Multnomah County OR Archives Biographies.....Tazwell, Hon. George August 11, 1870 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/or/orfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ila L. Wakley iwakley@msn.com June 9, 2009, 1:09 pm Author: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company HON. GEORGE TAZWELL. Among the able and distinguished jurists of the Columbia River valley stands the Hon. George Tazwell, judge of department seven of the Multnomah county circuit court, on the bench of which he served for nine years. Learned in the law, just in his decisions and honorable in every relation of life, he has long commanded the unqualified respect of his fellowmen and has dignified the bench by his long and efficient service. Judge Tazwell was born in England on the 11th of August, 1870, and is a son of Jesse and Eliza Tazwell, both of whom are deceased. His father was a baker by trade and also ran an express business. George Tazwell attended the public schools of his native country and remained at home until nineteen years of age, when, in 1889, he came to Portland, Oregon, and entered upon the study of law under Newton McCawley. In 1894 he was admitted to the bar, after which he became law clerk and private secretary to United States Senator Joseph Simon. Later he was in the law office of Frank Bennett until September, 1910, when he was appointed police judge. In the following year he was elected to that position, in which he served until 1913, after which he engaged in the private practice of his profession until January, 1917, when he ascended the bench of the county court, to which he had been elected the previous year. He served as county judge until 1919, showing such qualifications as a jurist that he was then appointed judge of department seven of the circuit court. He was elected to that position in 1922 and has served to the present time. In 1899 Judge Tazwell was united in marriage to Miss Ida MacCabe, of Portland. In his political views he is a republican, while fraternally he is a Mason, with membership in Portland Consistory, A. A. S. R., and Al Kader Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S. He also belongs to the Loyal Order of Moose and the Woodmen of the World, the Progressive Business Men's Club, the Multnomah County Bar Association and the Oregon State Bar Association. He brings to every case tried before him a clearness of perception and a ready power of analysis which enables him to expedite the business of the court and to render prompt decisions and his record on the bench has given him rank among the leading jurists of this section of the state. Additional Comments: History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Vol. II, Pages 814-815 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/or/multnomah/bios/tazwell739gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/orfiles/ File size: 3.0 Kb