List of Presidents of the Oregon State Senate
This is a complete list of people who have served as President of the Oregon State Senate.

List of Presidents of the Oregon State Senate

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Table Section Text: This is a complete list of people who have served as President of the Oregon State Senate.

Number	Session	Type	Name	County represented	Political party

1	1859	Special	Luther Elkins	Linn	Democratic

1860	Regular

2	1862	Regular	Wilson Bowlby	Washington	Republican

3	1864	Regular	John H. Mitchell	Multnomah	Republican

1865	Special

4	1866	Regular	Thomas R. Cornelius	Washington	Republican

5	1868	Regular	Benjamin Franklin Burch	Polk	Democratic

6	1870	Regular	James D. Fay	Jackson	Democratic

1872	Regular

7	1874	Regular	Robert B. Cochran	Lane	Democratic

8	1876	Regular	John Whiteaker	Lane	Democratic

1878	Regular

9	1880	Regular	Solomon Hirsch	Multnomah	Republican

10	1882	Regular	William J. McConnell	Yamhill	Republican

11	1885	Regular Special	William Waldo	Marion	Republican

12	1887	Regular	John C. Carson	Multnomah	Republican

13	1889	Regular	Joseph Simon	Multnomah	Republican

1891	Regular

14.	1893	Regular	Charles W. Fulton	Clatsop	Republican

13	1895	Regular	Joseph Simon	Multnomah	Republican

1897	Regular

1898	Special

15	1899	Regular	T. C. Taylor	Umatilla	Republican

14	1901	Regular	Charles W. Fulton	Clatsop	Republican

16	1903	Regular Special	George C. Brownell	Clackamas	Republican

17	1905	Regular	W. Kuykendall	Lane	Republican

18	1907	Regular	E. W. Haines	Washington	Republican

19	1909	Regular Special	Jay Bowerman	Gilliam	Republican

20	1911	Regular	Ben Selling	Multnomah	Republican

21	1913	Regular	Dan J. Malarkey	Multnomah	Republican

22	1915	Regular	W. Lair Thompson	Lake	Republican

23	1917	Regular	Gus C. Moser	Multnomah	Republican

24	1919	Regular	William T. Vinton	Yamhill	Republican

1920	Special

25	1921	Regular Special	Roy W. Ritner	Umatilla	Republican

26	1923	Regular	Jay H. Upton	Crook	Republican

23	1925	Regular	Gus C. Moser	Multnomah	Republican

27	1927	Regular	Henry L. Corbett	Multnomah	Republican

28	1929	Regular	A. W. Norblad	Clatsop	Republican

29	1931	Regular	Willard L. Marks	Linn	Republican

30	1933	Regular Special	Fred E. Kiddle	Union	Republican

27	1935	Regular	Henry L. Corbett	Multnomah	Republican

31	1937	Regular	F. M. Franciscovich	Clatsop	Republican

32	1939	Regular	Robert M. Duncan	Harney	Republican

33	1941	Regular	Dean H. Walker	Polk	Republican

34	1943	Regular	William Hoover Steiwer	Wheeler	Republican

35	1945	Regular	Howard C. Belton	Clackamas	Republican

36	1947	Regular	Marshall E. Cornett	Klamath	Republican

37	1949	Regular	William E. Walsh	Coos	Republican

38	1951	Regular	Paul L. Patterson	Washington	Republican

39	1953	Regular	Eugene E. Marsh	Yamhill	Republican

40	1955	Regular	Elmo Smith	Grant	Republican

41	1957	Regular Special	Boyd R. Overhulse	Jefferson	Democratic

42	1959	Regular	Walter J. Pearson	Multnomah	Democratic

43	1961	Regular	Harry D. Boivin	Klamath	Democratic

44	1963	Regular Special	Ben Musa	Wasco	Democratic

43	1965	Regular Special	Harry D. Boivin	Klamath	Democratic

45	1967	Regular Special	Eugene "Debbs" Potts	Josephine	Democratic

1969	Regular

46	1971	Regular Special	John D. Burns	Multnomah	Democratic

47	1973	Regular	Jason Boe	Douglas	Democratic

1974	Special

1975	Regular

1977	Regular

1978	Special

1979	Regular

1980	Special

48	1981	Regular Special	Fred W. Heard	Klamath	Democratic

49	1983	Regular Special	Edward N. Fadeley	Lane	Democratic

50	1985	Regular	John Kitzhaber	Douglas	Democratic

1987	Regular

1989	Regular Special

1991	Regular

51	1993	Regular	Bill Bradbury	Coos	Democratic

52	1995	Regular Special	Gordon Smith	Umatilla	Republican

53	1997	Regular	Brady Adams	Josephine	Republican

1999	Regular Special

54	2001	Regular Special	Gene Derfler	Marion	Republican

55	2003	Regular	Peter Courtney	Marion	Democratic

2005	Regular

2007	Regular

2009	Regular

2011	Regular

2013	Regular

2015	Regular

2017	Regular

2019	Regular

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Fred W. Heard became the President of the Oregon Senate for a session.

final_sentence: Fred W. Heard became the President of the Oregon Senate for a session.