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1964 Oregon House of Representatives election Oregon legislative no 1962 Oregon House of Representatives election 1962 1966 Oregon House of Representatives election 1966 52nd Oregon Legislative Assembly 53rd Oregon Legislative Assembly All 60 seats in the Oregon House of Representatives 31 1964 11 03 Oregon House Speaker Clarence Barton.jpg Clarence Barton(retired) Democratic Party (United States) 16th district 28 1,191,390 51.20% 31 seats, 51.46% Oregon House Minority Leader Monte Montgomery.jpg F. F. Montgomery Republican Party (United States) 13th district 32 1,134,119 48.74% 29 seats, 48.53% File:1964 Oregon House of Representatives election.svg 300px Results by party#CA0120 Republican gain #F48882 Republican hold#0671B0 Democratic gain #92C5DE Democratic hold Speaker Clarence Barton Democratic Party (United States) F. F. Montgomery Republican Party (United States)
1964 United States elections
Elections to the Oregon House of Representatives were held on November 3, 1964, to elect 60 candidates to the House to serve two-year terms. The Republican Party won a majority of seats in the House for the first time since the 1954 general election, winning 32 seats to the Democratic Party's 28. Eight incumbents lost re-election; four Republicans and Democrats each.GOP Grabs State House https://www.newspapers.com/article/corvallis-gazette-times-gop-grabs-state/208302220/ 15 October 2026 Corvallis Gazette-Times UPI 4 November 1964 The 1964 election retained the 1962 plan drawn following the 1960 U.S. Census.
Following the election, outgoing minority leader F. F. "Monte" Montgomery of Lane County was elected speaker.Pearson Ann H. Legislature Is Organized https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-world-legislature-is-organized/208243851/ 14 October 2026 The World 14 January 1963
List of districts
District 1 • District 2 • District 3 • District 4 • District 5 • District 6 • District 7 • District 9 • District 10 • District 11 • District 12 • District 13 • District 14 • District 15 • District 16 • District 17 • District 18 • District 19 • District 20 • District 21 • District 22 • District 23 • District 24 • District 25 • District 26 • District 27 • District 28 __NOTOC__
District 1
House District 1 contained all of Clatsop County and elected one representative.
District 1 electionOfficial Abstract of Votes General Election 1964 https://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSCMSearch/Search/RecordViewer.aspx?uri=8411026 Oregon Secretary of State 15 October 20261 to be elected
Democratic Party (United States)
W. H. Holstrom (incumbent)
8,088
65.41%
Republican Party (United States)
James Scarborough
4,277
34.59%
12,365 100.00%
District 2
House District 2 contained all of Columbia County and elected one representative.
District 2 election1 to be elected
Democratic Party (United States)
Wayne Turner (incumbent)
7,153
72.25%
Republican Party (United States)
Lawrence Meissner
2,741
27.68%
7
0.07%
9,901 100.00%
District 3
House District 3 contained all of Tillamook County and elected one representative.
District 3 election1 to be elected
Republican Party (United States)
Paul Hanneman
4,077
54.29%
Democratic Party (United States)
Edward F. Ridderbusch (incumbent)
3,432
45.71%
7,509 100.00%
District 4
House District 4 contained all of Washington County and elected three representatives. During the 1963 special legislative session, incumbent Republican Robert E. Jones resigned and Republican Hugh McGilvra was appointed to fill the vacancy.Grouped by Session https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/Lists/LegislatorsChronological/Grouped-by-Session.aspx Oregon State Legislature 15 October 2026
District 4 election3 to be elected
Republican Party (United States)
Hugh McGilvra (incumbent)
26,270
19.37%
Republican Party (United States)
John D. Mosser (incumbent)
26,110
19.25%
Republican Party (United States)
Elwin Paxson
25,167
18.56%
Democratic Party (United States)
John Alder
21,070
15.54%
Democratic Party (United States)
Eva Brower
18,909
13.94%
Democratic Party (United States)
Marvin L. Lain
18,086
13.34%
135,612 100.00%
District 5
House District 5 contained all of Yamhill County and elected one representative.
