Charles L. McNary
American politician · United States · On the map · Politicians · Lived 1874 to 1944 · aged 69
Charles Linza McNary was an American politician. A Republican, he served in the U.S. Senate from 1917 to 1944 and was Senate Minority Leader from 1933 to 1944.
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Senator McNary and Representative Gilbert N. Haugen, cosponsors of the McNary-Haugen Farm Relief Bill, shake hands at the White House in 1929.
McNary Dam on the Columbia River.
McNary as senator
Charles McNary as Republican nominee for vice president, with his running mate Wendell Willkie, 1940
McNary in 1912.About this person
In the Senate, McNary helped to pass legislation that led to the construction of Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River, and worked on agricultural and forestry issues. He also supported many New Deal programs at the beginning of the Great Depression. He was Oregon's longest-serving senator until Mark Hatfield surpassed his mark in 1993.
