Lowell Stockman (April 12, 1901 – August 9, 1962) was a representative from Oregon to the

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from 1943 to 1953.

Early life

Stockman was born on a farm near Helix, Oregon. He attended public schools at Pendleton, Oregon, and graduated from

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at Corvallis in 1922. He engaged in wheat farming in Eastern Oregon's Umatilla County beginning in 1922.Corning, Howard M. ''Dictionary of Oregon History''. Binfords & Mort Publishing, 1956.

Politics

While in Eastern Oregon, Stockman became a member of the Pendleton School Board and the

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. Stockman was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-eighth and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1943 - January 3, 1953), but was not a candidate for renomination in 1952. He resumed farming until 1959, while a member of the Theodore Roosevelt Centennial Commission between 1956 and 1959. He became the vice president of Oregon Fiber Products, Inc. and the treasurer of Pilot Rock Lumber Company. He moved to

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in 1959 and operated a trailer court until his death August 9, 1962. He was buried on University of Washington property near Pack Forest, Washington.

Family

Lowell's parents were W.J. Stockman and the former Miss Etta Edmiston. He was married in 1924 to Dorcas Conklin and the couple had two daughters and one son.

References

1901 births 1962 deaths Oregon State University alumni School board members in Oregon People from Umatilla County, Oregon People from Bellevue, Washington Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Oregon 20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives {{Oregon-politician-stub