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Norblad, Sr., Albin Walter
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| Affiliation | Republican |
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| Name | Albin Walter Norblad, Sr. |
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Astoria, Oregon , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
| Born |
March 18, 1881
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| Died | April 17, 1960
(79 years)
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| Contributor | RBH |
| Last Modifed | RBH
Dec 01, 2017 11:27pm |
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| Info | Born on March 19, 1881, to Peter and Bessie (Anderson) Youngberg in Malmo, Sweden; a Presbyterian. The Swedish government changed the family name to avoid confusion in the army's files. He had a brother and a sister. Married Edna Lyle Cates in 1906 in Escanaba, Michigan; father of Walter, Jr., and Eleanor Lyle. His father, a brick mason, moved the family to Grand Rapids, Michigan when Albin was a small boy. At age twelve, young Norblad left home to make his own way, pursuing a variety of jobs. Eventually he took classes at the Grand Rapids Business College and subsequently entered the Chicago Law School, graduating and passing the bar exam in 1902. Returning to practice law in Michigan, Norblad soon won election as District Attorney of Delta County. In 1908, while on a business trip to the West, he visited a friend in Astoria, Oregon. The following year Norblad moved there with his family. He practiced law, served as Astoria's City Attorney (15)10-15), was a member of the local school board, and joined various local service and fraternal groups. Norblad, a Republican, won election to the Oregon Senate in 1918 and again in 1926, but failed to win the Republican nomination for Congress (First District) in 1922. He served as President of the Senate in 1929, and was elevated to the governorship with the death of Isaac Patterson on December 22. 1929. Within thirty minutes after taking the oath of office, he declared himself a candidate for the gubernatorial nomination in May. 1930. Although seen by some as a tactical error, Norblad needed, and sought to develop, a statewide identity through a variety of public relations techniques. Perceived as a progressive by conservative leaders who controlled his party, Norblad failed to rally strong support for action to cope with the rising rate of unemployment and the economic crisis facing the state. He called for a tax equalization measure, for ways to improve the lot of delinquent youths, and he organized a meeting of business leaders in February 1930 to discuss economic conditions and measures to cope with them; these efforts were for the most part ineffective. Six candidates sought the Republican nomination for governor in 1930. Norblad came in second, receiving 46,074 votes to George W. Joseph's winning total of 50,545 vtoes. Within a month Joseph died. Norblad, who had won a 9,000 vote majority in the primary outside of Multnomah County, refused further consideration. The Republican State Central Committee named Phil Metschan, who had not run in the primary, as its candidate, and Norblad loyally supported the committee's choice. Freed from campaigning, Norblad acted more vigorously to meet the economic crisis, organizing a labor commission with himself as chairman, that dispersed $2,000,000 on road construction, which succeeded in putting 5,000 men to work. He successfully sought federal assistance in settling a feud in Eastern Oregon between cattle and sheep men; organized a State Pardons Board and personally visited the prison and interviewed inmates; called a conference of leaders of Oregon industries to discuss means of improving safety devices on machinery; and gave his support to the Reed-Wainwright Bill, a national proposal for a universal military draft. After leaving office on January 12, 1931, Norblad returned to his law practice and community activities in Astoria, residing there until his death on Easter Sunday. April 17. 1960.
Born on March 19, 1881, to Peter and Bessie (Anderson) Youngberg in Malmo, Sweden; a Presbyterian. The Swedish government changed the family name to avoid confusion in the army's files. He had a brother and a sister. Married Edna Lyle Cates in 1906 in Escanaba, Michigan; father of Walter, Jr., and Eleanor Lyle. His father, a brick mason, moved the family to Grand Rapids, Michigan when Albin was a small boy. At age twelve, young Norblad left home to make his own way, pursuing a variety of jobs. Eventually he took classes at the Grand Rapids Business College and subsequently entered the Chicago Law School, graduating and passing the bar exam in 1902. Returning to practice law in Michigan, Norblad soon won election as District Attorney of Delta County. In 1908, while on a business trip to the West, he visited a friend in Astoria, Oregon. The following year Norblad moved there with his family. He practiced law, served as Astoria's City Attorney (15)10-15), was a member of the local school board, and joined various local service and fraternal groups. Norblad, a Republican, won election to the Oregon Senate in 1918 and again in 1926, but failed to win the Republican nomination for Congress (First District) in 1922. He served as President of the Senate in 1929, and was elevated to the governorship with the death of Isaac Patterson on December 22. 1929. Within thirty minutes after taking the oath of office, he declared himself a candidate for the gubernatorial nomination in May. 1930. Although seen by some as a tactical error, Norblad needed, and sought to develop, a statewide identity through a variety of public relations techniques. Perceived as a progressive by conservative leaders who controlled his party, Norblad failed to rally strong support for action to cope with the rising rate of unemployment and the economic crisis facing the state. He called for a tax equalization measure, for ways to improve the lot of delinquent youths, and he organized a meeting of business leaders in February 1930 to discuss economic conditions and measures to cope with them; these efforts were for the most part ineffective. Six candidates sought the Republican nomination for governor in 1930. Norblad came in second, receiving 46,074 votes to George W. Joseph's winning total of 50,545 vtoes. Within a month Joseph died. Norblad, who had won a 9,000 vote majority in the primary outside of Multnomah County, refused further consideration. The Republican State Central Committee named Phil Metschan, who had not run in the primary, as its candidate, and Norblad loyally supported the committee's choice. Freed from campaigning, Norblad acted more vigorously to meet the economic crisis, organizing a labor commission with himself as chairman, that dispersed $2,000,000 on road construction, which succeeded in putting 5,000 men to work. He successfully sought federal assistance in settling a feud in Eastern Oregon between cattle and sheep men; organized a State Pardons Board and personally visited the prison and interviewed inmates; called a conference of leaders of Oregon industries to discuss means of improving safety devices on machinery; and gave his support to the Reed-Wainwright Bill, a national proposal for a universal military draft. After leaving office on January 12, 1931, Norblad returned to his law practice and community activities in Astoria, residing there until his death on Easter Sunday. April 17. 1960. |
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