senator Desk Year Notes Childs, Charles 14 1939 Kauffman, H. R. 14 1941 Newbry, Earl T. 14 1943 Fatland, Ernest R. 14 1945 Chase, Truman A. 14 1947-1957 Straub, Robert W. 14 1959-1961 Stadler, Glen M. 14 1963-1969 Hartung, Tom 14 1971-1973 Hannon, Lenn 14 1975-1977 Kulongoski, Ted 14 1979-1981 Yih, Mae 14 1983-1987 Timms, Eugene 14 1989 Kitzhaber, John 14 1991 Johnson, Rod 14 1993 Leonard, Randy 14 1995 Castillo, Susan 14 1997-2001 Deckert, Ryan 14 2003 Westlund, Ben 14 2005-2007 Dingfelder, Jackie 14 2009-2013 Roblan, Arnie 14 2013- Currently seated

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Senator Desk Year Notes Booth, Joel C. 15 1939 Belton, Howard C. 15 1941 Parkinson, Thomas 15 1943-1951 Geddes, Paul E. 15 1953-1955 Dimick, Dan 15 1957-1959 Flegel, Al 15 1961-1969 Boe, Jason 15 1971-1979 Brown, Walter F. 15 1981-1985 Dukes, Joan 15 1987-1991 Lim, John 15 1993 Springer, Dick 15 1995 George, Gary 15 1997-1999 Minnis, John 15 2001-2003 Lim, John 15 2004 Appointed 1/26/04 Prozanski, Floyd 15 2005-2007 Rosenbaum, Diane 15 2009 Olsen, Alan 15 2011-2013 Baertschiger Jr., Herman 15 2013-2017 Linthicum, Dennis 15 2017-2019 Fagan, Shemia 15 2019- Currently seated

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Senator Desk Year Notes McKay, Douglas 16 1939 McKenna, Coe A. 16 1941-1945 Belton, Howard C. 16 1947 Hitchcock, Philip S. 16 1949-1951 Loenning, Roger 16 1953 McMinimee, Warren A. 16 1955 Naterlin, Andrew J. 16 1957-1967 Ouderkirk, W. Stan 16 1969-1975 Meeker, Anthony 16 1977-1979 Monroe, Rod 16 1981-1985 Cohen, Joyce 16 1987-1993 Derfler, Gene 16 1995 Ferrioli, Ted 16 1997-1999 Dukes, Joan 16 2001 Morse, Frank 16 2003-2007 Kruse, Jeff 16 2009-2013 Hansell, Bill 16 2013-2019 Bentz, Cliff 16 2019-2020 Resigned 1/2/20 Findley, Lynn 16 2020- Sworn in 1/9/20, Currently seated

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Senator Desk Year Notes Jones, Ronald E 17 1939 Jones, J. N. 17 1941-1945 Winslow, George P. 17 1947 Hardie, Stewart 17 1949-1953 Leth, Walter C. 17 1955 Chapman, R. F. 17 1957 Goode, Melvin 17 1959-1961 Huston, Glenn 17 1963 Bain, Jack 17 1965 Lent, Berkeley 17 1967 Roberts, Betty 17 1969-1971 Thorne, Michael G. 17 1973 Smith, Robert F. 17 1975 Isham, Dell 17 1977 Hartung, Tom 17 1979-1981 Ryles, Nancy 17 1983-1985 Kennemer, Bill 17 1987 Fawbush, Wayne 17 1989-1991 Webber, Catherine 17 1993 Stull, Shirley 17 1995 Qutub, Eileen 17 1997 Shields, Frank 17 1999-2001 Morrisette, Bill 17 2003 Kruse, Jeff 17 2005-2007 George, Larry 17 2009 Beyer, Lee 17 2011- Currently seated

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Senator Desk Year Notes Dickson, Ashby 18 1939-1941 Walsh, William E. 18 1943-1947 Marsh, Eugene E. 18 1949 Day, Ben 18 1951-1953 Ziegler, Francis W. 18 1955-1961 Boivin, Harry D. 18 1963 Leth, Walter C. 18 1965 Hoyt, C. R. 18 1967 Boivin, Harry D. 18 1969-1971 Jernstedt, Kenneth A. 18 1973 Roberts, Frank 18 1975 Kafoury, Stephen 18 1977 Day, L. B. 18 1979-1985 Brenneman, John 18 1987 Gold, Shirley 18 1989-1993 Baker, Ken 18 1995 Shannon, Marylin 18 1997 Fisher, Bill 18 1999 Duncan, Verne 18 2001 Shields, Frank 18 2003 Starr, Bruce 18 2005 Monroe, Rod 18 2007-2019 Currently seated

