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1962 Oregon House of Representatives election Oregon legislative no 1960 Oregon House of Representatives election 1960 1964 Oregon House of Representatives election 1964 51st Oregon Legislative Assembly 52nd Oregon Legislative Assembly All 60 seats in the Oregon House of Representatives 31 1962 11 06 File:Robert Blackford Duncan in the 1960s (cropped).jpg Robert B. Duncan(retired) Democratic Party (United States) 19th district 31 977,577 51.46% Oregon House Minority Leader Monte Montgomery.jpg F. F. Montgomery Republican Party (United States) 5th district 29 921,979 48.53% File:1962 Oregon House of Representatives election.svg 300px Results by party#92C5DE Democratic win #F48882 Republican win Speaker Robert B. Duncan Democratic Party (United States) Clarence Barton Democratic Party (United States)
1962 United States elections
Elections to the Oregon House of Representatives were held on November 6, 1962, to elect 60 candidates to the House to serve two-year terms. The Democratic Party won 31 seats to the Republicans' 29, with no net gains for either side.Demos keep thin edge in state House https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-bulletin-demos-keep-thin-edge-in-sta/208243738/ 14 October 2026 The Bulletin UPI 7 November 1962
Following the 1960 U.S. Census, the state was divided up into 28 representative districts based on county lines, electing between one and seventeen representatives. Multnomah County, home to the state's largest city, Portland, was split up into five subdistricts which elected sixteen representatives, with the last representative being elected by the county at-large.Legislative Districts https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-oregon-daily-journal/208237015/ 14 October 2026 The Oregon Daily Journal 7 May 1962 Five single-county districts were embedded within larger multi-county districts.
Following the election, Clarence Barton of Coos County was elected speaker on January 14, 1963.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 - November 6, 1962 https://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSCMSearch/Search/RecordViewer.aspx?uri=8411020 Oregon Secretary of State 14 October 20261 to be elected
Democratic Party (United States)
W. H. Holstrom
9,066
99.78%
20
0.22%
9,086 100.00%
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
5,695
69.32%
Republican Party (United States)
Lawrence Meissner
2,519
30.66%
2
0.02%
8,216 100.00%
District 3
House District 3 contained all of Tillamook County and elected one representative.
District 3 election1 to be elected
Democratic Party (United States)
Edward F. Ridderbusch
3,398
50.91%
Republican Party (United States)
Harry C. Elliott
3,277
49.09%
6,675 100.00%
District 4
House District 4 contained all of Washington County and elected three representatives.
District 4 election3 to be elected
Republican Party (United States)
Victor Atiyeh
21,894
21.55%
Republican Party (United States)
Robert E. Jones
20,834
20.50%
Republican Party (United States)
John D. Mosser
18,750
18.45%
Democratic Party (United States)
G. Johnny Parks
13,979
13.76%
Democratic Party (United States)
Eva M. Bmower
13,199
12.99%
Democratic Party (United States)
G. W. Kurtz
12,945
12.74%
5
0.00%
101,606 100.00%
District 5
House District 5 contained all of Yamhill County and elected one representative.
District 5 election1 to be elected
Republican Party (United States)
Merrill C. Hagan
6,160
52.70%
Democratic Party (United States)
Russell S. Lehman
5,526
47.28%
2
0.02%
11,688 100.00%
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 West subdistrict election3 to be elected
Republican Party (United States)
Shirley Field
20,859
21.63%
Republican Party (United States)
Ken Maher
19,077
19.78%
Republican Party (United States)
E. G. Chutnard
18,692
19.38%
Democratic Party (United States)
Hollis C. Ransom Jr.
