Kathryn Clarke (politician) explained

Kathryn Clarke
State Senate:	Oregon
Term Start:	January 21, 1915
Term End:	January 1917
Birth Date:	1873
Death Place:	Pasadena, California, United States

Kathryn Clarke (1873  - August 19, 1940) was an American politician, and the first woman to serve in the Oregon Senate.^[1]

Biography

Clarke was born in 1873 to John Clarke and Catherine McGregor Clarke in Gardiner, Oregon.^[2] In January 1915, Senator George Neuner Jr. resigned to serve as district attorney, so governor Oswald West, the cousin of Clarke, set to appoint a replacement. He initially offered the post to Dexter Rice, a judge, but Rice declined. A special election was held on January 20, which Clarke won by 76 votes.^{[3] [4] [5]} Clarke served until January 1917.^[6]

See also

• Marian B. Towne, first woman to serve in the Oregon House of Representatives
• Sylvia McGuire Thompson, Oregon politician who became first female member of the Democratic National Campaign Committee

Notes and References

1. Web site: Senate History Rooms. Oregon State Legislature. September 17, 2016.
2. http://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn88086023/1915-02-12/ed-1/seq-8/#index=6&rows=20&words=Clarke+Kathryn&sequence=0&proxtext=Kathryn+Clarke&y=0&x=0&dateFilterType=range&page=1 East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, Umatilla Co., Or.) 1888-current, February 12, 1915, DAILY EVENING EDITION, Image 8
3. Web site: Kathryn Clarke (1873-1940). Jensen, Kimberly. The Oregon Encyclopedia. September 17, 2016.
4. http://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/97071090/1915-02-08/ed-1/seq-6/#index=4&rows=20&words=Clarke+Kathryn&sequence=0&proxtext=Kathryn+Clarke&y=0&x=0&dateFilterType=range&page=1 Miss Clark in Maiden Debate
5. http://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn99063957/1915-01-21/ed-1/seq-1/#index=16&rows=20&words=Clarke+Kathryn&sequence=0&proxtext=Kathryn+Clarke&y=0&x=0&dateFilterType=range&page=1 Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919, January 21, 1915, Image 1
6. http://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn83045782/1916-01-09/ed-1/seq-30/#sort=relevance&index=0&rows=20&words=Clarke+Kathryn&sequence=0&proxtext=Kathryn+Clarke&y=0&x=0&dateFilterType=range&page=2 The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, January 09, 1916, SECTION TWO, Image 30