| LC control no. | no2008101075 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Chamberlain, George E. (George Earle), 1854-1928 |
| Variant(s) | Chamberlain, Geo. E. (George Earle), 1854-1928 |
| See also | Oregon. Governor (1903-1909 : Chamberlain) |
| Associated country | United States |
| Associated place | Portland (Or.) |
| Birth date | 1854-01-01 |
| Death date | 1928-07-09 |
| Place of birth | Natchez (Miss.) |
| Place of death | Washington (D.C.) |
| Affiliation | Washington and Lee University Oregon Bar Association Oregon. Legislative Assembly. House of Representatives Oregon. Attorney General's Office United States. Congress. Senate Democratic Party (U.S.) |
| Profession or occupation | Lawyers Legislators Governors |
| Found in | Military justice, 1919: t.p. (George E. Chamberlain) Chronology and documentary handbook of the State of Oregon, 1979: p. 13 (George Earle Chamberlain served as governor from Jan. 14, 1903 until Mar. 1, 1909) p. 22 (b. Jan. 1, 1854; d. July 9, 1928) Biographical directory of the United States Congress website, November 20, 2017 (Chamberlain, George Earle, (grandson of Stevenson Archer [1786-1848], great-grandson of John Archer), a Senator from Oregon; born on a plantation near Natchez, Adams County, Miss., January 1, 1854; attended private and public schools in Natchez; clerk in a general merchandise store in Natchez 1870-1872; was graduated from Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va., in 1876; moved to Oregon in 1876 and taught school in Linn County; deputy clerk of Linn County from 1877 to 1879, when he resigned; was admitted to the bar in 1879 and commenced the practice of law in Albany, Linn County, Oreg.; member, State house of representatives 1880-1882; district attorney for the third judicial district 1884-1886; appointed and subsequently elected attorney general of Oregon 1891-1894; continued the practice of law in Portland; district attorney for the fourth judicial district 1900-1902; elected Governor of Oregon in 1902 and reelected in 1906, but resigned in 1908 having been elected Senator; elected in 1908 as a Democrat to the United States Senate; reelected in 1914 and served from March 4, 1909, to March 3, 1921; unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Senate in 1920; chairman, Committee on Geological Survey (Sixty-second Congress), Committee on Military Affairs (Sixty-third through Sixty-fifth Congresses), Committee on Public Lands (Sixty-third Congress), Committee on Expenditures in the War Department (Sixty-sixth Congress); member of the United States Shipping Board 1921-1923; engaged in the practice of law in Washington, D.C., and died there on July 9, 1928; interment in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.) |
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