page_title: Vic Gilliam
section_title: Career
hierarchical_section_title: Vic Gilliam / Career
caption_attribution_description: English: Vic Gilliam's 1986 campaign logo for the Oregon House of Representatives
context_page_description: Victor Stephen Gilliam was an American politician and actor who served as a member of the Oregon House of Representatives from 2007 to 2017. A member of the Republican Party, Gilliam resigned in 2017 due to health problems.
  After serving as a legislative aide from 1976 to 1981, he unsuccessfully ran for a seat in the Oregon House of Representatives. In 2007, he was appointed to fill the vacancy created by Mac Sumner's resignation and served until his own resignation in 2017. Gilliam was also an actor who appeared in multiple television shows.
context_section_description: From 1976 to 1981, Gilliam worked as a legislative aide to United States Senator Mark Hatfield. In 1980, he criticized President Jimmy Carter's support for military registration of people aged 19 and 20 as "a quick fix, a reaction, a hysterical voice saying that something has to be done."
  Gilliam was an actor and a member of the Screen Actors Guild. From 1984 to 1985, he served as the director of alumni relations at Willamette University.
caption: Vic Gilliam's 1986 state house campaign logo
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