Robert Y. Thornton

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Robert Yenney "Bob" Thornton (born January 28, 1910 in Portland , Oregon , † November 29, 2003 in Salem , Oregon) was an American lawyer , officer and politician .

Career

The youth of Robert Thornton Yenney were from the First World War overshadowed and the years of the Great Depression . In 1932 he graduated from Stanford University with a Bachelor of Arts . He then attended the University of Oregon . In 1937 he graduated from George Washington University with a law degree . Between 1937 and 1938 he worked as a law clerk at the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. He then worked as an assistant solicitor for the United States Department of the Interior . From 1939 to 1941 he then practiced as a lawyer in his own legal practice in Tillamook, Oregon.

After the United States entered World War II , he enlisted in the US Army in 1941 . In the following years he reached the rank of lieutenant colonel. During his service, he graduated from a Japanese language school. After leaving the US Army in 1946, he resumed his practice as a lawyer in his own legal practice in Tillamook, which he pursued until 1953.

Thornton also had a political career. He was a member of the Democratic Party . From 1951 to 1953 he sat for the 31st constituency in the Oregon House of Representatives . He was elected Attorney General of Oregon in 1952. He took up his post on January 5, 1953. He was re-elected three times, in 1956, 1960 and 1964. In his fourth re-election in 1968, however, he suffered a defeat to Republican Lee Johnson . Thornton challenged Johnson's election. He accused him of violating the state's Corrupt Practices Act . The Marion County Court ruled in Thornton's favor, but the Oregon Supreme Court later overturned the verdict. These events delayed Johnson's inauguration by nearly six months, during which Thornton remained in office. Thornton resigned from office on May 20, 1969. During his tenure, he ran unsuccessfully in the 1st constituency of Oregon for the House of Representatives in 1958  .

He served as a judge on the Oregon Court of Appeals from 1971 until reaching the age limit in 1983 . After retiring, he remained active in countless organizations, advocated crime prevention legislation and authored the book Preventing Crime in America and Japan.

Robert Yenney Thornton was married to Dorothy M Haberlach (1913-2005). The couple had at least one son named Tom.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Former Oregon attorney general dies , Lewiston Morning Tribune, December 2, 2003
  2. ↑ In memoriam: Robert Y. Thornton , Oregon State Bar Bulletin, January 2001
  3. ^ Dorothy M. Haberlach Thornton in the Find a Grave database . Accessed March 23, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Thornton, Robert Y.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Thornton, Robert Yenney (full name); Thornton, Bob (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American lawyer, officer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH January 28, 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH Portland , Oregon
DATE OF DEATH November 29, 2003
Place of death Salem , Oregon