A. Walter Norblad

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name = Walter Norblad (Jr.)


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birth_date = September 12, 1908
birth_place = Escanaba, Michigan, USA flagicon|USA
residence = Stayton, Oregon
Astoria, Oregon
death_date = September 20, 1964
death_place = Bethesda, Maryland
office = Member of United States House of Representatives from Oregon's 1st District
term_start = January 18, 1946
term_end = September 20, 1964
predecessor = James W. Mott (R)
successor = Wendell Wyatt (R)
office2 = Oregon State Representative
District 1, Astoria
term_start2 = 1935
term_end2 = 1937
predecessor2 = Edwin C. Judd (R)
successor2 = Clarence Ash (R)
party = Republican
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occupation = Attorney
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Albin Walter Norblad, Jr., (September 12 1908-September 20 1964)cite web | title = Congressional Biographical Directory, 88th Congress (H.Doc 108-122) | work = Congressional Record | publisher = U.S. Government Printing Office | year = 1965 | url = http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/26jan20061725/www.gpoaccess.gov/serialset/cdocuments/hd108-222/88th.pdf | format = PDF | pages = 429 | accessdate = 2006-12-13] was an American attorney and Republican politician in Oregon. He represented the U.S. state of Oregon's First District from January 18, 1946 until his death in the United States House of Representatives.cite web | title = Norblad, Albin Walter, Jr., (1908 - 1964) | work = Biographical Directory of Congress (1774 - Present) | publisher = United States Congress (Official website) | year = 2006 | url = http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000133 | format = HTML | accessdate = 2006-12-13] His father was A. W. Norblad, Sr., the one-time Governor of Oregon.

Early years

Albin Walter Norblad was born in Escanaba, Michigan, but before he was a year old, his family relocated to Astoria, Oregon where he attended public schools, before completing his secondary studies at the New Mexico Military Academy at Roswell, New Mexico. A graduate of University of Oregon, Norblad undertook graduate study at Harvard Law School, and was admitted to the bar in 1932, returning to his hometown of Astoria to practice at his father's firm of Norblad & Norblad.cite web | last = Smith | first = William Carlson | title = Swedes of Oregon, The | work = American Swedish Historical Museum Year Book 1946 | publisher = Reprinted, "Bertin Sundvall's Homepage", Portland, Oregon: Bertin Sundvall | year = 2006 | url = http://www.hevanet.com/sundvall/sweoreg.html | accessdate = 2006-12-13]

Political career

Norblad, Jr. served in the Oregon Legislative Assembly as a representative for one term (1935-1937), was a member of the board of trustees of Linfield College, and a delegate to the 1940 Republican National Convention. During World War II, he joined the U.S. Air Force, serving as a combat intelligence officer from 1942 to 1945. Upon return from the war, he settled in Stayton, Oregon, and was elected to fill the vacancy in the United States Congress caused by the death of James W. Mott. He was re-elected to nine successive terms in the House of Representatives.

Death and family

One of Norblad's children, Albin W. Norblad III, is a state court judge in Oregon. A. Walter Norblad, Jr. died in office in Bethesda, Maryland, on September 20 1964 and was buried in Lone Oak Cemetery in Stayton.

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*CongBio|N000133
*findagrave|21765652