District 5 election1 to be elected
Democratic Party (United States)
Harold D. Lewis
7,320
52.35%
Republican Party (United States)
Merrill C. Hagan (incumbent)
5,579
39.90%
1,085
7.76%
13,984 100.00%
District 6
thumb|Legislative Districts of Multomah County, 1962
House District 6 contained all of Multnomah County and elected seventeen representatives. The county was split into five subdistricts containing between three or four members, and elected an additional representative at-large.
District 6 At-large subdistrict election1 to be elected
Democratic Party (United States)
Berkeley Lent (incumbent)
119,290
57.06%
Republican Party (United States)
Clyde V. Brummell
89,776
42.94%
11
0.01%
209,077 100.00%
District 6 West subdistrict election3 to be elected
Republican Party (United States)
Shirley Adele Field (incumbent)
22,543
20.54%
Republican Party (United States)
Lee Johnson
22,003
20.04%
Republican Party (United States)
E. G. Chutnard (incumbent)
20,045
18.26%
Democratic Party (United States)
James M. Gleason
16,161
14.72%
Democratic Party (United States)
Hollis Ransom Jr.
15,682
14.29%
Democratic Party (United States)
Dennis A. Day
13,339
12.15%
3
0.00%
109,776 100.00%
District 6 South City subdistrict election3 to be elected
Democratic Party (United States)
Grace Olivier Peck (incumbent)
25,747
21.81%
Democratic Party (United States)
Phil Lang (incumbent)
25,626
21.71%
Democratic Party (United States)
Norman R. Howard (incumbent)
25,188
21.34%
Republican Party (United States)
Frederick S. Wilhelm
14,737
12.48%
Republican Party (United States)
Jerold L. Billings
13,578
11.50%
Republican Party (United States)
Stan L. Day
13,152
11.14%
12
0.01%
118,040 100.00%
District 6 East Central City subdistrict election4 to be elected
Republican Party (United States)
Bob Packwood (incumbent)
29,376
14.38%
Republican Party (United States)
William J. Gallagher (incumbent)
28,071
13.74%
Republican Party (United States)
Fred Meek (incumbent)
26,540
12.99%
Democratic Party (United States)
Sam Wilderman
26,351
12.90%
Republican Party (United States)
Gust Anderson
26,029
12.74%
Democratic Party (United States)
Ronald W. Woody
24,815
12.15%
Democratic Party (United States)
Harvey Akeson
23,390
11.45%
Democratic Party (United States)
J. E. Bennett
19,651
9.62%
10
0.00%
204,233 100.00%
District 6 East County subdistrict election3 to be elected
Democratic Party (United States)
Ross Morgan (incumbent)
34,013
22.75%
Democratic Party (United States)
Betty Roberts
31,947
21.37%
Democratic Party (United States)
Howard Willits (incumbent)
31,833
21.29%
Republican Party (United States)
George C. Rider
20,220
13.52%
Republican Party (United States)
Robert S. Whisnant
15,937
10.66%
Republican Party (United States)
Victor G. Wolf
15,556
10.40%
22
0.01%
149,528 100.00%
District 6 North City subdistrict election3 to be elected
Democratic Party (United States)
Edward J. Whelan (incumbent)
23,792
24.62%
Democratic Party (United States)
Wally Priestly
22,256
23.03%
Democratic Party (United States)
J. E. Bennett (incumbent)
21,416
22.16%
Republican Party (United States)
Doug Gray
10,692
11.06%
Republican Party (United States)
Don Burkett
9,728
10.07%
Republican Party (United States)
Dennis Sands
8,761
9.06%
3
0.00%
96,648 100.00%
District 7
House District 7 contained all of Clackamas County and elected four representatives.
District 7 election4 to be elected
Democratic Party (United States)
Beulah Hand (incumbent)
30,685
14.28%
Democratic Party (United States)
Richard E. Groener
28,802
13.40%
Democratic Party (United States)
Juanita N. Orr (incumbent)
28,463
13.24%
Democratic Party (United States)
Dale Morgan Harlan
26,867
12.50%
Republican Party (United States)
Roger E. Martin
26,530
12.34%
Republican Party (United States)
Robert P. Dickinson (incumbent)
26,015
12.10%
Republican Party (United States)
Leo M. Thornton
25,159
11.70%
Republican Party (United States)
George Eivers
22,418
10.43%
16
0.01%
214,955 100.00%
District 8
House District 8 contained all of Lincoln County and elected one representative.
