1. Mathew Harris Ellsworth was an American newspaperman and politician who served six terms as a Republican US congressman from Oregon from 1943 to 1957.
10 Facts About Harris Ellsworth
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Harris Ellsworth subsequently served as chairman of the United States Civil Service Commission.
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Harris Ellsworth worked in the newspaper and lumber industries in the 1920s, and was an associate professor of journalism at the University of Oregon in 1928 and 1929.
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Harris Ellsworth helped to bring a Veteran's Administration hospital to Roseburg, which provided construction jobs to the area hard-hit by the Great Depression.
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In 1941, Harris Ellsworth was appointed to the Oregon State Senate.
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In 1942, Harris Ellsworth was elected to the United States House of Representatives, representing Oregon's 4th congressional district, which had just been established after the 1940 census.
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Harris Ellsworth served seven terms, and sat on the House Appropriations Committee and House Rules Committee.
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Harris Ellsworth left politics and resumed his newspaper business and became a real estate broker.
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Harris Ellsworth retired to Albuquerque, New Mexico in the 1970s.
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Harris Ellsworth was interred at Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Albuquerque.