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Charles Linza McNary (June 12, 1874February 25, 1944) was a United States Republican politician from Oregon. He served in the Senate from 1917 to 1944, and was Senate Minority Leader from 1933 to 1944. In the Senate, McNary helped to pass legislation that led to the construction of Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River, and worked on agricultural and forestry issues. He also supported many of the New Deal programs at the beginning of the Great Depression. Until Mark O. Hatfield surpassed his mark in 1993, he was Oregon's longest serving senator. McNary was the Republican vice presidential candidate in 1940, on the ticket with presidential candidate Wendell Willkie. They lost to the Democratic ticket, composed of Franklin D. Roosevelt, who was running for his third term as president, paired with Henry A. Wallace in a landslide. McNary was a justice of the Oregon Supreme Court from 1913 to 1915 and was dean of Willamette University College of Law, in his hometown of Salem, from 1908 to 1913. Before that, he was a deputy district attorney under his brother John Hugh McNary, who later became a federal judge for the District of Oregon. McNary died in office after unsuccessful surgery on a brain tumor. Oregon held a state funeral for him, during which his body lay in state at the Oregon State Capitol in Salem. McNary Dam, McNary Field, and McNary High School in Oregon are named in his honor. ==Early life== McNary was born on his maternal grandfather's family farm north of Salem on June 12, 1874.〔〔 He was the ninth of ten children, and the third son, born to Hugh Linza McNary and Mary Margaret McNary (''née'' Claggett).〔Steve Neal, ''McNary of Oregon: A Political Biography.'' Portland, OR: Western Imprints, 1985; pp. 1–2. OCLC 12214557.〕 When the two married in 1860, Hugh McNary's father-in-law gave him a farm in what is now the city of Keizer.〔 Charles McNary's paternal grandfather, James McNary, immigrated to the Oregon Country from Kentucky in 1845, while his maternal grandfather and namesake, Charles Claggett, immigrated from Missouri in 1852.〔 McNary's father helped on the family farm, then taught school for a few years before returning to farming near Salem. When McNary's mother died in 1878, his father moved the family to Salem where he bought a general merchandise store after being unable to run the family farm because of declining health.〔 Charles, known as Tot, began his education at a one-room school in Keizer and later attended Central School in Salem, living on North Commercial Street.〔 Hugh McNary died in 1883, making Charlie an orphan at the age of nine.〔 Nina McNary became the head of the household, while other siblings took jobs in order to provide for the family.〔Neal, ''McNary of Oregon,'' pp. 3–6.〕 As a boy, Charles worked as a paperboy, in an orchard, and at other farming tasks.〔 He met Herbert Hoover, a future U.S. president, who moved to Salem in 1888.〔 He later worked in the county recorder's office for his brother John Hugh McNary, who had been elected as county recorder in 1890, and for a short time attended the Capital Business College.〔 After leaving that school, he enrolled in college preparatory classes at Willamette University, with an eye towards attending Stanford University or the University of California.〔 During this time he met Jessie Breyman, whom he began dating, at a social club he helped start.〔 Another member of the club was Oswald West, a future governor of Oregon.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Charles L. McNary」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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