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  Green, Edith
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NameEdith Green
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Portland, Oregon , United States
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Born January 17, 1910
DiedApril 21, 1987 (77 years)
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Feb 23, 2024 06:24pm
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Infoborn Edith Louise Starrett, January 17, 1910, in Trent, Moody County, S.Dak.; moved with her parents to Oregon in 1916; attended schools in Salem, Oreg., and Willamette University, 1927-1929; was graduated from the University of Oregon, 1939; taught school in Salem, Oreg., 1930-1941; radio work, 1943-1947; director of public relations, Oregon Education Associations; Democratic candidate for secretary of State of Oregon in 1952; delegate, Democratic National Conventions, 1956, 1960, 1964, and 1968, and served as chairman of State delegation in 1960 and 1968; United States delegate to Interparliamentary conference in Switzerland in 1958; congressional delegate to NATO conference in London in 1959; delegate, UNESCO General Conference, 1964 and 1966; member, Presidential Commission on Status of Women; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-fourth and to the nine succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1955; until her resignation December 31, 1975; was not a candidate for reelection in 1974 to the Ninety-fourth Congress; professor of government at Warner Pacific College; appointed to Oregon Board of Higher Education in 1979; was a resident of Portland, Oreg. until her death on April 21, 1987.



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  11/07/1972 OR District 3 Won 62.40% (+24.93%)
  11/03/1970 OR District 3 Won 73.72% (+47.44%)
  05/26/1970 OR District 3 - D Primary Won 72.63% (+53.66%)
  11/05/1968 OR District 3 Won 69.85% (+39.71%)
  11/08/1966 OR District 3 Won 66.96% (+33.91%)
  05/24/1966 OR District 3 - D Primary Won 79.47% (+58.94%)
  11/03/1964 OR District 3 Won 65.69% (+31.38%)
  11/06/1962 OR District 3 Won 65.98% (+31.97%)
  05/18/1962 OR District 3 - D Primary Won 81.74% (+70.56%)
  11/08/1960 OR District 3 Won 63.88% (+27.76%)
  05/20/1960 OR District 3 - D Primary Won 86.69% (+73.40%)
  11/04/1958 OR District 3 Won 65.77% (+31.56%)
  11/06/1956 OR District 3 Won 61.58% (+23.16%)
  11/02/1954 OR District 3 Won 52.42% (+4.84%)
  05/21/1954 OR District 3 - D Primary Won 64.67% (+38.73%)
  11/04/1952 OR Secretary of State Lost 44.92% (-10.17%)
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OR US President - Nov 02, 1976 R Gerald R. Ford
OR US Senate - D Primary - May 24, 1966 D Howard Morgan