Hal E. Hoss

Hal Elden Hoss (born October 7, 1892 in Portland , Oregon , † February 6, 1934 in Salem , Oregon) was an American journalist and politician ( Republican Party ).

Career

Hal Elden Hoss was born and raised in Portland, Oregon. He attended the local schools. In 1914 he married Myrtle Lantz. The couple had four children. In 1918 he became the editor of the Banner Courier, an Oregon City newspaper . Hoss stayed there until 1920, at which time he began managing and editing the Enterprise , including an Oregon City newspaper. In 1922 he joined the Sigma Delta Chi , an honorary association for journalists. Hoss stayed with the Enterprise until 1926 , serving as President of the Oregon Press Association several times . In the following years he campaigned for the reform of the criminal justice system. For this purpose he sat on several commissions. He himself was appointed to the state pardons committee. The Governor Isaac Lee Patterson introduced him 1927 as his private secretary.

On September 24, 1928, Sam A. Kozer resigned as Secretary of State of Oregon. The Governor of Oregon Patterson appointed Hoss then on the same day for the remainder of the term of Kozer the Secretary of State of Oregon to the vacancy to fill. He was elected Secretary of State in the 1928 election and re-elected in 1932. During his first term in office, the Operations Division was created and the state began testing for driver's licenses. Hoss died in 1934, at the age of 41, before the end of his tenure.

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Corning, Howard M .: Dictionary of Oregon History, Binfords & Mort Publishing, 1989, p. 119
2. ↑ Homecoming Gossip , Volume 5, No. 3, Old Oregon, December 1922
3. ^ ^{A b} Secretaries of State of Oregon , Oregon Blue Book
4. ^ Oregon Secretaries of State Biographi Hal E. Hcal Sketches, 1841-Present , Oregon Blue Book

Web links

• Hal E. Hoss in the database of Find a Grave (English)