Jonathan Bourne Jr.

Infobox Senator
name= Jonathan Bourne


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office= United States Senator from Oregon
party= Republican
term= March 4 1907–March 3 1913
preceded= Frederick W. Mulkey
succeeded= Harry Lane
office2= Member of the Oregon House of Representatives
term2= 1885–1886
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succeeded2=
constituency2= Multnomah County
date of birth= February 23 1855
place of birth= New Bedford, Massachusetts
date of death= death date and age|1940|09|01|1855|02|23
place of death= Washington, D.C.
spouse=
profession= attorney
religion=
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Jonathan Bourne, Jr. (February 23, 1855 - September 1, 1940) was a United States Senator from Oregon. Born in New Bedford, Massachusetts, he attended private schools and Harvard University. He settled in Portland in 1878, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1881 and practiced in Portland from 1881 to 1886. He had interests in mining, farming, cotton mills, and commercial enterprises.

Bourne was a member of the Oregon House of Representatives from 1885 to 1886, representing Multnomah County, Oregon. [ [http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/legislative/histleg/statehood/1885reg.htm Oregon Legislative Assembly (13th) 1885 Regular Session] ] He was elected as a Republican to the U.S. Senate in 1906, serving from March 4, 1907, to March 3, 1913; he was not renominated in 1912 by the Republican Party, but chose to run again under the "Popular Government" banner, coming in third. While in the Senate he was chairman of the Committee on Fisheries (Sixtieth and Sixty-first Congresses) and a member of the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads (Sixty-second Congress). He was president of the National Republican Progressive League, and resumed his former pursuits in Oregon and Massachusetts. He engaged in newspaper work in Washington, D.C. until his death there in 1940; interment was in Cedar Hill Cemetery.

References

*CongBio|B000670

External links

* [http://nwda-db.wsulibs.wsu.edu/findaid/ark:/80444/xv08900 Guide to the Jonathan Bourne papers]