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What was the residence of Gordon W. McKay between Aug 1911 and Nov 1922?
Gordon W . McKay Gordon William McKay ( March 17 , 1910 – October 26 , 1990 ) was an American politician and businessman from Oregon . He was a Republican who served two four-year terms in the Oregon State Senate . In the senate , McKay represented a large rural district in Central Oregon . While serving in the state senate , he was a champion of tax relief and helped modernize the states criminal code . In the private sector , he was president of a title insurance company in Bend , Oregon . Early life . McKay was born on March 17 , 1910 in Aitkin , Minnesota . His parents were Clyde Marshall and Olive Elizabeth ( Spencer ) McKay . In 1911 , when he was less than a year old , McKay moved with his parents to Oregon . They traveled to central Oregon by passenger train , disembarking at Shaniko , where the railroad line ended at that time . From there the family , took a stagecoach to Bend , where they settled . After arriving in Bend , his father became active in business , civic affairs , and local politics . McKays father founded the Bend Company , a sawmill operation located along the Deschutes River . Later , his father became president of the Deschutes County Title and Abstract Company . He actively supported the effort to form a new county from the western part of Crook County . When the new Deschutes County was created in 1916 , McKays father was elected county treasurer , a position he held for 14 years . In addition , he served on the Bend city council and the local school board . McKay attended school in Bend , graduating from high school there in 1929 . He then attended the University of Oregon . Construction career . In 1930 , McKay left Bend to take a job with the Oregon Highway Department . He worked for the highway department for four years before taking a career position as a construction engineer with the United States Bureau of Reclamation . His first assignment with the bureau began in 1934 at Parker Dam on the Colorado River located on the border between California and Arizona . In 1936 , McKay married Melba T . McKay . Prior to her marriage , she worked at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios in Hollywood , California . After their marriage , Melba joined her husband at the Parker Dam site . Together they had two children . McKay worked at Parker Dam for a total of four years before transferring to Marshall Ford Dam near Austin , Texas . He remained there until 1942 , when he was reassigned to a power station in Phoenix , Arizona . In early 1943 , McKay left the Bureau of Reclamation to join the United States Navy . He served as a Chief Warrant Officer in the Seabees , specializing in amphibious landings . He saw combat action in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater during World War II including participation in the Battle of Tarawa . McKay was discharged from the navy in early 1946 . Businessman and civic leader . After leaving the navy , McKay moved to Los Angeles , where he sold real estate for four years . He returned to Bend in 1950 , becoming vice president of Deschutes County Title and Abstract Company . At that time , his father was still president of the company . In 1952 , McKays wife Melba died of cancer at the age of 40 . A year later , McKay married Evelyn Ruth Watson . Prior to her marriage , she owned and operated a cattle ranch along the Lewis River in Washington . After their marriage , she joined McKay in Bend . In Bend , McKay was involved in a number of civic organizations . He was president of the local Kiwanis . He served on the Bend-La Pine School Board for eleven years , from 1953 through 1963 . This included a term as board chairman . He was also a member of the Central Oregon Community College Foundation board of directors , a member of the Central Oregon Realty Board , and the Oregon Land Title Association . He was elected president of that organization in 1957 . He was a member of the Bend chamber of commerce and served as chairman of the local United Way fund drive . In 1959 , he was chosen as the Bend communitys Boss of the Year . A year later , he was honored as Bends Senior Citizen of the Year . State Senator . In 1964 , McKay decided to run for a seat in the Oregon State Senate as a Republican . He was unopposed in the 1964 Republican primary . In the general election that followed , McKay defeated the Democratic candidate , Charles L . Allen of Tumalo . In the state senate , he represented District 19 which at the time included Crook , Deschutes , Jefferson , and Lake counties . The 1965 legislative session lasted just over four months , from January 11 through May 14 . During the session , he was appointed to the powerful ways and means committee . He also participated in a week-long special legislative session , shortly after the close of the 1965 regular session . Because terms in the Oregon state senate last four years , McKay was seated in the 1967 legislative sessions without running for re-election in 1966 . The 1967 session began on January 11 and lasted through June 14 . During the session , McKay served as chairman of the elections committee and vice chairman of the commerce and utilities committee . He was also a member of the ways and means , air and water quality control , health and welfare , and judiciary committees . In 1968 , McKay ran for a second term representing District 19 . He was unopposed in the Republican primary and got enough write-in votes in the Democratic primary to win that partys nomination as well . As a result , he was unopposed in the general election . The 1969 legislative session lasted just over three months , starting on January 13 and ending on April 23 . During the session , McKay chaired the rules and resolutions committee and was a member of the ways and means , constitutional revisions and government reorganization , and judiciary committees . His main focus during the session was tax relief . During the second half of his second senate term , McKay attended the regular 1971 legislative session . That session began on January 11 and lasted through June 10 . McKay served as chairman of the financial affairs committee and vice chairman of the rules and resolutions committee . He was also a member of the judiciary committee . During the session , he helped enact legislation that revised the states criminal code . Prior to the 1972 election , state senate districts were reorganized . In the redistricting , Deschutes County ( McKays home county ) was joined with Klamath County to form District 27 . In 1972 , McKay ran for a third senate term . This time , seeking to represent District 27 . He won the Republican nomination , but lost the general election to his Democratic opponent , Fred W . Heard of Klamath Falls . In the general election , McKay easily won Deschutes County with 8,509 votes against 6,131 votes for Heard . However , it was the opposite story in Klamath County , where Heard won by an even greater margin . The final vote was 12,578 for McKay and 15,205 for Heard . McKay left the state senate in January 1973 when his second term expired . Later life and legacy . After leaving the state Senate , McKay returned to his title insurance business in Bend . When he eventually retired from business , McKay and his third wife , Della Marjorie ( Phillips ) McKay , traveled around the country in a motor home . This included regular trips up and down the west coast to watch University of Oregon Ducks football games . Over the years , they traveled enough to wear out two motor home engines . McKay died of a heart attack at his home in Bend on October 26 , 1990 . He was 80 years old at the time of his death . McKay is buried in Pilot Butte Cemetery in Bend . McKays boyhood home was built in 1916 . It is a craftsman style bungalow . Its original site overlooked the Deschutes River . In 1973 , the house was moved to a new location , upstream along the river . It was then restored with the help of the Deschutes County Historical Society . Today , it is a popular restaurant called McKays Cottage . External links . - Oregon Blue Book Legislative Guide