Frederick Steiwer
Vorlage:Infobox Senator Frederick Steiwer (October 13, 1883 - February 3, 1939) was a United States Senator from Oregon.
Early life
Frederick Steiwer was born in Marion County, Oregon, on a farm near the city of Jefferson on October 13, 1883.[1] The son of John F. and Ada (nee May) Steiwer, he received his education in the local public schools.[2] In 1902, he graduated from Oregon State Agricultural College (now Oregon State University) at Corvallis with a bachelor of science degree.[2] Steiwer then attended the University of Oregon in Eugene where he earned a bachelor of arts degree in 1906 before attending the school's law school, then located in Portland.[2]
In 1908, he was admitted to the Oregon State Bar and began practicing law for the Portland firm Snow & McCamant where he had already been employed.[2] In March 1909, he left the firm and moved to Eastern Oregon where he formed a partnership with G. W. Phelps in Pendleton.[2] A member of the Masons and a farmer, he also joined the Phi Delta Phi legal fraternity.[1][2]
Political career
Steiwer started his career in public office in 1909 as the deputy district attorney for Umatilla County, serving until 1910.[1] In 1912, he was elected as the district attorney for the county and served until 1916. That year he was elected to the Oregon State Senate as a Republican representing Umatilla County and District 20.[3] He only served during the 1917 legislative session, resigning to enlist in the United States Army during the First World War.[1] He served from 1917 to 1919 in the Sixty-fifth Field Artillery with rank of first lieutenant.[1]
In 1926, Steiwer was elected as a Republican to the United States Senate.[1] He won with only 39% of the vote, running against Democrat and later judge Bert E. Haney and incumbent Robert N. Stanfield, a former Republican running for re-election as an independent. Steiwer was re-elected in 1932 and served from March 4, 1927 until January 31, 1938, when he resigned to return to the practice of law.[4] While in the Senate he was chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in Executive Departments (Seventy-second Congress).[1]
Later years
Upon leaving the Senate, he returned to the full-time practice of law in Washington, D.C.[1] Frederick Steiwer died in the District of Columbia on February 3, 1939, at the age of 55.[1] He was buried at Arlington National Cemetery in neighboring Virginia.[1]
References
External links
- Frederick Steiwer in der Datenbank Find a Grave
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- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j Frederick Steiwer. In: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. United States Congress, abgerufen am 2. Dezember 2008.
- ↑ a b c d e f Colmer, Montagu, and Charles Erskine Scott Wood. 1910. History of the Bench and Bar of Oregon. Portland, Or: Historical Pub. Co. p. 229.
- ↑ 1917 Regular Session (29th). Oregon State Archives, abgerufen am 2. Dezember 2008.
- ↑ Steiwer, Oregon Republican, Quits Senate; Gov. Martin, Democrat, to Name Successor In: The New York Times, January 28, 1938