1. Grattan Kerans was an American politician from Oregon, who served in the Oregon House of Representatives from 1974 through 1984, and in the Oregon State Senate from 1986 to 1993.
15 Facts About Grattan Kerans
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Grattan Kerans held the position of Speaker of the House during the 1983 legislative session.
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Grattan Kerans was born January 2,1941, in Washington, DC, the son of Edwin Grattan Kerans and the former Anne Kelley.
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Grattan Kerans's father was a dentist for the Veterans Administration and his mother a lawyer.
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Grattan Kerans worked as a shoe salesman, a warehouse employee, and a taxi driver during his younger years.
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In 1969 Grattan Kerans moved to the American West, relocating to attend the University of Oregon to study political science.
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Grattan Kerans became the editor of the campus daily newspaper of the University of Oregon, the Oregon Daily Emerald, serving in that position from 1970 to 1971.
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In November 1974, Grattan Kerans won election to the Oregon House of Representatives from Lane County, a position he continued to hold through five terms of office.
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In 1983, Grattan Kerans was elected by his peers as the Speaker of the House for the biennial legislative session held in that year.
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Grattan Kerans gave up his seat in the House in 1984 to run for Oregon State Treasurer.
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At the Oregon Democratic State Convention in 1988 Grattan Kerans was one of ten Oregon Democrats elected as Dukakis delegates to the 1988 Democratic National Convention in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Grattan Kerans returned to the Oregon Legislative Assembly after election to the Oregon State Senate from Lane County in 1986.
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Grattan Kerans was concerned about Reiten's membership in the all-male Arlington Club, even though Reiten himself was open to the club allowing women to join.
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Grattan Kerans won re-election to a second term in the Oregon Senate in November 1990, but resigned in 1993, prior to completion of his four-year term, to take a job lobbying for the State System of Higher Education.
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Grattan Kerans had failed to win election as Senate President during the 1993 session.