George W. McBride

George W. McBride

George Wycliffe McBride (born March 13, 1854 in Lafayette , Oregon , †  June 18, 1911 in Portland , Oregon) was an American politician ( Republican Party ) who represented the state of Oregon in the US Senate .

Origin and early career

George McBride was the son of James McBride , who as a deputy to the Parliament of the Oregon Territory belonged and 1863-1866 Ambassador of the United States in the Kingdom of Hawaii was. James McBride and his wife Mahalia had a total of 14 children, including John , born in 1832 , who also became a politician and sat for Oregon in the United States House of Representatives from 1863 to 1865 . Another older brother, Thomas , served several times as Chief Justice of the State of Oregon between 1913 and 1927.

After attending the public schools in his home country, George McBride first enrolled at Willamette University in Salem ; after a year he moved to Christian College in Monmouth , where he spent two more years of study. Eventually he began training in law and was also admitted to the bar; however, he never practiced as a lawyer. Instead, he worked in the commercial trade in the city of St. Helens in the following years .

Political career

In 1882, McBride's political career began with the election to the Oregon House of Representatives , where he represented Columbia County . He was elected to succeed Zenas Ferry Moody as Speaker of the Chamber of Parliament and remained so until 1884. After that, he held the office of Secretary of State in the state government of Oregon from January 10, 1887 to January 14, 1895 . On February 23 of the same year, the Oregon Legislative Assembly elected him US Senator, whereupon he assumed his mandate in Washington, DC from March 4, 1895. McBride served a six-year term in the Senate, where he was chairman of the Committee on Transportation Routes to the Seaboard . He was also a member of the Coastal Defense Committee. McBride, the first Oregon-born politician to represent his state in the US Senate, was not nominated again by his party in 1900 and had to resign his mandate on March 3, 1901 to John H. Mitchell , who was running for Republican in his place .

In 1904, McBride became the Federal Commissioner for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition , the World's Fair in St. Louis , was appointed. Later he was still active as a representative of the Western Pacific Railroad in California . He died in Portland in 1911; his ashes were buried in St. Helens after a cremation .

Web links

• George W. McBride in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• George W. McBride in the database of Find a Grave (English)