Howard C. Belton
| Howard C. Belton | |
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Belton circa 1945
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| Oregon State Treasurer | |
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In office January 4, 1960 – January 4, 1965 |
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| Preceded by | Sig Unander |
| Succeeded by | Robert W. Straub |
| President of the Oregon State Senate | |
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In office 1945–1946 |
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| Preceded by | William Hoover Steiwer |
| Succeeded by | Marshall E. Cornett |
| Member of the Oregon State Senate | |
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In office 1938–1959 |
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| Constituency | Clackamas County |
| Member of the Oregon House of Representatives | |
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In office 1932–1934 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | January 2, 1893 Algona, Iowa, U.S. |
| Died | November 21, 1988 (aged 95) Salem, Oregon, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Mae Brown Belton |
| Children | 4 |
| Occupation | Farmer |
| Religion | Presbyterian |
Howard C. Belton (January 2, 1893 – November 21, 1988) was an American farmer from the state of Oregon. A native of Algona, Iowa, he served as the nineteenth Treasurer of the State of Oregon after appointment by Oregon Governor Mark O. Hatfield. A Republican, he had previously served one term in the Oregon House of Representatives and five terms in the Oregon State Senate.
Belton was born in Algona, Iowa on January 2, 1893. At seventeen he moved to Los Angeles, California. In 1915 he enrolled at the Oregon Agricultural College (now Oregon State University) to study animal husbandry. He operated a farm in Canby, Oregon from 1917 to 1960.
Belton was an active member of the Canby community. He served on the Canby Union School Board, was a president of both the Canby Kiwanis Club and Canby Chamber of Commerce, and also a founding board member of the Canby Union Bank.
Belton was elected to the Oregon House of Representatives in 1932, the same year that Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt beat President Herbert Hoover in Oregon by twenty-one points.
In 1938 he won a seat in the Oregon State Senate. Belton sat on the Ways and Means Committee. He served as President of the Oregon State Senate for the 1945–1947 biennium. During the 1945 session Governor Earl Snell called for legislation to create a Tax Study Committee, with the original purpose of,
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