List of presidents of the Oregon State Senate

This is a complete list of people who have served as President of the Oregon State Senate.[1]

President of the Senate of Oregon
Incumbent
Rob Wagner
since January 9, 2023
Gordon Smith
John H. Mitchell
Thomas R. Cornelius
William J. McConnell
John C. Carson
Number Session Type Name County represented Political party
1 1859 Special Luther Elkins Linn Democratic
1860 Regular
2 1862 Regular Wilson Bowlby Washington Republican
3 1864 Regular John H. Mitchell Multnomah Republican
1865 Special
4 1866 Regular Thomas R. Cornelius Washington Republican
5 1868 Regular Benjamin Franklin Burch Polk Democratic
6 1870 Regular James D. Fay Jackson Democratic
1872 Regular
7 1874 Regular Robert B. Cochran Lane Democratic
8 1876 Regular John Whiteaker Lane Democratic
1878 Regular
9 1880 Regular Solomon Hirsch Multnomah Republican
10 1882 Regular William J. McConnell Yamhill Republican
11 1885 Regular
Special
William Waldo Marion Republican
12 1887 Regular John C. Carson Multnomah Republican
13 1889 Regular Joseph Simon Multnomah Republican
1891 Regular
14. 1893 Regular Charles W. Fulton Clatsop Republican
13 1895 Regular Joseph Simon Multnomah Republican
1897 Regular
1898 Special
15 1899 Regular T. C. Taylor Umatilla Republican
14 1901 Regular Charles W. Fulton Clatsop Republican
16 1903 Regular
Special
George C. Brownell Clackamas Republican
17 1905 Regular William Kuykendall Lane Republican
18 1907 Regular Edward W. Haines Washington Republican
19 1909 Regular
Special
Jay Bowerman Gilliam Republican
20 1911 Regular Ben Selling Multnomah Republican
21 1913 Regular Dan J. Malarkey Multnomah Republican
22 1915 Regular W. Lair Thompson Lake Republican
23 1917 Regular Gus C. Moser Multnomah Republican
24 1919 Regular William T. Vinton Yamhill Republican
1920 Special
25 1921 Regular
Special
Roy W. Ritner Umatilla Republican
26 1923 Regular Jay H. Upton Crook Republican
23 1925 Regular Gus C. Moser Multnomah Republican
27 1927 Regular Henry L. Corbett Multnomah Republican
28 1929 Regular A. W. Norblad Clatsop Republican
29 1931 Regular Willard L. Marks Linn Republican
30 1933 Regular
Special
Fred E. Kiddle Union Republican
27 1935 Regular Henry L. Corbett Multnomah Republican
31 1937 Regular F. M. Franciscovich Clatsop Republican
32 1939 Regular Robert M. Duncan Harney Republican
33 1941 Regular Dean H. Walker Polk Republican
34 1943 Regular William H. Steiwer Wheeler Republican
35 1945 Regular Howard C. Belton Clackamas Republican
36 1947 Regular Marshall E. Cornett Klamath Republican
37 1949 Regular William E. Walsh Coos Republican
38 1951 Regular Paul L. Patterson Washington Republican
39 1953 Regular Eugene E. Marsh Yamhill Republican
40 1955 Regular Elmo Smith Grant Republican
41 1957 Regular
Special
Boyd R. Overhulse Jefferson Democratic
42 1959 Regular Walter J. Pearson Multnomah Democratic
43 1961 Regular Harry D. Boivin Klamath Democratic
44 1963 Regular
Special
Ben Musa Wasco Democratic
43 1965 Regular
Special
Harry D. Boivin Klamath Democratic
45 1967 Regular
Special
Eugene "Debbs" Potts Josephine Democratic
1969 Regular
46 1971 Regular
Special
John D. Burns Multnomah Democratic
47 1973 Regular Jason Boe Douglas Democratic
1974 Special
1975 Regular
1977 Regular
1978 Special
1979 Regular
1980 Special
48 1981 Regular
Special
Fred W. Heard Klamath Democratic
49 1983 Regular
Special
Edward N. Fadeley Lane Democratic
50 1985 Regular John Kitzhaber Douglas Democratic
1987 Regular
1989 Regular
Special
1991 Regular
51 1993 Regular Bill Bradbury Coos Democratic
52 1995 Regular
Special
Gordon Smith Umatilla Republican
53 1997 Regular Brady L. Adams Josephine Republican
1999 Regular
Special
54 2001 Regular
Special
Gene Derfler Marion Republican
55 2003 Regular Peter Courtney Marion Democratic
2005 Regular
2006 Special
2007 Regular
2008 Special
2009 Regular
2010 Special
2011 Regular
2012 Regular
Special
2013 Regular
Special
2014 Regular
2015 Regular
2016 Regular
2017 Regular
2018 Regular
Special
2019 Regular
2020 Regular
Special
2021 Regular
Special
2022 Regular
56 2023 Regular Rob Wagner Clackamas Democratic

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References

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  1. ^ Oregon Legislators and Staff Guide. Oregon Secretary of State. Retrieved on December 4, 2008.