Guy Cordon

Guy F. Cordon ( born April 24, 1890 in Cuero, Texas, † June 8, 1969 in Washington DC ) was an American politician ( Republican), who represented the state of Oregon in the U.S. Senate.

As a young boy pulled away Guy Cordon in 1896 with his parents from Texas. The family settled in Roseburg in southwest Oregon, where the young Guy attended the public schools. In 1909 he joined 19 -year-old in the service of the Douglas County: Until 1914 he was deputy tax assessor there ( Tax Assessor ). In this year he married Ana Allen, with whom he had two children. After the entry of the United States into World War Cordon joined the U.S. Army and fought in an artillery unit.

After he returned from the war effort, Guy Cordon worked until 1919 as Tax Assessor of its counties. He then studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1920. From 1923 to 1935 he was district attorney in Douglas County, after which he pursued in Roseburg a private firm. He represented included 18 counties who had joined together in a lawsuit against the federal government because of alleged illegal land cessions to the Oregon and California Railroad in the early 20th century.

On March 4, 1944 Cordon was appointed by Oregon Governor Earl Snell to succeed the late U.S. Senator Charles L. McNary. At the election in November of the same year, he sat down with 57 percent of the vote against the Democrats by Willis Mahoney; also the choice to own a six-year term of office, he decided in 1948 with a vote share of 60 percent for itself. In 1954, he had then in the Federal trend of Republicans a narrow loss to Democrat Richard L. Neuberger suffered, and he retired from the Senate on January 3, 1955.

After the end of his political career Guy Cordon remained in Washington and practiced there as a lawyer until he retired in 1962.