Walter Lafferty
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| Walter Lafferty | |
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| In office March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913 |
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| Preceded by | William R. Ellis |
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| Succeeded by | Nicholas J. Sinnott |
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| In office March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915 |
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| Preceded by | new position |
| Succeeded by | Clifton N. McArthur |
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| Born | June 10, 1875 Farber, Missouri |
| Died | January 15, 1964 Portland, Oregon |
| Political party | Republican |
| Occupation | attorney |
Abraham Walter Lafferty (June 10, 1875 - January 15, 1964) was a U.S. Representative from the state of Oregon.
Born near Farber, Missouri, Lafferty attended public schools and went on to study law at the University of Missouri in 1895 and 1896. He was admitted to the bar the latter year and commenced practice in Montgomery City, Missouri.
Lafferty served as prosecuting attorney of Montgomery County, Missouri from 1902 to 1904. He was appointed special agent of the United States General Land Office and moved to Portland, Oregon on March 1, 1905. He resigned October 1, 1906, and engaged in the practice of law in Portland.
Lafferty was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-second and Sixty-third Congresses (March 4, 1911-March 3, 1915). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Sixty-fourth Congress. He resumed the practice of law in Portland until World War I, when he served as a major at a San Francisco training camp.
In 1919, Lafferty moved to New York City and continued to practice law there until 1933, when he moved to Riverdale, Maryland. He returned to Portland and was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the United States House of Representatives as an Independent in 1950 and as a Republican in 1952, 1954, and 1956. He was a resident of Portland until his death January 15, 1964 and was interred in Fairmount Cemetery, Middletown, Missouri.
