Machine generated contents note: 1."Who's For A Divide?" The Oregon Country, 1834-49 The Death of Ewing Young Decision at Champoeg No Taxes, No Liquor, No Negroes 1844: New Blood A Government Gone Broke Oregon's First Newspaper The Whitman Massacre and the Cayuse War Men Go South, Gold Comes North 2. From Territory To State, 1848-59 Meet Joe Lane Two Houses Instead of One Samuel Thurston and the Donation Land Act Counting Noses Daily Life in Territorial Oregon Congress Pays the Bill Go Home, John! Where Should Our Capital Be? Rival Legislatures Asahel Bush and the Oregon Style The Salem Clique Temperance and the Challenge of the Know-Nothings The Democratic Landslide Hurrah for Stephen Douglas! Slavery as a Political Issue in Oregon and the Nation Republicans Appear Democrats Dividing Free State or Slave State? Oregon's Constitutional Convention of 1857 Democrats: A Two-Headed Party Note continued: Were Oregonians Ready for Statehood? 3. Early Statehood And The Civil War Era 1860: A Year of Decision Civil War Oregon's Union Party Takes Charge Lincoln: Reelection and Assassination Arguing Over Reconstruction Oregon's Union Party Unravels Dumping James Nesmith The Return of the Democrats Growing Woman of the Century 4. John Mitchell And Other Tales Of Corruption, 1868-73 Ben Holladay, Wheeler-Dealer Land Scams The Railroads Something Is Rotten in Oregon The Lowdown on John Hipple Mitchell No Love Lost Getting "Guts" Gibbs The Era of Democratic Domination Ends 5. Money, Corruption, And The Reformers, 1882-1902 The Big Three: Power in One Place Weeding Out Political Corruption The Legislature of 1885 Governor Grover and the Chinese Issue Sylvester Pennoyer Rockets into Power Regulation and Abuses Harrison Yes, Cleveland No Reformers in Oregon Note continued: Populism Takes Root in Oregon The Campaign of 1894 Mountains of Money The Hold-Up Legislature of 1897 Joe Gets His Wish A Winning Strategy The Vote for Women? The Oregon System Is Born George Chamberlain Steps Up 6. George Chamberlain And The Os West Express, 1903-13 More Disappointment What's in It for Me? Oregon's Infamous Land Fraud Trials Reform Continues with the 1905 Legislature Enter Dr. Harry Lane Chamberlain Gets Another Four Years Testing the Direct Primary Law The Campaign and Election of 1908 The Contest for Governor Governor Oswald West West and Bowerman Lock Horns The Woman Suffrage Victory of 1912 The 1913 Legislature: A Shining Star and a Punch Progressive Reforms Os West Saves Oregon's Beaches America 1912-13 7. Oregon During World War One, 1914-20 Governor James Withycombe Oregon's First Women Legislators The Election of 1916 An Issue of Race Note continued: The 1917 Legislature Senator Harry Lane Votes Against War Oregon, the Great War, and Unbridled Patriotism Intolerance Runs Amok Oregon's 30th Legislature Violence By and Against Labor A Special Session The 1920 Senate Race 8. The Election Of 1922, The Ku Klux Klan, And Governor Walter Pierce, 1921-27 The Klan in Oregon The Klan and the Governor's Race of 1922 Walter Pierce Is Inaugurated The "Yellow Peril" Walter Pierce Hammers Away at Tax Reform Pierce and the 1925 Legislature The 1926 Senate Race Isaac Patterson 9. Two Deaths: 1927-33 Many New Faces A Special Election Mr. Smith, Mr. Hoover, and the Election of 1928 Wall Street Trembles The Legislature of 1929 Republican Scramble A Crusading George Joseph A "Rich Boy" for Governor? Other Results in 1930 Oregon Slips into the Great Depression Oregon's First Depression-Era Legislature Note continued: Politics Undergoes Fundamental Change Oregon Is Dead Broke 