Politics
Sawyer was involved in the split of Deschutes County from Crook County in 1917.
- 1920 – 1927, Deschutes County judge
- 1927 – 1930, member of the Oregon State Highway Commission.
- 1931 – 1937, President of the Oregon Reclamation Congress
- 1935, elected Oregon Director of the National Reclamation Association
- 1935 – 1939, advisory board for reconstruction of the Oregon State Capitol
- 1939 –, chairman of the Capitol Planning Commission.
- 1945 – 1948 Oregon Director of the National Rifle Association (NRA)
- 1946 – 1947 President of the NRA
- 1945 – 1951, vice-chairman of the Oregon Statuary Hall commission.
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