Edward Fadeley | |
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Fadeley in 2009
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88th Associate Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court | |
In office 1988–1998 |
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Preceded by | J. R. Campbell |
Succeeded by | Susan M. Leeson |
President of the Oregon State Senate | |
In office 1983–1984 |
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Preceded by | Fred W. Heard |
Succeeded by | John Kitzhaber |
Personal details | |
Born |
Edward Norman Fadeley December 13, 1929 Williamsville, Missouri |
Died | August 30, 2015 Springfield, Oregon |
(aged 85)
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse(s) | Nancie Fadeley (1953–1984); Darian Fadeley (1987/88–2015) |
Alma mater |
University of Missouri University of Oregon School of Law |
Edward Norman Fadeley (December 13, 1929 – August 30, 2015) was an American attorney and politician in the state of Oregon, United States. He was the 88th Associate Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court. Previously he served in both the Oregon House of Representatives and the Oregon State Senate, serving one session as President of the Oregon Senate. In later years he faced allegations of sexual harassment and was reprimanded for legal ethics violations.
Edward Norman Fadeley was born on December 13, 1929, in Williamsville, Missouri, the son of Robert Sylvester Fadeley and Nelle Fadeley (née Norman), both teachers. He was raised in of Missouri, and at the age of 14 he decided he wanted to become a lawyer. After high school he attended and graduated from the University of Missouri in Columbia. Edward Fadeley then joined the United States Navy where he served for three years. After the Navy he moved to Eugene, Oregon where he enrolled at the University of Oregon School of Law. There he purchased a house when he arrived in 1954 and announced during the first term that he would finish first in his class. In 1957, Fadeley graduated from law school at the university, first in his class. He married Nancie Peacocke and the couple had two children, Shira and Charles. Edward Fadeley would then enter private legal practice where he remained for 31 years. He divorced Nancie Fadeley in 1984 and married his second wife, Darian, 3½ years later.
In 1960, Fadeley was elected to the Oregon House of Representatives as a Democrat from Eugene. He would serve 26 years in the Oregon Legislature. In 1963, he moved to the Oregon State Senate where he would become Senate President in 1983. Beginning in 1971 he would serve several sessions in the legislature with his then-wife Nancie Fadeley, who was serving in the House. While in the legislature in 1983 he failed in an attempt to amend the Oregon Constitution to prevent any sales tax in the state, but did defeat attempts to pass a sales tax during the session.