| LC control no. | n 94021157 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Stanfield, Robert Nelson, 1877-1945 |
| Birth date | 1877-07-09 |
| Death date | 1945-04-13 |
| Place of birth | Umatilla (Or.) |
| Place of death | Weiser (Idaho) |
| Affiliation | Oregon. Legislative Assembly. House of Representatives United States. Congress. Senate. Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators Ranchers |
| Found in | NUCMC data from Oregon Historical Society (Portland) for George Lawrence Company (Portland, Or.). Records, 1898-1966 (Sen. Robert Stanfield) WwW in Am., 1963: v. 2, p. 504 (Stanfield, Robert Nelson; ex-senator; b. Umatilla, Ore., Jul. 9, 1877; s. Robert Nelson and Harriet (Townsend) Stanfield; engaged in livestock and banking bus.; mem. Ore. Ho. of Rep., 3 terms (speaker, 1 term); mem. U.S. Senate, 1921-1927; Republican; d. Apr. 13, 1945) Rivers and harbors, 1923: p. 1 (Robert N. Stanfield) Oregon biographical dictionary, c1999 (Stanfield, Robert Nelson; member of Oregon House of Representatives from 1913-1917) Wikipedia, Mar. 23, 2012 (Robert N. Stanfield; politician and rancher) Biographical directory of the United States Congress website, viewed October 29, 2018 (Stanfield, Robert Nelson, a Senator from Oregon; born in Umatilla, Umatilla County, Oreg., July 9, 1877; attended the public schools and the State normal school at Weston, Oreg.; engaged in the livestock industry and also interested in banking in Echo and Baker, Oreg.; member, State house of representatives 1913-1917, serving as speaker in 1917; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1920 and served from March 4, 1921, to March 3, 1927; unsuccessful candidate for reelection on the Independent ticket in 1926; chairman, Committee to Examine Branches of the Civil Service (Sixty-eighth Congress), Committee on Public Lands and Surveys (Sixty-ninth Congress); resumed his former business pursuits; died in Weiser, Idaho, April 13, 1945: interment in Hillcrest Cemetery) |
| Associated language | eng |
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