District 8 election1 to be elected
Republican Party (United States)
W. Ouderkirk (incumbent)
5,712
56.48%
Democratic Party (United States)
Robert Lawrence Cooper
4,400
43.51%
1
0.01%
10,113 100.00%
District 9
House District 9 contained all of Polk County and elected one representative.
District 9 election1 to be elected
Republican Party (United States)
Joe Rogers (incumbent)
7,369
65.22%
Democratic Party (United States)
Emmet T. Rogers
3,928
34.76%
2
0.02%
11,299 100.00%
District 10
House District 10 contained all of Benton County and elected one representative.
District 10 election1 to be elected
Republican Party (United States)
C. R. Hoyt (incumbent)
10,416
66.89%
Democratic Party (United States)
Alvin Jones
5,156
33.11%
15,572 100.00%
District 11
House District 11 contained all of Marion County and elected four representatives.
District 11 election4 to be elected
Democratic Party (United States)
Cornelius C. Bateson (incumbent)
29,929
15.82%
Republican Party (United States)
Morris K. Crothers (incumbent)
26,752
14.14%
Republican Party (United States)
Jack Anunsen
24,134
12.76%
Democratic Party (United States)
L. B. Day
23,981
12.68%
Republican Party (United States)
Russell F. Bonesteele (incumbent)
23,761
12.56%
Republican Party (United States)
Winton J. Hunt (incumbent)
22,966
12.14%
Democratic Party (United States)
Steve Anderson
19,962
10.55%
Democratic Party (United States)
David D. Kidd
17,714
9.36%
189,199 100.00%
District 12
House District 12 contained all of Linn County and elected two representatives.
District 12 election2 to be elected
Republican Party (United States)
Gerald W. Detering (incumbent)
12,179
28.48%
Republican Party (United States)
William F. Gwinn
11,951
27.95%
Democratic Party (United States)
Maurice Orona
10,107
23.63%
Democratic Party (United States)
Ulas R. Moss
8,443
19.74%
86
0.20%
42,766 100.00%
District 13
House District 13 contained all of Lane County and elected five representatives.
District 13 election5 to be elected
Republican Party (United States)
F. F. Montgomery (incumbent)
42,197
11.92%
Democratic Party (United States)
Keith Skelton
38,525
10.88%
Democratic Party (United States)
Richard L. Kennedy (incumbent)
38,388
10.84%
Republican Party (United States)
Edward W. Elder (incumbent)
38,058
10.75%
Republican Party (United States)
Joe B . Richards
35,896
10.14%
Democratic Party (United States)
Veola Peterson Wilmot (incumbent)
35,503
10.03%
Republican Party (United States)
Jo Kittredge
35,425
10.01%
Democratic Party (United States)
Richard O. Eyemann (incumbent)
33,784
9.54%
Democratic Party (United States)
Patrick M. Flynn
30,742
8.68%
Republican Party (United States)
John V. Northam
25,474
7.20%
20
0.01%
354,012 100.00%
District 14
House District 14 contained all of Benton and Lane counties and elected one representative. Districts 10 and 13 were embedded within it; these two counties and three districts combined elected seven representatives.
District 14 election1 to be elected
Republican Party (United States)
Don Wilson
44,217
51.20%
Democratic Party (United States)
Wickes Shaw Beal
42,150
48.80%
86,367 100.00%
District 15
House District 15 contained all of Douglas County and elected two representatives. Prior to the 1963 special legislative session, incumbent Democrat W. O. Kelsay died in a car crash and Democrat Elizabeth Kelsay was appointed to fill the vacancy.Grouped by Session https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/Lists/LegislatorsChronological/Grouped-by-Session.aspx Oregon State Legislature 15 October 2026
District 15 election2 to be elected
Democratic Party (United States)
Sidney Leiken (incumbent)
12,899
26.22%
Democratic Party (United States)
Jason D. Boe
12,631
25.67%
Republican Party (United States)
Dudley C. Walton
11,970
24.33%
Republican Party (United States)
Thomas H. Pargeter
11,700
23.78%
49,200 100.00%
District 16
House District 16 contained all of Coos County and elected one representative.
