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Holman, Rufus C. (Rufus Cecil), 1877-1959

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Personal name headingHolman, Rufus C. (Rufus Cecil), 1877-1959
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Variant(s)Holman, Rufe, 1877-1959
Birth date1877-10-14
Death date1959-11-27
Place of birthPortland (Or.)
Place of deathPortland (Or.)
AffiliationOregon. Treasurer's Office
United States. Congress. Senate
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
Profession or occupationLegislators Businesspeople Teachers
Found inJoseph, George W. Fred L. Boalt, the Judas Iscariot of Oregon journalism, 1928 (subj.)
Oregon journal, Nov. 30, 1959: p. 32, column 5 (Rufe Holman)
Oregonian, Nov. 29, 1959: p. 1 (Rufus C. Holman died in Eugene Nov. 27; served in the U.S. Senate from 1939 through 1944) p. 28 (born in Portland Oct. 14, 1877; served as Oregon State Treasurer; member of Portland Charter Commission)
Dictionary of Oregon history, 1989 (Holman, Rufus; taught school in Clackamas County; state treasurer from 1931 to 1937)
Wikipedia, Sept. 21, 2011 (Rufus C. Holman; Rufus Cecil Holman; politician and businessman; served on the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners; served as state treasurer from 1931 to 1938)
Biographical directory of the United States Congress website, viewed January 15, 2019 (Holman, Rufus Cecil, a Senator from Oregon; born in Portland, Oreg., October 14, 1877; attended the public schools; school teacher 1896-1898; engaged in agricultural pursuits, steamboating, bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing 1899-1910; in 1910 engaged in the manufacture of record books and paper boxes and in the ice and cold storage business in Portland, Oreg.; member of a variety of civic commissions; State treasurer of Oregon 1931-1939; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate and served from January 3, 1939, to January 3, 1945; unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1944; resumed management of Portland Paper Box Co., Portland, Oreg., and of a farm near Molalla, Oreg.; died in Portland, Oreg., November 27, 1959; interment in Riverview Cemetery)
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