Lowell Stockman

Lowell Stockman

Lowell Stockman (born April 12, 1901 in Helix , Umatilla County , Oregon , † August 9, 1962 in Bellevue , Washington ) was an American politician ( Republican Party ). Between 1943 and 1953 he represented the second constituency of the state of Oregon in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Lowell Stockman was born on a farm. He attended public schools in Pendleton and then studied at Oregon State University at Corvallis until 1922 . He then went into farming in Umatilla County. He specialized in wheat cultivation. Stockman also became a member of the Pendleton School Board and the Oregon Alcohol Commission.

In 1942 he was elected to the US House of Representatives, where he succeeded Walter Pierce on January 3, 1943 . After he was confirmed in office in the following four congressional elections, Lowell Stockman could complete a total of five terms in Congress by January 3, 1953 . In 1952 he decided not to run again.

After the end of his time in Congress, Stockman returned to work as a farmer. Between 1956 and 1959 he was a member of a commission that dealt with the celebrations for the 100th birthday of Theodore Roosevelt . Stockman was also the vice president of Oregon Fiber Products Inc. and treasurer of the Pilot Rock Lumber Company . In 1959 he moved to Bellevue, Washington state. There he ran his own business with vehicle trailers. Since 1924 he was married to Dorcas Conklin, with whom he had three children.

Web links

• Lowell Stockman in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Lowell Stockman in the database of Find a Grave (English)