Given the question: Monroe Mark Sweetland (January 20 1910 September 10 2006) was an American politician in the state of Oregon. A native of the state he served in both houses of the Oregon Legislative Assembly starting in 1953 for a total of ten years. A Democrat he also twice ran and lost bids to serve as the Oregon Secretary of State and was a Democratic National Committeeman. 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?
The answer is:
Office Holder