14,153
14.68%
Democratic Party (United States)
Richard W. Boetger
12,945
13.42%
Democratic Party (United States)
Nora Hitchman Seaborn
10,701
11.10%
7
0.01%
96,434 100.00%
District 6 South City subdistrict election3 to be elected
Democratic Party (United States)
Grace Olivier Peck
21,892
20.93%
Democratic Party (United States)
Norman R. Howard
21,705
20.75%
Democratic Party (United States)
Philip D. Lang
21,276
20.34%
Republican Party (United States)
Dan Mosee
14,893
14.24%
Republican Party (United States)
Frederick S. Wilhelm
13,232
12.65%
Republican Party (United States)
Robert H. McMullen
11,590
11.08%
17
0.02%
104,605 100.00%
District 6 East Central City subdistrict election4 to be elected
Republican Party (United States)
Robert W. Packwood
26,361
14.40%
Republican Party (United States)
William J. Gallagher
25,765
14.07%
Republican Party (United States)
Fred Meek
25,103
13.71%
Republican Party (United States)
Bob Chappel
24,485
13.37%
Democratic Party (United States)
Betty Beach
22,878
12.50%
Democratic Party (United States)
Dan J. Fraser
20,987
11.46%
Democratic Party (United States)
Robert V. Crosier
19,538
10.67%
Democratic Party (United States)
Harold P. Steubs
17,932
9.80%
22
0.01%
183,071 100.00%
District 6 North City subdistrict election3 to be elected
Democratic Party (United States)
Ed Whelan
20,454
24.02%
Democratic Party (United States)
Ray Dooley
18,581
21.82%
Democratic Party (United States)
J. E. Bennett
17,827
20.94%
Republican Party (United States)
Verne A. Davis
9,955
11.69%
Republican Party (United States)
Doug Gray
9,879
11.60%
Republican Party (United States)
James A. LeRoy
8,410
9.88%
35
0.04%
85,141 100.00%
District 6 East County subdistrict election3 to be elected
Democratic Party (United States)
Ross Morgan
25,967
21.96%
Democratic Party (United States)
John McBain
24,914
21.07%
Democratic Party (United States)
Howard Willits
24,076
20.36%
Republican Party (United States)
George C. Rider
16,135
13.64%
Republican Party (United States)
Joe St. Martin
14,675
12.41%
Republican Party (United States)
Jess C. Vest
12,489
10.56%
4
0.00%
118,260 100.00%
District 6 At-large election1 to be elected
Democratic Party (United States)
Berkeley Lent
105,120
56.96%
Republican Party (United States)
George B. Malarkey
79,429
43.04%
184,549 100.00%
District 7
House District 7 contained all of Clackamas County and elected four representatives.
District 7 election4 to be elected
Democratic Party (United States)
Buelah J. Hand
25,919
15.11%
Democratic Party (United States)
Juanita Orr
23,868
13.91%
Republican Party (United States)
Robert P. Dickinson
22,163
12.92%
Democratic Party (United States)
Elmer McClure
21,300
12.42%
Republican Party (United States)
Roger E. Martin
20,879
12.17%
Republican Party (United States)
George J. Eivers
20,423
11.90%
Democratic Party (United States)
Michael P. McKernan
19,553
11.40%
Republican Party (United States)
Arthur K. Guild
17,441
10.17%
7
0.00%
171,553 100.00%
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. S. Duderkirk
4,562
53.54%
Democratic Party (United States)
Thomas R. McClellan
3,958
46.46%
8,520 100.00%
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
6,314
65.55%
Democratic Party (United States)
Leslie V. Bahr
3,319
34.45%
9,633 100.00%
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
8,443
69.61%
Democratic Party (United States)
Emery L. Clark
3,686
30.39%
12,129 100.00%
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
23,067
14.76%
Republican Party (United States)
Morris K. Crothers
22,928
14.68%
Republican Party (United States)
Russell F. Bonesteele
21,074
13.49%
Republican Party (United States)
Winton J. Hunt
20,331
13.01%
Republican Party (United States)
Floyd Utter
18,096
11.58%
Democratic Party (United States)
Richard F. May
17,377
11.12%
Democratic Party (United States)
L. B. Day
16,747
10.72%
Democratic Party (United States)
Tom Wright
16,598
10.62%
17
0.01%
156,235 100.00%
District 12
House District 12 contained all of Linn County and elected two representatives.
