US GOVERNMENT OFFICE

14-Jul-1845	3-Mar-1849	George Abernethy	(Chairman, b. 1807, d. 1877, Whig)
3-Mar-1849	18-Jun-1850	Joseph Lane	(1st time, b. 1801, d. 1881, Democrat)
18-Jun-1850	18-Aug-1850	Kintzing Prichette	(acting, b. 1800, d., Democrat)
18-Aug-1850	16-May-1853	John Pollard Gaines	(b. 1795, d. 1857, Whig)
16-May-1853	19-May-1853	Joseph Lane	(2nd time, Democrat)
19-May-1853	2-Dec-1853	George Law Curry	(1st time, b. 1820, d. 1878, Democrat)
2-Dec-1853	1-Aug-1854	John Wesley Davis	(b. 1799, d. 1859, Democrat)
1-Aug-1854	3-Mar-1859	George Law Curry	(2nd time, Democrat)
3-Mar-1859	10-Sep-1862	John Whiteaker	(b. 1820, d. 1902, Democrat)
10-Sep-1862	12-Sep-1866	Addison Crandall Gibbs	(b. 1825, d. 1886, Republican)
12-Sep-1866	14-Sep-1870	George Lemuel Woods	(b. 1832, d. 1890, Republican)
14-Sep-1870	1-Feb-1877	LaFayette Grover	(b. 1823, d. 1911, Democrat)
1-Feb-1877	11-Sep-1878	Stephen Fowler Chadwick	(b. 1825, d. 1895, Democrat)
11-Sep-1878	13-Sep-1882	William Wallace Thayer	(b. 1827, d. 1899, Democrat)
13-Sep-1882	12-Jan-1887	Zenas Ferry Moody	(b. 1832, d. 1917, Republican)
12-Jan-1887	14-Jan-1895	Sylvester Pennoyer	(b. 1831, d. 1902, Democrat)
14-Jan-1895	9-Jan-1899	William Paine Lord	(b. 1839, d. 1911, Republican)
9-Jan-1899	14-Jan-1903	Theodore Thurston Geer	(b. 1851, d. 1924, Republican)
15-Jan-1903	28-Feb-1909	George Earle Chamberlain	(b. 1854, d. 1928, Democrat)
1-Mar-1909	17-Jun-1910	Frank Williamson Benson	(acting, b. 1858, d. 1911, Republican)
17-Jun-1910	8-Jan-1911	Jay Bowerman	(acting, b. 1876, d. 1957, Republican)
11-Jan-1911	12-Jan-1915	Oswald West	(b. 1873, d. 1960, Democrat)
12-Jan-1915	3-Mar-1919	James Withycombe	(b. 1854, d. 1919, Republican)
3-Mar-1919	8-Jan-1923	Ben W. Olcott	(acting, b. 1872, d. 1952, Republican)
8-Jan-1923	10-Jan-1927	Walter M. Pierce	(b. 1861, d. 1954, Democrat)
10-Jan-1927	21-Dec-1929	I. L. Patterson	(b. 1859, d. 1929, Republican)
22-Dec-1929	12-Jan-1931	A. W. Norblad	(acting, b. 1881, d. 1960, Republican)
12-Jan-1931	14-Jan-1935	Julius L. Meier	(b. 1874, d. 1937, Independent)
14-Jan-1935	9-Jan-1939	Charles H. Martin	(b. 1863, d. 1946, Democrat)
9-Jan-1939	11-Jan-1943	Charles A. Sprague	(b. 1887, d. 1969, Republican)
11-Jan-1943	28-Oct-1947	Earl Snell	(b. 1895, d. 1947, Republican)
30-Oct-1947	10-Jan-1949	John H. Hall	(acting, b. 1899, d. 1970, Republican)
10-Jan-1949	27-Dec-1952	Douglas McKay	(b. 1893, d. 1959, Republican)
27-Dec-1952	31-Jan-1956	Paul L. Patterson	(b. 1900, d. 1956, Republican)
1-Feb-1956	14-Jan-1957	Elmo Smith	(acting, b. 1909, d. 1968, Republican)
14-Jan-1957	12-Jan-1959	Robert D. Holmes	(b. 1909, d. 1976, Democrat)
12-Jan-1959	9-Jan-1967	Mark Hatfield	(b. 1922, Republican)
9-Jan-1967	13-Jan-1975	Tom McCall	(b. 1913, d. 1983, Republican)
13-Jan-1975	8-Jan-1979	Robert W. Straub	(b. 1920, d. 2002, Democrat)
8-Jan-1979	12-Jan-1987	Victor G. Atiyeh	(b. 1923, Republican)
12-Jan-1987	14-Jan-1991	Neil Goldschmidt	(b. 1940, Democrat)
14-Jan-1991	9-Jan-1995	Barbara Roberts	(b. 1936, Democrat)
9-Jan-1995	13-Jan-2003	John Kitzhaber	(1st time, b. 1947, Democrat)
13-Jan-2003	10-Jan-2011	Ted Kulongoski	(b. 1940, Democrat)
10-Jan-2011	18-Feb-2015	John Kitzhaber	(2nd time, b. 1947, Democrat)
18-Feb-2015	--	Kate Brown	(b. 1960, Democrat)

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