Theodore Thurston Geer

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Theodore Thurston Geer

Theodore Thurston Geer (born March  12, 1851 in Salem , Oregon , †  February 21, 1924 in Portland , Oregon) was an American politician and from 1899 to 1903 the tenth governor of the state of Oregon.

Early years and political advancement

Theodore Geer attended public schools in Silverton and Salem. He then studied at the Oregon Institute . He fought in the ranks of the "Marion Rifles" during the civil war . After the war, he moved to his father's farm and then to another farm near Salem. He began writing political articles as a teenager.

Geer was a member of the Republican Party . He was elected to the Oregon House of Representatives in 1880, 1888, 1890, and 1892 ; In 1891 he was speaker of the house. In the presidential election of 1896 he supported William McKinley . He was also one of its electors. In 1898 Geer was elected the new governor with 53.2 percent of the vote against the Democrat W. R. King.

Governor of Oregon

Theodore Geer took office on January 9, 1899. He was the first governor of that state to be born in Oregon. During his term of office, the state constitution was supplemented by an addition that allowed citizens' initiatives and referendums . During the war of 1898 , Oregon soldiers were among the first American troops in the Philippines . The governor personally traveled to San Francisco to greet the returning compatriots. In 1902 he was not nominated for a second term by his party. Therefore, he had to resign on January 14, 1903 from his office.

Another résumé

After the end of his governorship, he was elected to the US Senate . He was unable to take up this mandate because the Oregon Legislative Assembly did not recognize the popular election and sent Charles William Fulton to Washington, DC in his place . Then Geer became a journalist. He was the editor of the newspaper "Daily Statesman" and acquired the "Pendleton Tribune", which he published between 1905 and 1908. He then moved to Portland where he got into the real estate business. Theodore Geer was also the author of the book "Fifty Years in Oregon," which appeared in 1911. He died in February 1924. Theodore Geer was married twice and had a total of three children.

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SURNAME Geer, Theodore Thurston
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH March 12, 1851
PLACE OF BIRTH near Salem , Oregon
DATE OF DEATH February 21, 1924
Place of death Portland , Oregon