Question: Julius L. Meier (December 31 1874 July 14 1937) was an American businessman civic leader and politician in the state of Oregon. The son of the Meier & Frank department store founder he would become a lawyer before entering the family business in Portland. Politically an independent Meier served a single term as the 20th Governor of Oregon from 19311935.Meier is the only independent to be elected Governor of Oregon and one of only eight to be elected as governor of any U.S. state. Given a list of categories: company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work, what category does the paragraph belong to?
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Office Holder