District 16 election1 to be elected
Republican Party (United States)
James Bedingfield
10,758
51.73%
Democratic Party (United States)
Willis A. Sutton
10,038
48.27%
20,796 100.00%
District 17
House District 17 contained all of Coos and Curry counties and elected one representative. District 16 was embedded within it; these two counties and districts combined elected two representatives.
District 17 election1 to be elected
Democratic Party (United States)
Carl Back (incumbent)
12,708
50.68%
Republican Party (United States)
Rod McKenzie
12,369
49.32%
25,077 100.00%
District 18
House District 18 contained all of Josephine County and elected one representative.
District 18 election1 to be elected
Republican Party (United States)
Sid Bazett (incumbent)
7,918
58.93%
Democratic Party (United States)
John V. Rafferty
5,518
41.07%
13,436 100.00%
District 19
House District 19 contained all of Jackson County and elected three representatives.
District 19 election3 to be elected
Republican Party (United States)
John R. Dellenback (incumbent)
18,975
19.76%
Republican Party (United States)
Edward H. Branchfield (incumbent)
17,386
18.10%
Democratic Party (United States)
James A. Redden (incumbent)
17,315
18.03%
Republican Party (United States)
Richard H. Travis
14,858
15.47%
Democratic Party (United States)
E. M. Madden
14,583
15.18%
Democratic Party (United States)
Thomas J. Reeder
12,911
13.44%
20
0.02%
96,048 100.00%
District 20
House District 20 contained all of Klamath County and elected one representative.
District 20 election1 to be elected
Republican Party (United States)
Carrol Howe (incumbent)
10,944
63.38%
Democratic Party (United States)
Phyllis Rutledge
6,324
36.62%
17,268 100.00%
District 21
House District 21 contained all of Crook, Deschutes, and Jefferson counties and elected one representative.
District 21 election1 to be elected
Republican Party (United States)
Sam Johnson
9,424
56.63%
Democratic Party (United States)
Ben Evick
7,218
43.37%
16,642 100.00%
District 22
House District 22 contained all of Hood River and Wasco counties and elected one representative.
District 22 election1 to be elected
Democratic Party (United States)
Katherine Musa (incumbent)
8,207
60.25%
Republican Party (United States)
David H. Larsen
5,415
39.75%
13,622 100.00%
District 23
House District 23 contained all of Umatilla County and elected one representative.
District 23 election1 to be elected
Republican Party (United States)
Stafford Hansell (incumbent)
13,558
99.90%
14
0.10%
13,572 100.00%
District 24
House District 24 contained all of Union and Wallowa counties and elected one representative.
District 24 election1 to be elected
Democratic Party (United States)
Don McKinnis (incumbent)
6,383
63.10%
Republican Party (United States)
H. R. Weatherford
3,733
36.90%
10,116 100.00%
District 25
House District 25 contained all of Baker and Grant counties and elected one representative.
District 25 election1 to be elected
Republican Party (United States)
Tom Bessonette
5,153
55.08%
Democratic Party (United States)
Clinton P. Haight (incumbent)
4,202
44.92%
9,355 100.00%
District 26
House District 26 contained all of Harney and Malheur counties and elected one representative.
District 26 election1 to be elected
Republican Party (United States)
Bob Smith (incumbent)
9,011
99.87%
12
0.13%
9,023 100.00%
District 27
House District 27 contained all of Klamath and Lake counties and elected one representative. District 20 was embedded within it; these two counties and districts combined elected two representatives.
District 27 election1 to be elected
Republican Party (United States)
George C. Flitcraft (incumbent)
11,947
60.64%
Democratic Party (United States)
Jerry Rutledge
7,755
39.36%
19,702 100.00%
District 28
House District 28 contained all of Gilliam, Morrow, Sherman, Umatilla, and Wheeler counties and elected one representative. District 23 was embedded within it; these two counties and districts combined elected two representatives.
District 28 election1 to be elected
Republican Party (United States)
Irvin Mann Jr.
11,406
51.80%
Democratic Party (United States)
Martin H. Buchanan
10,614
48.20%
22,020 100.00%
See also
1964 United States presidential election in Oregon
List of Oregon Legislative Assemblies
References
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1964
Oregon House of Representatives
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