Walter E. Pearson

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Walter E. Pearson (born September 23, 1874 in Richmond , Virginia , † June 18, 1941 in Marshfield , Oregon ) was an American businessman and politician ( Democratic Party ).

Career

Walter E. Pearson, son of Mary C. Bass and William A. Pearson, a Baptist minister , was born in Richmond in 1874. He spent his youth in Virginia and South Carolina . Pearson attended Glade Springs Academy and the University of Richmond . His family lived at that time in Bluefield ( West Virginia ). He worked as a railroad clerk for a year. He then served as a clerk working in a trading house. Later he was responsible for a flour mill. In 1896 he became the manager of the Flattop Insurance Agency. In June 1906, he first came to the Pacific coast and first visited San Francisco ( California ). He then spent a week in Portland, Oregon. From there he traveled to Tacoma and Seattle ( Washington ). He then returned to Virginia.

On July 31, 1901, he married Miss Virginia Johnston (1874-1943) in Bluefield, daughter of Congressman David Emmons Johnston . The couple had a daughter first and then two sons: Virginia E. Pearson, wife of Reverend Philip P. Werlein, lived in Houston ( Texas ), Walter J. Pearson , an insurance agent from Seattle and later Treasurer of State of Oregon, and David William Pearson, a Kansas City term insurance agent. In the fall of 1906, the family made a trip to the Pacific coast to determine a suitable location for their new home. They liked Portland the most. In the same year, 1906, Dr. and Mrs. FLA Wilson, Mrs. Pearson's brother-in-law and sister, and lived there until 1926 when they moved to California. The Pearson family moved to Portland in 1908.

Pearson began working there for the insurance company McCargar, Bates & Lively . On January 1, 1910, he became a partner in the company. The company's name was changed to Bates, Lively & Pearson on March 1, 1924 . The insurance company was one of the largest in the state . It operated in Oregon and the counties in Washington which were along the Columbia River . All types of insurance were taken out. More than 30 employees worked for the company. His office was in the Yeon Building. He was also a director of the Lincoln County Logging Company.

Pearson served on the Oregon Senate . He sat in the 1935 Special Session and the 1937 Regular Session. In May 1937, he was appointed to the Board of Higher Education - a post he held until his resignation in 1938. The Governor of Oregon Charles Martin previously named him the new Treasurer of State of Oregon to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Rufus C. Holman , who moved to the US Senate . Pearson did not seek re-election. He held the post from December 27, 1938 to January 6, 1941. In 1940, he successfully ran for a seat in the Oregon Senate in Multnomah County . Subsequently, he chaired the Joint Committee on Ways and Means. Although he was a Democrat all his life, he opposed the administration of Franklin D. Roosevelt . He served on the Oregon State Legislature Emergency Board, which was responsible for allocating funds between legislative sessions, and on the Interim Committees, which were responsible for government agency and Columbia River fisheries. His term of office was overshadowed by the Second World War .

They stopped at a hotel in Marshfield, Oregon on June 17, 1941 on his way home from a week long road trip through southern Oregon with his wife and sister-in-law, Mrs. John B. Pearson of Bluefield, West Virginia. . The following morning, June 18, 1941, he felt unwell. His wife then sent for a doctor, but Pearson died before the doctor's arrival as a result of an arterial thrombosis . Pearson was then buried in Lincoln Memorial Park in Portland, where his wife found her final resting place two years later.

He was a member of the Knights Templar and the Shriners . He was also a founding member of what was then the Progressive Business Men's Club. He was president of the Waverly Club for two years and was a member of the Arlington Club of Portland .

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  1. ^ A b Walter E. Pearson in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved October 2, 2015.
  2. ^ Treasurers of Oregon , Oregon Blue Book
personal data
SURNAME Pearson, Walter E.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American businessman and politician (Democratic Party)
DATE OF BIRTH September 23, 1874
PLACE OF BIRTH Richmond , Virginia
DATE OF DEATH June 18, 1941
Place of death Marshfield , Oregon