George W. McBride
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United States Senator from Oregon |
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In office March 4, 1895 – March 4, 1901 |
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| Preceded by | Joseph N. Dolph |
| Succeeded by | John H. Mitchell |
| 5th Secretary of State of Oregon | |
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In office January 10, 1887 – January 14, 1895 |
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| Preceded by | Rockey Preston Earhart |
| Succeeded by | Harrison R. Kincaid |
| 13th Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives | |
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In office 1882–1884 |
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| Preceded by | Zenas Ferry Moody |
| Succeeded by | W. P. Keady |
| Constituency | Columbia County |
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March 13, 1854 Lafayette, Oregon |
| Died | June 18, 1911 (aged 57) Portland, Oregon |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Laura W. Walter |
| Profession | merchant |
George Wycliffe McBride (March 13, 1854 – June 18, 1911) was a politician and businessman from the U.S. state of Oregon. An Oregon native, he served in the Oregon Legislative Assembly as Speaker of the House and as Oregon Secretary of State for two terms before election as United States Senator from Oregon. A Republican, he was the first native Oregonian to serve in the Senate. His father and two of his brothers were also politicians.
George McBride was born on March 13, 1854, near Lafayette, in Yamhill County, Oregon. His father was James McBride, a physician from Tennessee and Missouri, and his mother the former Mahala Miller. George was one of fourteen children in the family that included brother John Rogers, who was a U.S. Representative from Oregon, and Thomas who served on the Oregon Supreme Court from 1909 to 1930.
George attended the local public schools before enrolling in the preparatory department of Willamette University in Salem, Oregon. After one year at Willamette he enrolled at Monmouth Christian College (now Western Oregon University) in Monmouth, Oregon, where he spent two years. McBride then studied law and was admitted to the bar, but never practiced. He moved to St. Helens where he engaged in mercantile pursuits for nine years.
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