[5] In response to this practice, Oregon Ballot Measure 113 was passed in 2022 to disqualify members with ten unexcused absences from serving in the legislature following their current term.

Women became eligible to run for the Oregon state legislature in 1914 and later that year Clarke was appointed to fill a vacant seat in Douglas county by her cousin, governor Oswald West.

[8] She took office five years before Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution protected the right of all American women to vote.

The 82nd Oregon Legislative Assembly, which holds its regular session from 2023 to 2025, has the following leadership: Senate President: Rob Wagner (D-19 Lake Oswego) President Pro Tempore: James Manning Jr. (D–7 Eugene) Majority Leader: Kathleen Taylor (D-21 Portland) Minority Leader: Daniel Bonham (R-26 The Dalles) Senators are each assigned to one or more committees.

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