Frederick W. Mulkey

Frederick W. Mulkey

Frederick William Mulkey (* 6. January 1874 in Portland , Oregon ; † 5. May 1924 ) was an American politician of the Republican Party , of the state of Oregon in the US Senate represented.

After attending public school, Mulkey, nephew of US Senator Joseph N. Dolph , graduated from the University of Oregon at Eugene , where he graduated in 1896; In 1899 he graduated from New York City Law School . After he was inducted into the Oregon Bar Association, he practiced law in his hometown of Portland. There he became politically active for the first time when he was a member of the city council from 1900 to 1902, of which he was president in 1901. From 1905 to 1906 he served as chairman of the Oregon State Tax Commission and was a member of the state executive.

On November 6, 1906, Frederick Mulkey was elected to the United States Senate, where he took the place of the late John H. Mitchell . His term of office only lasted from January 23, 1907 to March 3 of the same year; he was not considered for re-election. After he had initially returned to his office in Portland and between 1911 and 1916 had chaired the port commission of the city, he was elected to the Senate for the second time on November 5, 1918; once again his predecessor, Harry Lane, had died. This time his term of office ended on December 17, 1918 with his resignation.

Mulkey finally withdrew from federal politics. He worked again as a lawyer in Portland and was chairman of the tax inspectorate in Multnomah County from 1921 to 1924 .

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• Frederick W. Mulkey in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)