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Senator Desk Year Notes Clark, C. W. 19 1939 Pearson, Walter E. 19 1941 Honeyman, Nan Wood 19 1941 Noble, George B. 19 1941 Chessman, Merle R. 19 1943 Patterson, Paul L. 19 1945 Balderree, W. W. 19 1947 Wilcox, Marie E. 19 1949-1951 Allen, S. Eugene 19 1953-1955 Lewis, Jean L. 19 1957-1959 Ahrens, Eddie 19 1961-1965 Eivers, George 19 1967-1973 Browne, Elizabeth W. 19 1975-1977 Kulongoski, Ted 19 1977 Appointed 8/2/77 Hannon, Lenn 19 1979-2003 Esquivel, Sal 19 2004 Appointed 3/10/04 Deckert, Ryan 19 2005-2007 Resigned 10/28/07

Hass, Mark 19 2007- Appointed 11/21/07; Currently seated

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Senator Desk Year Notes Zurcher, C. H. 20 1939-1947 Smith, Elmo E. 20 1949-1951 Giersbach, Walter C. 20 1953 Carson, Joseph K., Jr. 20 1955 Hare, John D. 20 1957 Key, Loyd M. 20 1959 Cook, Vernon 20 1961-1969 Browne, Elizabeth W. 20 1971 Macpherson, Hector, Jr. 20 1973 Whipple, Blaine 20 1975 Wyers, Jan 20 1977-1979 Heard, Fred W. 20 1981 Frye, William 20 1983-1985 Hill, Larry 20 1987 Grensky, Ron 20 1989-1991 Adams, Brady 20 1993 Walden, Greg 20 1995 Tarno, Veral 20 1997-1999 Atkinson, Jason 20 2001-2003 Walker, Vicki 20 2005- 2007 Bonamici, Suzanne 20 2008-2011 Sworn in 1/30/08 Steiner Hayward, Elizabeth 20 2012-2017 Sworn in 1/5/12 Taylor, Kathleen 20 2017- Currently seated

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Senator Desk Year Notes Chaney, George H. 21 1939 Mahoney, Thomas R. 21 1941 Lamport, Frederick S. 21 1943 Pearson, Walter J. 21 1945-1947 Thompson, Orval N. 21 1949 Gill, Warren 21 1951 Brown, Gene L. 21 1953 Lowry, Philip B. 21 1955 Schlesinger, Sidney 21 1957 White, Robert F. 21 1959 Newbry, L. W. 21 1961 Ireland, Arthur P. 21 1963-1969 Cook, Vernon 21 1971 Browne, Elizabeth W. 21 1973 Meeker, Anthony 21 1975 Whipple, Blaine 21 1977 Roberts, Frank 21 1979-1985 Kerans, Grattan 21 1987 Phillips, Paul 21 1989-1993 Bryant, Neil 21 1995 Lim, John 21 1997-1999 Beyer, Roger 21 2001-2003 Westlund, Ben 21 2003 Devlin, Richard 21 2005-2007 Prozanski, Floyd 21 2009-2013 Dingfelder, Jackie 21 2009-2013 Resigned effective 11/4/13 Dembrow, Michael 21 2013- Sworn-in 11/20/13; currently seated

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Senator Desk Year Notes Stadelman, P. J. 22 1939-1947 Musa, Ben 22 1949-1951 Hounsell, John P. 22 1953 Johnson, J. O. 22 1955 Belton, Howard C. 22 1957 Chapman, R. F. 22 1959-1967 Holmstrom, W. H. 22 1969-1971 Heard, Fred W. 22 1973 Roberts, Mary 22 1975-1977 Kafoury, Stephen 22 1979 Wyers, Jan 22 1981 Isham, Dell 22 1983 Bradbury, Bill 22 1985 Monroe, Rod 22 1987 Hamby, Jeanette 22 1989-1997 Qutub, Eileen 22 1999 Ferrioli, Ted 22 2001-2003 Beyer, Roger 22 2005-2007 Girod, Fred 22 2008-2017 Sworn in 1/30/08 Baertschiger Jr., Herman 22 2017-2019 Heard, Dallas 22 2019- Currently seated

