Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Pierce, Walter Marcus May 30, 1861 - 
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Author: Bio Directory of American Congress

PIERCE, Walter Marcus, a Representative from Oregon; born on a farm near 
Morris, Grundy County, Ill., May 30, 1861; attended the common schools, Morris 
(Ill.) Academy, and the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor; taught school in 
Grundy County, Ill., 1877-1880, and in Franklin County, Kans., in 1881; moved 
to Oregon and taught school in Milton and Weston, Umatilla County, 1883-1890; 
superintendent of schools of Umatilla County, Oreg., 1886-1890; county clerk 
of Umatilla County 1890-1894; was graduated from the law department of 
Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill., in 1896; was admitted to the bar and 
practiced in Pendleton, Oreg., 1895-1907; engaged in banking and in the power 
and light business 1898-1907; operated stock and wheat farms 1907-1937; served 
in the Oregon Senate 1903-1907 and 1917-1921; Governor of Oregon 1923-1927; 
member of the board of regents of Oregon State College 1905-1927; delegate to 
all Democratic State conventions from 1890 to 1908; delegate to the Democratic 
National Conventions in 1920, 1932, and 1936; Democratic National committeeman 
from Oregon 1932-1936; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-third and to the 
four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1933-January 3, 1943); unsuccessful 
candidate for reelection in 1943 to the Seventy-eighth Congress; retired and 
lives near Salem, Oreg., with farming interests in Union County, Oreg.

Additional Comments:
Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949: The Continental 
Congress September 5, 1774, to October 21, 1788 and The Congress of the United 
States From the First to the Eightieth Congress March 4, 1789 to January 3, 
1949, Inclusive. Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office, 
1950.

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