Robert William Sawyer (May 12, 1880 – October 13, 1959) was an American politician who was a prominent figure and a respected conservationist in Oregon.
He was born in Bangor, Maine on May 12, 1880. He studied law at Harvard. In 1912 he moved to Bend, Oregon where he started working at the Bend Co. sawmill. Here he met George P. Putnam, the publisher of the Bend Bulletin. From this friendship, he soon became a news writer for the Bend Bulletin.
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