Robert B. Duncan

A Representative from Oregon. Born in Normal, McLean County, Ill. , December 4, 1920. Was raised in Bloomington, Ill. , and attended public schools there. Attended University of Alaska, College, Alaska, 1939-1940. B. A. , Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, Ill. , 1942. Took University of California correspondence courses in 1940. LL. B. , University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor, Mich. , 1948. United States Merchant Marine. United States Naval Air Force, 1942-1945. United States Naval Reserve. Worked in the placer gold fields of Alaska, with a seed corn company in Illinois, and with a bank in Chicago. Was admitted to the bar in October 1948. Lawyer, private practice. Nominated in 1954 as a write-in candidate for the Oregon state legislature, but declined for business reasons. Elected to the Oregon state house of representatives,1956-1962. Elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-eighth and to the Eighty-ninth Congresses (January 3, 1963-January 3, 1967). Was not a candidate for reelection to the Ninetieth Congress in 1966. Unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate in 1968 and 1972. Resumed the practice of law. Elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-fourth, Ninety-fifth, and Ninety-sixth Congresses (January 3, 1975-January 3, 1981). Unsuccessful candidate for renomination to the Ninety-seventh Congress in 1980. Northwest Power Planning Council, 1984-1988, and served as chairman in 1987. Died on April 29, 2011.