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Senator Desk Year Notes Wallace, Lew 23 1939-1947 Gardner, Russell L. 23 1949-1951 McMinimee, Warren A. 23 1953 George, Harry, Jr. 23 1955 Hopkins, Dwight H. 23 1957-1963 McKay, Gordon W. 23 1965-1967 Jernstedt, Kenneth A. 23 1969 Wingard, George 23 1971-1973 McCoy, William 23 1975-1977 Gardner, Jim 23 1979-1983 Olson, Bill 23 1985-1987 Trahern, George 23 1988 Sworn in 4/1988 to succeed Olson. Cease, Jane 23 1989-1991 Cease, Ron 23 1991-1993 Johnson, Rod 23 1995 Stull, Shirley 23 1997 Mannix, Kevin 23 1998 Starr, Charles 23 1999-2003 Atkinson, Jason 23 2005-2013 Close, Betsy L. 23 2013-2015 Thatcher, Kim 23 2015- Currently seated

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Senator Desk Year Notes Dickson, William L. 24 1939 Clark, C. W. 24 1941 Died 3/10/41 Ellsworth, Harris 24 1941 Appointed 3/15/41 Lynch, J. J. “Jack” 24 1943 Moser, William A. 24 1945 Lynch, J. J. "Jack" 24 1947-1951 Lonergan, Pat 24 1953-1955 Musa, Ben 24 1957-1961 Thiel, Daniel A. 24 1963-1967 McKay, Gordon W. 24 1969 Jernstedt, Kenneth A. 24 1971 Burbidge, Keith A. 24 1973-1977 Bullock, Richard 24 1979-1981 Starkovich, Steve 24 1983 Cease, Jane 24 1985-1987 Kennemer, Bill 24 1989-1993 Lim, John 24 1995 Baker, Ken 24 1997 Shannon, Marylin 24 1999 Fisher, Bill 24 2001 Carter, Margaret 24 2003 Morrisette, Bill 24 2005-2009 George, Larry 24 2011-2015 Knopp, Tim 24 2015- Currently seated

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Senator Desk Year Notes Duncan, Robert M. 25 1939 Porter, John W. 25 1939 Fisher, Earl E. 25 1941-1943 Chessman, Merle R. 25 1945 Cornett, Marshall E. 25 1947 Neuberger, Richard L. 25 1949-1953 Brady, Phil 25 1955-1957 Corbett, Alice 25 1959-1961 Willner, Don S. 25 1963-1969 Carson, Wallace P., Jr. 25 1971 Cook, Vernon 25 1973-1979 Burbidge, Keith 25 1981 Meeker, Anthony 25 1983-1987 Houck, C. T. “Cub” 25 1987-1989 Timms, Eugene 25 1991 Smith, Gordon 25 1993-1995 Adams, Brady 25 1997-1999 Derfler, Gene 25 2001 Dukes, Joan 25 2003-2005 Resigned 1/17/05 Burdick, Ginny 25 2005-2015 Rosenbaum, Diane 25 2015-2017 Steiner Hayward, Elizabeth 25 2017- Currently seated

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Senator Desk Year Notes Wipperman, Louis W. 26 1939-1941 Kauffman, H. R. 26 1943 Carson, John H. 26 1945 Thompson, Orval N. 26 1947 Flegel, Austin F. 26 1949 Brady, Phil 26 1951-1953 Wilhelm, Rudie, Jr. 26 1955 Overhulse, Boyd R. 26 1957 Pearson, Walter J. 26 1959 Boivin, Harry D. 26 1961 Musa, Ben 26 1963 Boivin, Harry D. 26 1965 Potts, E. D. “Debbs” 26 1967-1969 Groener, Richard 26 1971 Carson, Wallace P., Jr. 26 1973-1977 Day, L. B. 26 1977 Burbidge, Keith 26 1979 Kitzhaber, John 26 1981-1985 Hill, Jim 26 1986-1991 Bunn, Stan 26 1993 Phillips, Paul 26 1995 Bryant, Neil 26 1997-1999 George, Gary 26 2001-2007 Morse, Frank 26 2009-2012 Close, Betsy L. 26 2012-2013 Sworn in 10/26/12 Prozanski, Floyd 26 2013- Currently seated

