Rufus C. Holman
Rufus Cecil Holman ( born October 14, 1877 in Portland, Oregon, † November 27, 1959 ) was an American politician ( Republican), who represented the state of Oregon in the U.S. Senate.
Rufus Holman attended the public schools of his native city and then hit from 1896, first a career as a teacher a. From 1898, he then worked in many other areas, including as a farmer and as a helmsman on a steamboat. Finally, he rose in 1910 as a businessman in Portland in board production and in the cold storage industry a.
In 1914, Holman's first candidacy for public office was successful, when he was elected to the District Government ( Board of Commissioners ) of the Multnomah County. There he remained for a re-election until 1922. 1931 he was appointed by Governor Julius Meier as Minister of Finance ( State Treasurer ) in the state government of Oregon. He came here to succeed the late Thomas B. Kay. He held from May 1, 1931 to December 27, 1938 for this post; twice he was here confirmed by the voters.
The Holman regarded as conservative made himself strong for the environmental protection, long before it became a public topic of intense interest. In 1937, he led against the pollution of the Willamette River by briefly holding a cage with salmon in the river water, this then pulled back and the shocked spectators showed the then dying fish.
In 1938, Holman was elected to the U.S. Senate, where he served from January 3, 1939 to January 3, 1945. In Washington, he was one of the critics of the foreign policy of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Although he supported the efforts in the Second World War, but still had an isolationist default. He was an opponent of trade unions and supported the internment of Japanese -born Americans during the war. In the Republican Primary in 1944 he lost his progressive competitors Wayne Morse, who later decided the choice for themselves and Holman then in January 1945, replaced in Congress.
After his time in the Senate Rufus Holman tried never again to public office. He cared back to his company, the Portland Paper Box Company, and lived on his farm near Molalla. Holman died in November 1959 in Portland, and was buried there on the Riverview Cemetery.