10. Fdr, Old Iron Pants, And The Politics Of Upheaval, 1933-38 FDR and the New Deal The Ugly Reality of Deepening Depression Election of 1934; General Martin Runs for Governor Portland's 1934 Dock Strike Oregon's Second Depression Legislature Labor Strife Resumes The Election of 1936 Man Is a Fighting Animal Charles Martin Out, Charles Sprague In Republican Resurgence A New Capitol Building 11. How The War Changed Oregon, 1939-48 Governor Charles Sprague The 1939 Legislature The World Lurches Toward War 1940 Election Pearl Harbor! Frustrated Democrats Charles Sprague's Defeat The 1942 General Election The War's Impact on Oregon's Economy Lawmaking in Wartime: The Legislature of 1943 Oregon's Isolationists Senator McNary's Death Republican Shuffle Governor Earl Snell The Legislature of 1945 Note continued: The Nation's Leading Lumber State Oregon Elections of 1946 The 1947 Legislature: Milestones Galore Death on a Mountaintop The Primary Election of 1948 12. Oregon At Mid-Century, 1948-55 The Election of 1948 Oregon at Mid-Century The Election of 1950 A Fistful of Stars Richard and Maurine Neuberger Oregon and the Nation in 1952 Mr. McKay Goes to Washington The 1953 Legislature Wayne Morse Talks On, and On, and On 1954: A Year to Remember Colliding Titans Edith and Tom Growing Pains Rising Racial Tensions 13. Raging Bulls, 1956-59 A Silent Death Phone Calls in the Night The Campaign of 1956 Senate Showdown Other 1956 Election Results Trouble Ahead Governor Robert Holmes and the Legislature of 1957 What to Do with $70 Million? The Campaign of 1958 Wayne's Big Blunder The Legislature of 1959: Oregon's 50th 14. When Tom Blew The Whistle, 1960-62 An Untimely Death Note continued: John Fitzgerald Kennedy The Contest for the Senate Nomination in 1960 Nixon, Neuberger, and Appling The 1961 Legislature Morse Ascending and the Election of 1962 Tom McCall Makes a Big Splash Organized Confusion New House and Senate Districts Dallas, November 22, 1963 An Election to Remember The 1965 Legislature Maurine Neuberger Leaves the Senate Tom Makes His Move A Republican Juggernaut The Governor's Race Mr. Dellenbeck Goes to Washington 15. The Tom Mccall Years, 1965-75 Goodbye Mark, Hello Tom McCall Swings into Action Tax Relief and the 1967 Legislature Celebrity Wayne Morse Wants a Fifth Term The Special Session of 1967 1968: Primary Politics in Oregon Murder in the Kitchen Tom and Monte The 1968 General Election Trouble in Paradise A Progressive Legislature Too Many Eggs in One Basket Citizen Chambers McCall Takes on the Establishment Vortex Note continued: The Election of 1970 The Legislature of 1971 The 1972 Oregon Primary The 1972 General Election Changing of the Guard Tom McCall Pushes Tax Reform Dueling Democrats A Landmark: Senate Bill 100 More Precedents Catching Up with History Campaign and Elections of 1974 16. Bob Straub Living In Tom's Long Shadow, 1975-78 A Democratic Legislature A Full Plate Other Accomplishments of the 1975 Legislature The Election of 1976 Turmoil in Salem: The 1977 Legislature Issues Facing the 1977 Legislature The May Rebellion The Author's Interpretation No Safety Net Staggering to the Finish A Record of Solid Accomplishment Straub Behind the Scenes Economic Woes Politics in 1978 Another Democratic Legislature The End of an Era 17. Governor Victor Atiyeh: Saving A Sinking Ship, 1979-86 The Legislature of 1979 A Decade of Change The Election of 1980 Note continued: Bob Packwood Goes for Another Term The November General Election Meanwhile, Back in Oregon Governor Victor Atiyeh The Specter of a Taxpayer Revolt The 1981 