O. P. Hoff
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| Oregon State Treasurer | |
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In office January 6, 1919 – March 18, 1924 |
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| Preceded by | Thomas B. Kay |
| Succeeded by | Jefferson Myers |
| Commissioner of the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries | |
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In office June 2, 1903 – January 6, 1919 |
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| Preceded by | position created |
| Succeeded by | Charles H. Gram |
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| Born | May 17, 1853 |
| Died | March 18, 1924 (aged 70) Oregon |
| Political party | Republican |
Ole P. Hoff (May 17, 1853 – March 18, 1924) was a Norwegian-American Republican politician and the first commissioner of labor in the U.S. state of Oregon. Hoff was the sole employee of the Bureau of Labor Statistics and Inspector of Factories and Workshops (now the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries) when he was appointed commissioner after the bureau's creation by the state legislature on June 2, 1903. He served as Labor Commissioner until 1919, when he became the Oregon State Treasurer. He died in office on March 18, 1924.
Ole P. Hoff was born in Hadeland, Norway on May 17, 1853. After leaving Norway in 1870, he first settled in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, then in California before briefly coming to Oregon in 1875. He returned to California until 1879, when he settled permanently in Oregon. From 1870 to 1879 he worked in farming, logging, mill work and mining. In 1881 he started 13 years of work as a railroad agent, and also worked as a postmaster during this time. He married Cynthia Alice Parsons in Eugene on May 13, 1880; they had two children, who were born in Irving, Oregon. He was a member of the Elks and Masons, and the Masonic orders of the Shrine and Knights Templar. He was also a member of the Woodmen of the World.
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