Julia Butler Hansen

A Representative from Washington. Born Julia Carrie Butler, June 14, 1907, in Portland, Multnomah County, Oreg. Attended the public schools of Washington and Oregon State College, 1924-1926. Graduated from the University of Washington at Seattle in 1930. Member of Cathlamet, Wash. , city council 1938-1946. Chairman of Western Interstate Committee on Highway Policies 1951-1961. Manager of a title and casualty insurance business 1958-1961. Member of the State house of representatives from January 1939 until November 1960, serving as speaker pro tempore 1955-1960. Member of board of trustees of the Century 21 Exposition, 1958-1962. Elected simultaneously as a Democrat to the Eighty-sixth and to the Eighty-seventh Congress by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative Russell V. Mack and reelected to the six succeeding Congresses. Served until her resignation on December 31, 1974 (November 8, 1960-December 31, 1974). Was not a candidate for renomination to the Ninety-fourth Congress in 1974. Appointed in 1975 to a six-year term on the Washington State Toll Bridge Authority and State Highway Commission. Chairman, Washington State Transportation commission, 1979-1981. Died on May 3, 1988, in Cathlamet, Wash. Interment at Greenwood Cemetery, Cathlamet, Wash.