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Senator Desk Year Notes Belton, Howard C. 27 1939 Walker, Dean H. 27 1941 Carson, John H. 27 1943 Lamport, Frederick S. 27 1945 Dunn, Austin 27 1947-1949 Coon, Sam 27 1951 Bain, Jack 27 1953 Brown, Gene L. 27 1955 Boivin, Harry D. 27 1957 Yturri, Anthony 27 1959 Key, Loyd M. 27 1961 Fadeley, Edward N. 27 1963-1969 Lent, Berkeley 27 1971 Haas, Harl 27 1971 Roberts, Betty 27 1973-1977 Nelson, David 27 1977 McCoy, William 27 1979-1993 Timms, Eugene 27 1995-1999 Brown, Kate 27 2001-2007 Devlin, Richard 27 2009 Rosenbaum, Diane 27 2011-2015 Burdick, Ginny 27 2015- Currently seated

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Senator Desk Year Notes Burke, W. E. 28 1939-1945 Macy, Glen S. 28 1945 Rand, Irving 28 1947-1949 Wilson, Manley J. 28 1951 Bryson, Dean 28 1953 Hounsell, John P. 28 1955 Wilhelm, Rudie, Jr. 28 1957 Grenfell, William A., Jr. 28 1959-1961 Monaghan, Tom 28 1963-1965 Bain, Jack 28 1967-1971 Holmstrom, W.H. 28 1973 Heard, Fred W. 28 1975-1979 Isham, Dell 28 1981 Wyers, Jan 28 1983 Starkovich, Steve 28 1985 Bradbury, Bill 28 1987-1991 Springer, Dick 28 1993 Adams, Brady 28 1995 Derfler, Gene 28 1997-1999 Nelson, David 28 2001 Clarno, Bev 28 2003 Resigned 8/1/03 Beyer, Roger 28 2003 Ferrioli, Ted 28 2005-2017 Resigned 12/31/17 Winters, Jackie 28 2018-2019 Baertschiger Jr., Herman 28 2019- Currently seated

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Senator Desk Year Notes Mahoney, Thomas R. 29 1939 Cornett, Marshall E. 29 1941 Rand, Irving 29 1943-1945 Patterson, Lee 29 1947 Holmes, Robert D. 29 1949-1953 Sweetland, Monroe 29 1955-1961 Hallock, Ted 29 1963-1981 Hamby, Jeanette 29 1983-1987 Shoemaker, Bob 29 1989-1993 Bunn, Stan 29 1995 Hartung, Tom 29 1997-2001 Nelson, David 29 2003-2013 Kruse, Jeff 29 2013-2018 Resigned 3/15/18 Heard, Dallas 29 2018-2019 Sworn in 4/17/18 Linthicum, Dennis 29 2019- Currently seated

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Senator Desk Year Notes Eayrs, George T. 30 1939 Died 3/13/39 Higgs, Archie K. 30 1939 Hatchell, Ina T. 30 1939 Walsh, William E. 30 1941 Patterson, Lee 30 1943-1945 Marsh, Eugene E. 30 1947 Walsh, William E. 30 1949 Patterson, Paul L. 30 1951 Marsh, Eugene E. 30 1953 Smith, Elmo E. 30 1955 Corbett, Alfred H. 30 1957-1963 Musa, Ben 30 1965-1967 Huston, Glenn 30 1969 McKay, Gordon W. 30 1971 Groener, Richard 30 1973-1981 Cohen, Joyce 30 1983-1985 Kitzhaber, John 30 1987 Brenneman, John 30 1989-1991 Bunn, Stan 30 1992 Sworn in 7/2/92 Timms, Eugene 30 1993 Kennemer, Bill 30 1995 Miller, Randy 30 1997-2001 Fisher, Bill 30 2003 Starr, Charles 30 2005 Starr, Bruce 30 2007-2015 Whitsett, Doug 30 2015-2017 Girod, Fred 30 2017- Currently seated