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Charles Linza McNary ( June 12 , 1874 - February 25 , 1944 ) was a U.S. Republican politician from Oregon , best known for serving as Minority Leader of the United States Senate from 1933 to 1944 . He is probably most known
for his co-sponsorship of the McNary-Haugen Farm Relief Bill which was vetoed by
President Coolidge and was the fore-runner of the agricultural part of the New Deal.

McNary was born in Salem, Oregon and attended Stanford University . He became a lawyer, and served as deputy district attorney for the third judicial district of Oregon from 1904 to 1911 , and as an associate justice of the Oregon Supreme Court from 1913 to 1915 . In 1917 , he was appointed to the U.S. Senate to fill a vacancy, and served until his death in 1944 . In 1940 he was the Republican Vice Presidential nominee, as a western conservative to balance the eastern liberalism of presidential nominee Wendell Willkie .

  Title US Senator (Class 2) From Oregon
  Before Harry Lane
  Years 1917-1944


  Title Minority Leader Of The US Senate
  Before Joseph T Robinson
  Years 1933-1943


  Title
  Before Frank Knox
  After John W Bricker