The Forty-fourth Oregon Legislative Assembly convened in 1947 for its regular biennial session, from January 13 to April 5, at the Oregon State Capitol in Salem. Republicans held overwhelming majorities over the Democrats in both the Senate (25–5) and the House of Representatives (58–2). The body held no special sessions. The Senate President was Marshall E. Cornett (R–17 Klamath Falls) and the Speaker of the House was John Hubert Hall (R–5 Portland).
On , Cornett died in a plane crash near Lakeview, Oregon, along with governor Earl Snell and secretary of state Robert S. Farrell, Jr.Editors Sharp, Nancy Weatherly and James Roger Sharp. American Legislative Leaders in the West, 1911-1994. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. 1997, p. 111. Because the House speaker is in the gubernatorial line of succession after the secretary of state and Senate president, Hall ascended to the governorship and completed Snell's term.
Senate AffiliationMembers Democratic5 Republican24 Total29 Government Majority19 Senate Members +Composition of the Senate Senator Residence PartyW. W. BalderreeGrants PassRepublicanHoward BeltonCanbyRepublicanAllan G. CarsonSalemRepublicanTruman A. ChaseEugeneRepublicanMerle R. ChessmanAstoriaRepublicanMarshall E. Cornett †Klamath FallsRepublicanAustin DunnBakerDemocraticRex EllisPendletonRepublicanCarl EngdahlPendletonRepublicanErnest R. FatlandCondonRepublicanAngus GibsonJunction CityRepublicanFrank H. HiltonPortlandRepublicanJames N. JonesJunturaRepublicanJ. J. LynchPortlandRepublicanThomas R. MahoneyPortlandDemocraticEugene E. MarshMcMinnvilleRepublicanDouglas McKaySalemRepublicanEarl T. NewbryAshlandRepublicanThomas ParkinsonRoseburgRepublicanLee PattersonPortlandRepublicanWalter J. PearsonPortlandDemocraticIrving RandPortlandRepublicanPeter J. StadelmanThe DallesRepublicanOrval N. ThompsonAlbanyDemocraticDean WalkerIndependenceRepublicanLew WallacePortlandDemocraticWilliam WalshCoos BayRepublicanGeorge P. WinslowTillamookRepublicanCharles H. ZurcherEnterpriseRepublican
† Signifies the Senator died in office House AffiliationMembers Democratic2 Republican58 Total60 Government Majority56 House Members +Composition of the HouseHouse MemberResidencePartyFred W. AdamsGold BeachRepublicanAlex G. BarryPortlandRepublicanJohn M. BatesLake GroveRepublicanO. H. BengtsonMedfordRepublicanJ. E. BennettPortlandRepublicanR. H. C. BennettDundeeRepublicanRobert A. BennettPortlandRepublicanW. W. ChadwickSalemRepublicanHerman H. ChindgrenMolallaRepublicanE. H. ConditWestportRepublicanF. H. DammaschPortlandRepublicanJohn DicksonPortlandRepublicanFrank A. DoerflerSalemRepublicanRobert E. DuniwayPortlandRepublicanColon R. EberhardLa GrandeRepublicanAnna M. EllisGaribaldiRepublicanCarl H. FrancisDaytonRepublicanGiles L. FrenchMoroRepublicanR. C. FrisbieBakerRepublicanMartin P. GallagherOntarioRepublicanJohn F. GantenbeinPortlandRepublicanRobert C. GileRoseburgRepublicanJ. S. GreenwoodWemmeRepublicanJohn Hubert HallPortlandRepublicanJoseph E. HarveyPortlandRepublicanDonald E. HeislerThe DallesRepublicanFred A. HellbergAstoriaRepublicanHerman P. HendershottEugeneRepublicanPaul HendricksSalemRepublicanCarl C. HillDays CreekRepublicanEarl H. HillCushmanRepublicanPaul W. HoustonOregon CityRepublicanEarle JohnsonCorvallisRepublicanJ. O. JohnsonPortlandRepublicanE. W. KimberlingPrairie CityRepublicanE. Riddell LageHood RiverRepublicanM. M. LandonSweet HomeRepublicanC. L. LieuallenPendletonRepublicanArt W. LindbergPendletonRepublicanPat LonerganPortlandRepublicanKenneth W. McKenzieWallowaRepublicanRalph T. MooreCoos BayRepublicanWilliam B. MorsePrinevilleRepublicanWilliam NiskanenBendRepublicanHenry E. PetersonIoneRepublicanStanhope S. PierPortlandRepublicanRose M. PooleKlamath FallsRepublicanHarry SchmeltzerSherwoodRepublicanHenry SemonKlamath FallsDemocraticJohn R. SnellstromEugeneRepublicanBurt K. SnyderLakeviewRepublicanLyle D. ThomasDallasRepublicanFrank J. Van DykeMedfordRepublicanHarvey WellsPortlandRepublicanMarie E. WilcoxGrants PassRepublicanHarry R. WileyLebanonRepublicanRudie WilhelmPortlandRepublicanJoe WilsonNewportRepublicanManley J. WilsonWarrenDemocraticDouglas R. YeaterSalemRepublican † Signifies the Representative died in office See also Oregon State Senate Government of Oregon
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