Earl Blumenauer

A Representative from Oregon. Born in Portland, Multnomah County, Oreg. , August 16, 1948. Graduated from Centennial High School, Portland, Oreg. , 1966. B. A. , Lewis and Clark College, Portland, Oreg. , 1970. J. D. , Lewis and Clark Law School, Portland, Oreg. , 1976. Assistant to the president of Portland State University, Portland, Oreg. , 1970-1977. Member of the Oregon state house of representatives, 1973-1978. Member of the board of directors, Portland Community College, 1975-1981. Multnomah County, Oreg. , commissioner, 1978-1985. Portland, Oreg. , city commissioner, 1986-1996. Served on the Governor&rsquo. S commission on higher education, 1990-1991. Elected as a Democrat, by special election, to the One Hundred Fourth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of United States Representative Ronald Lee Wyden, and reelected to the fourteen succeeding Congresses (May 21, 1996-January 3, 2025). Was not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress.