Robert S. Farrell, Jr.

Robert S. Farrell, Jr.
Secretary of State of Oregon
In office
January 4, 1943  October 28, 1947
Preceded by Earl Snell
Succeeded by Earl T. Newbry
40th Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives
In office
1941–1942
Preceded by E. R. Fatland
Succeeded by William M. McAllister
Constituency Multnomah County
Personal details
Died October 28, 1947
Lake County, Oregon
Political party Republican

Robert S. Farrell, Jr. (1906 – October 28, 1947) was an American Republican politician in the state of Oregon.

Political career

He lived in Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon and served as a Delegate to the Republican National Convention from Oregon in both 1940 and 1944.[1] Farrell was elected as the Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives in 1941.[2] He served as Oregon Secretary of State from 1943 until his death in 1947.

Death

He died in office while flying to southern Oregon on a hunting trip, with Oregon Governor Earl Snell and State Senate President Marshall E. Cornett. All three were killed when the small plane crashed in stormy weather near Dog Lake, Lake County, Oregon on October 28, 1947. His interment was at River View Cemetery in Portland, Oregon.[1]

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