District 12 election2 to be elected
Democratic Party (United States)
Nancy Kirkpatrick
10,766
30.98%
Republican Party (United States)
Gerald W. Detering
8,421
24.23%
Republican Party (United States)
Willian F. Gwinn
8,282
23.83%
Democratic Party (United States)
Ross McCormick
7,279
20.95%
34,748 100.00%
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
34,691
12.82%
Democratic Party (United States)
Richard Eyemann
32,117
11.87%
Democratic Party (United States)
Richard L. Kennedy
30,606
11.31%
Republican Party (United States)
Edward W. Elder
29,804
11.02%
Democratic Party (United States)
Veola Peterson Wilmot
27,350
10.11%
Republican Party (United States)
M. F. Moyer
25,434
9.40%
Republican Party (United States)
Don Wilson
24,443
9.03%
Democratic Party (United States)
Glenn Hammaker
23,156
8.56%
Democratic Party (United States)
J. Michael McCloskey
22,555
8.34%
Republican Party (United States)
Robert Adair Jr.
20,389
7.54%
22
0.01%
270,567 100.00%
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
Democratic Party (United States)
Eugene G. Hulett
35,312
52.80%
Republican Party (United States)
A. L. Hawn
31,571
47.20%
1
0.00%
66,884 100.00%
District 15
House District 15 contained all of Douglas County and elected two representatives.
District 15 election2 to be elected
Democratic Party (United States)
Sidney Leiken
9,420
25.44%
Democratic Party (United States)
W. D. Kelsay
9,404
25.40%
Republican Party (United States)
Dudley C. Walton
9,115
24.62%
Republican Party (United States)
Peter B. Serafin
9,087
24.54%
37,026 100.00%
District 16
House District 16 contained all of Coos County and elected one representative.
District 16 election1 to be elected
Democratic Party (United States)
Clarence Barton
14,878
100.00%
14,878 100.00%
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 Beck
14,456
69.90%
Republican Party (United States)
Edward F. Ackley
6,197
29.97%
27
0.13%
20,680 100.00%
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
7,758
72.10%
Democratic Party (United States)
Carroll W. Dewey
3,001
27.89%
1
0.01%
10,760 100.00%
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
16,778
22.02%
Republican Party (United States)
Edward Branchfield
14,328
18.81%
Democratic Party (United States)
James A. Redden
12,231
16.05%
Republican Party (United States)
Alexander A. Dumas
12,010
15.76%
Democratic Party (United States)
Alva N. Bradford
11,870
15.58%
Democratic Party (United States)
Charles W. Crary
8,968
11.77%
2
0.00%
76,187 100.00%
District 20
House District 20 contained all of Klamath County and elected one representative.
District 20 election1 to be elected
Republican Party (United States)
Carroll B. Howe
8,543
63.24%
Democratic Party (United States)
Walter H. Turner
4,965
36.76%
13,508 100.00%
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)
Kessler Richard Cannon
6,583
51.10%
Democratic Party (United States)
Ben Evick
6,299
48.90%
12,882 100.00%
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
6,787
59.16%
Republican Party (United States)
Wilson Appelgren
4,686
40.84%
11,473 100.00%
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
11,021
99.85%
17
0.15%
11,038 100.00%
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
6,970
99.96%
3
0.04%
6,973 100.00%
District 25
House District 25 contained all of Baker and Grant counties and elected one representative.
District 25 election1 to be elected
Democratic Party (United States)
Clinton P. Haight
6,235
99.71%
18
0.29%
6,253 100.00%
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)
Robert F. Smith
5,060
57.01%
Democratic Party (United States)
Elmil A. Stunz
3,814
42.97%
2
0.02%
8,876 100.00%
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
12,084
100.00%
12,084 100.00%
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
Democratic Party (United States)
Jack L. Smith
8,992
51.18%
Republican Party (United States)
Gaylord M. Madison
8,577
48.82%
17,569 100.00%
See also
1962 Oregon State Senate election
1962 Oregon gubernatorial election
1962 Oregon Ballot Measure 6
List of Oregon Legislative Assemblies
References
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House of Representatives
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Oregon House of Representatives
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