Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 49. Chapters: Les AuCoin, Ron Wyden, Earl Blumenauer, United States congressional delegations from Oregon, Darlene Hooley, List of United States Representatives from Oregon, Peter DeFazio, Greg Walden, Walter Lafferty, David Wu, Thomas H. Tongue, Rufus Mallory, Walter M. Pierce, Kurt Schrader, John Whiteaker, Binger Hermann, Al Ullman, Edith Green, Robert B. Duncan, Wes Cooley, Elizabeth Furse, Andrew J. Thayer, Maurice E. Crumpacker, Denny Smith, James Nesmith, William A. Ekwall, Charles Martin, John N. Williamson, George K. Shiel, Franklin F. Korell, Jim Weaver, La Fayette Grover, Lansing Stout, Jim Bunn, William R. Ellis, Willis C. Hawley, Richard Williams, Joseph Gardner Wilson, Melvin Clark George, Nan Wood Honeyman, A. Walter Norblad, Charles O. Porter, James W. Mott, James H. Slater, Edwin Russell Durno, Nicholas J. Sinnott, Harris Ellsworth, James Henry Dickey Henderson, George Augustus La Dow, Clifton N. McArthur, Joseph Showalter Smith, Malcolm A. Moody, Wendell Wyatt, John R. McBride, Robert R. Butler, John R. Dellenback, Robert Freeman Smith, Lafayette Lane, Elton Watkins, Homer D. Angell, Michael J. Kopetski, Sam Coon, Lowell Stockman. Excerpt: Walter Leslie "Les" AuCoin (pronounced; born October 21, 1942), is an American politician and the first Democrat elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Oregon's 1st congressional district since it was formed in 1882. The seat has been held by a Democrat ever since. AuCoin's 18-year tenure-from the 94th United States Congress through the 102nd-is the sixth-longest in Oregon history. In his career, AuCoin took a prominent role in abortion rights, local and national environmental issues, multiple use management of federal forests, and national security. During the presidency of Ronald Reagan, he wrote the ban to stop Interior Secretary James Watt's plan to open...