Capital: Salem

State Nickname: Beaver State

State Bird: Meadowlark

State Flower: Oregon Grape

Admitted to the Union: February 14, 1859

March 3, 1859 to September 10, 1862:

John Whiteaker

September 10, 1862 to September 12, 1866:

Addison C. Gibbs

September 12, 1866 to September 14, 1870:

George L. Woods

September 14, 1870 to February 1, 1877:

La Fayette Grover*

* Resigned from office

February 1, 1877 to September 11, 1878:

Stephen F. Chadwick

September 11, 1878 to September 13, 1882:

William Wallace Thayer

September 13, 1882 to January 12, 1887:

Zenas F. Moody

January 12, 1887 to January 14, 1895:

Sylvester Pennoyer

January 14, 1895 to January 9, 1899:

William P. Lord

January 9, 1899 to January 14, 1903:

Theodore T. Geer

January 15, 1903 to March 1, 1909:

George E. Chamberlain*

* Resigned from office

March 1, 1909 to June 16, 1910:

Frank W. Benson

June 16, 1910 to January 12, 1915:

Oswald West

January 12, 1915 to March 3, 1919:

James Withycombe

March 3, 1919 to January 8, 1923:

Ben W. Olcott

January 8, 1923 to January 10, 1927:

Walter M. Pierce

January 10, 1927 to December 21, 1929:

Isaac L. Patterson

* Died in office

December 22, 1929 to January 12, 1931:

A. W. Norbald

January 12, 1931 to January 14, 1935:

Julius L. Meier

January 14, 1935 to January 9, 1939:

Charles H. Martin

January 9, 1939 to January 11, 1943:

Charles A. Sprague

January 11, 1943 to October 28, 1947:

Earl Snell*

* Died in office

October 30, 1947 to January 10, 1949:

John H. Hall

January 10, 1949 to December 27, 1952:

Douglas McKay*

* Resigned from office

December 27, 1952 to January 31, 1956:

Paul L. Patterson

February 1, 1956 to January 14, 1957:

Elmo Smith

January 14, 1957 to January 12, 1959:

Robert D. Holmes

January 12, 1959 to January 19, 1967:

Mark O. Hatfield

January 9, 1967 to January 13, 1975:

Tom McCall

January 13, 1975 to January 8, 1979:

Robert W. Straub

January 8, 1979 to January 12, 1987:

Victor Atiyeh

January 12, 1987 to January 14, 1991:

Neil Goldschmidt

January 14, 1991 to January 9, 1995:

Barbara Roberts

January 9, 1995 to 2003:

John Kitzhaber

2003 --

John Kitzhaber

Lyrics by J.A. Buchanan
Music by Henry B. Murtagh

1860: 52,456

1870: 90,923

1880: 174,768

1890: 313,767

1900: 413,536

1910: 672,765

1920: 783,389

1930: 953,786

1940: 1,089,684

1950: 1,521,341

1960: 1,768,687

1970: 2,091,533

1980: 2,633,105

1990: 2,842,321

2000: 3,421,432