Charles L. McNary
| Charles L. McNary | |
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Portrait by Henrique Medina
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| Senate Minority Leader | |
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In office March 4, 1933 – February 25, 1944 |
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| Preceded by | Joseph T. Robinson |
| Succeeded by | Wallace H. White, Jr. |
| Republican Senate Conference Chairmen | |
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In office March 4, 1933 – February 25, 1944 |
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| Vice Chair | Wallace H. White, Jr. |
| Preceded by | James E. Watson |
| Succeeded by | Arthur H. Vandenberg |
| Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry | |
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In office August 1926 – March 4, 1933 |
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| Preceded by | George W. Norris |
| Succeeded by | Ellison D. Smith |
| United States Senator from Oregon |
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In office December 18, 1918 – February 25, 1944 |
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| Preceded by | Frederick W. Mulkey |
| Succeeded by | Guy Cordon |
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In office May 29, 1917 – November 5, 1918 |
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| Preceded by | Harry Lane |
| Succeeded by | Frederick W. Mulkey |
| Personal details | |
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Charles Linza McNary June 12, 1874 Salem, Oregon |
| Died | February 25, 1944 (aged 69) Fort Lauderdale, Florida |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Jessie Breyman Cornelia Morton McNary |
| Alma mater | Stanford University |
| Profession | Attorney |
| Religion | Baptist |
Charles Linza McNary (June 12, 1874 – February 25, 1944) was a United States Republican politician from Oregon. He served in the Senate from 1917 to 1944 and was Senate Minority Leader from 1933 to 1944. In the Senate, McNary helped to pass legislation that led to the construction of Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River, and worked on agricultural and forestry issues. He also supported many of the New Deal programs at the beginning of the Great Depression. Until Mark O. Hatfield surpassed his mark in 1993, he was Oregon's longest-serving senator.
McNary was the Republican vice presidential candidate in 1940, on the ticket with presidential candidate Wendell Willkie. They lost to the Democratic ticket, composed of Franklin D. Roosevelt, who was running for his third term as president, and Henry A. Wallace in a landslide. McNary was a justice of the Oregon Supreme Court from 1913 to 1915 and was dean of Willamette University College of Law, in his hometown of Salem, from 1908 to 1913. Before that, he was a deputy district attorney under his brother, John Hugh McNary, who later became a federal judge for the District of Oregon.
McNary died in office after unsuccessful surgery on a brain tumor. Oregon held a state funeral for him, during which his body lay in state at the Oregon State Capitol in Salem. McNary Dam, McNary Field, McNary High School, and McNary Country Club (on land he owned) in Oregon are named in his honor.
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