Lowell Stockman

Lowell Stockman (* April 12, 1901 in Helix, Umatilla County, Oregon; † August 9, 1962 in Bellevue, Washington ) is an American politician ( Republican). Between 1943 and 1953 he represented the second electoral district of the state of Oregon in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Lowell Stockman was born on a farm. He attended the public schools in Pendleton and then studied until 1922 at Oregon State University in Corvallis. He then became active in Umatilla County in agriculture. He specialized in the cultivation of wheat. Stockman was also a member of the Board of Governors of Pendleton and the alcohol Commission of Oregon.

In 1942 he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, where he became the successor of Walter Pierce on January 3, 1943. After he was confirmed in the following four congressional elections each in his office, Lowell Stockman was able to complete a total of five legislative sessions in Congress until January 3, 1953. In 1952, he opted not to run again.

After the end of his time in Congress Stockman was working as a farmer again. Between 1956 and 1959 he was member of a commission that dealt with the celebrations of the 100th anniversary of Theodore Roosevelt. Stockman was also vice president of the Oregon Fiber Products Inc. and Treasurer of the Pilot Rock Lumber Company. In 1959 he moved to Bellevue in Washington State. There, he ran his own business with vehicle trailers. Since 1924 he was married to Dorcas Conklin, with whom he had three children.

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