Legislature Three Special Sessions: Back to Salem The Election of 1982 The 1983 Legislature The Death of Tom McCall Strapping on the Boots Never Had a Prayer 1984: Time to Elect a President Kitz and Katz and the Legislature of 1985 The Campaign of 1986 Neil or Norma? The Governor's Race Money, Money, Money Victor Atiyeh's Legacy 18. Neil And Barbara, Vera And John, 1987-94 Back on Track Oregon's 66th Legislature What the Legislature Did One Cost of Rapid Population Growth Election Year 1988 Kitz and Katz and the Legislature of 1989 Goldschmidt Drops a Political Bomb Oregon Changes Direction: The Election of 1990 Ballot Measure 5 Kopetski vs. Smith Governor Barbara Roberts, 1991-95 Note continued: The Challenge Posed by Measure 5 Big Budget Sales Tax? The Election of 1992 The Packwood-AuCoin Senate Contest Elizabeth Furse Goes to Washington President Clinton The Ballot Measures How Measure 9 Changed Oregon 207 Days Packwood in Trouble Barbara Bows Out Mike and Bob Come Home A Republican Stampede Barbara Roberts: Too Tall a Mountain? 19. Choosing Senators, 1995-96 A Republican Legislature The Folly of the Rule of Eighteen An Interesting Mix "The most difficult vote I ever cast" More Blood-letting Knocking the Train off the Tracks What Did the 1995 Legislature Accomplish? Kitzhaber Calls a Special Session The Packwood Scandal The Campaign to Replace Bob Packwood Ron Wyden in a Photo-finish A One-Day Special Session Oregon Holds Its Presidential Preference Primary More Elections The Battle for Mark Hatfield's Senate Seat Other Key Political Contests Note continued: Wester Shadric Cooley The 1996 General Election The Smith-Bruggere Senate Race A Democratic Sweep Stirring the Political Pot: Oregon's 23 Ballot Measures Money and PACs 20. John Kitzhaber And The Republicans, 1997-99 Lynn Lundquist and Brady Adams Bill Sizemore in the Spotlight "Blood will splatter" Confrontation at the Capitol Governor Kitzhaber and the Republican Leadership Feuding Republicans Breaking the Logjam Doctor-Assisted Suicide The 1997 Legislature The High Cost of Growth "Dr. No" Doctor-Assisted Suicide: Round 2 The 1998 May Primary PACs, Lobbyists, and Oregon Politics The Rise and Influence of the Christian Coalition Wanted, Dead or Alive: Moderate Republicans Turn Off the Spigot! Yawn, Yawn, Yawn Kitzhaber's Landslide and Ron Wyden, Again Congressional Races Which Party Will Control the Next Legislature? The Ballot Measures Lynn Out, Lynn In Note continued: for Schools Locking Horns: Kitzhaber and the Republicans Snodgrass Backpedals What the 70th Legislature Accomplished Dr. No: Round 3 Keisling Resigns No Friend of Assisted Suicide Looking Forward to a New Century and Millennium 21. Into The Future, 2000-11 January 1, 2000: The Dawn of a New Millennium Exhausted Voters Focus on Legislative Elections Poverty in Oregon The Fall Campaign of 2000 Who's In, Who's Out The Contest for President Eight of 10 Oregonians Voted Trying to Get Along: The Legislature of 2001 Gene Derfler Mark Simmons John Kitzhaber The Issues A Smooth Start and Rebellion The May Economic Forecast The Challenge of Redrawing the Political Map of Oregon The Big Walkout Salem 2001: Grinding to a Halt John Kitzhaber, Politician A Troubled 2002 Five Special Legislatures The Election of 2002 Money, Mountains of Money Another Democratic Governor Note continued: The Legislature of 2003 The 2004 Elections The Campaign of 2006 And They Kept Coming The Election of 2008 Money Woes, Again Oregon's Contest for Governor, 2010 Where Is Oregon Headed?

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