A. Walter Norblad

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Representative, United States Congress (1st District, Oregon)
Walter Norblad (Jr.)
1956 Statesman Journal Photo of Walter Norblad, courtesy Salem (Oregon) Public Library.
In office
January 18, 1946 – September 20, 1964
Preceded by	James W. Mott (R)
Succeeded by	Wendell Wyatt (R)
Born	September 12, 1908 Escanaba, Michigan, USA
Died	September 20, 1964 Stayton, Oregon
Residence	Stayton, Oregon Astoria, Oregon
Oregon State Representative District 1, Astoria
In office
1935 – 1937
Preceded by	Edwin C. Judd (R)
Succeeded by	Clarence Ash (R)
Political party	Republican
Occupation	Attorney

Albin Walter Norblad, Jr., (September 12, 1908 - September 20, 1964 ^[1] ) was an attorney and Republican politician who represented the U.S. state of Oregon's First District from January 18, 1946 until his death. ^[2] He was the son of A. W. Norblad, Sr., one-time Governor of Oregon.

Norblad was born in Escanaba, Michigan, but before he was a year old, his family relocated Astoria, Oregon where he attended public schools, before completing his secondary studies at the New Mexico Military Academy at Roswell, New Mexico. A graduate of University of Oregon, Norblad undertook graduate study at Harvard Law School, and was admitted to the bar in 1932, returning to his hometown of Astoria to practice at his father's firm of Norblad & Norblad. ^[3] He served in the Oregon Legislative Assembly as a representative for one term (1935-1937), was a member of the board of trustees of Linfield College, and a delegate to the 1940 Republican National Convention. During World War II, he joined the U.S. Air Force, serving as a combat intelligence officer from 1942 to 1945. Upon return from the war, he settled in Stayton, Oregon, and was elected to fill the vacancy in Congress caused by the death James W. Mott. He was reelected to nine successive terms in the House of Representatives. He is buried in Lone Oak Cemetery in Stayton. ^[2]

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^ Congressional Biographical Directory, 88th Congress (H.Doc 108-122) (PDF). Congressional Record 429. U.S. Government Printing Office (1965). Retrieved on 2006-12-13.
^ ^a ^b Norblad, Albin Walter, Jr., (1908 - 1964) (HTML). Biographical Directory of Congress (1774 - Present). United States Congress (Official website) (2006). Retrieved on 2006-12-13.
^ Smith, William Carlson (2006). Swedes of Oregon, The. American Swedish Historical Museum Year Book 1946. Reprinted, Bertin Sundvall's Homepage, Portland, Oregon: Bertin Sundvall. Retrieved on 2006-12-13.