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Oral History Interview with Howard Morgan [Sound Recording 16]
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- 1992-10-07 (Creation)
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Audiocassette; 00:30:55
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Howard Morgan was born in Tillamook, Oregon, in 1914. After his parents divorced when he was in the first grade, Morgan lived with his father in Portland, Oregon. He attended the University of Oregon and transferred to Reed College, where he earned a bachelor's degree in economics in 1940. He also studied at the University of California at Berkeley. In 1940, he and Rosina Corbett were married; they later had four children. During World War II, he worked for the Office of Defense Transportation and the Naval Air Transport Service. After his discharge in 1945, Morgan and his family settled in Portland. He represented Clackamas and Multnomah counties in the Oregon House of Representatives in 1949, was chair of the Democratic Party of Oregon in 1955, and was Oregon Public Utility Commissioner from 1957 to 1959. He was also a member of the Federal Power Commission in 1961. After an unsuccessful run for the Oregon Senate in 1966, Morgan retired. He and Rosina Morgan lived in Spain before returning to the Pacific Northwest. Howard Morgan died in 2012.
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Tape 8, Side 2. This oral history interview with Howard Morgan was conducted by Clark Hansen from August 25 to October 7, 1992. The interview was conducted in three sessions. Rosina Morgan was also present and contributed to the interview during the first session. In the third and final session, conducted at the Oregon Historical Society on October 7, 1992, Morgan continues speaking about the various political campaigns he was involved in and the legislative careers of Democrats who were elected during his time as chair. He also talks about his admiration for Adlai Stevenson and working for Stevenson’s 1956 presidential campaign, as well as his experience at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois. He goes on to talks about Oregon Democratic politics and politicians after he left the position of party chair. He then talks about his accomplishments during his service as Public Utility Commissioner from 1957 to 1959, and describes his dealings with some private utility companies, particularly Pacific Power & Light and the Portland Traction Company. He describes his accomplishments as a member of the Federal Power Commission from 1961 to 1963, and talks about his experience living in Washington, D.C. He talks about his reasons for running for the Oregon Senate in 1966 as an anti-Vietnam War candidate. He closes the interview by discussing his retirement activities.
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Copyright for this interview is held by the Oregon Historical Society. Use is allowed according to the following statement: Creative Commons - BY-NC-SA: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
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- Oregon--Politics and government--20th century
- Legislation--Oregon
- Legislators--Oregon
- Political campaigns--Oregon
- Public utilities--Law and legislation--Oregon
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
- Democratic Party (Or.)
- Oregon. Legislative Assembly
- United States. Naval Air Transport Service
- United States. Office of Defense Transportation
- Morgan, Rosina, 1914-
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- Hansen, Clark (Contributor)