Tom Marsh
Tom Marsh is a retired high school history teacher (thirty-three years), past President of the Beaverton Education Association, and twice-elected Oregon state representative (1975-1979), representing east Washington County. Author of a forthcoming (spring 2012) history of government and politics in Oregon (To the Promised Land), published by Oregon State University Press, Marsh has drawn upon both his personal experiences in state government as well as his individual research/writing as a teacher preparing material for his history and government classes. A graduate of the University of Oregon, Marsh resides in Salem.
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Sylvester Pennoyer (1831-1902)
Sylvester Pennoyer was a Democratic governor (1887-1895) and mayor of Portland (1896-1898) in a time when Oregon was an overwhelmingly Republican state. A charismatic speaker and champion of the underdog, particularly Oregon's farmers and its expanding class of white workingmen, he was a hero to thousands of disgruntled citizens during …
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