List of Governors of Oregon - Other High Offices Held

Other High Offices Held

This is a table of congressional seats, other federal offices, and other governorships held by governors. All representatives and senators mentioned represented Oregon except where noted.

* Denotes those offices that the governor resigned to take.
Name Gubernatorial term U.S. Congress Other offices held Source
House Senate
Joseph Lane 1848–1850
1853–1853		 S Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from Oregon Territory
John P. Gaines 1850–1853 U.S. Representative from Kentucky
John W. Davis 1853–1854 U.S. Representative from Indiana; United States Commissioner to China
John Whiteaker 1859–1862 H
George L. Woods 1911–1915 Governor of Utah Territory
La Fayette Grover 1866–1877 H S*
William Paine Lord 1895–1899 United States Minister to Argentina
George Chamberlain 1903–1909 S*
Walter M. Pierce 1923–1927 H
Charles H. Martin 1935–1939 H
Douglas McKay 1949–1952 United States Secretary of the Interior*
Mark Hatfield 1959–1967 S
Neil Goldschmidt 1987–1991 United States Secretary of Transportation

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