William McCoy (Oregon politician)

William McCoy (June 11, 1921 – April 1996), was an American politician from Oregon.

[2] He joined the U.S. Navy in 1942 and served three years during World War II.

[2] One of McCoy's first actions after being elected to the Oregon legislature was to introduce House Resolution 13, ratifying the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which Oregon had never formally ratified after rescinding a previous ratification.

[3] McCoy Park in Portland is named for Bill McCoy and his wife Gladys, who became the first black member of the Portland school board in 1970, and the first black Multnomah County commissioner in 1979.

[4] The Dream, a sculpture of Martin Luther King Jr. in Portland, is dedicated to Bill and Gladys McCoy.