Ben Wilson Olcott (October 15, 1872 – July 21, 1952) was an American politician of the Republican Party who served as the 16th Governor of Oregon. Olcott...

Olcott is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Ben W. Olcott (1872–1952), 16th Governor of Oregon Charles S. Olcott (1864-1935), American...

the U.S. state of Oregon. The election matched incumbent Republican Ben W. Olcott against Democrat Walter M. Pierce. With the support of the Ku Klux Klan...

election. After the death of James Withycombe in 1919, Secretary of State Ben W. Olcott took office; he completed Withycombe's term and was defeated in the...

the Kalem studio, including Ben Hur (1907) with its dramatic chariot race scene, and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1908), Olcott became the company's president...

1922, Pierce ran a successful campaign for governor against incumbent Ben W. Olcott. At the time, the Ku Klux Klan was growing in influence and power across...

January 12, 1915. p. 1. Retrieved June 11, 2023. Sobel 1978, p. 1275. "Ben Olcott". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 8, 2023. "Governor of...

election, publicly endorsed by the Klan against Republican incumbent Ben W. Olcott. Pierce subsequently went on to win the election and began to enact...

the Oregon's first Deputy Secretary of State in 1911. He served under Ben W. Olcott in that position. On May 28, 1920, Kozer was appointed to the position...

1913, and was composed of Governor Oswald West, Secretary of State Ben W. Olcott and Treasurer Thomas B. Kay. On January 12, 1915, James Withycombe became...

contracted to paint portraits of governors Frank W. Benson and Jay Bowerman, as well as former governor Ben W. Olcott. In addition to these portraits, he also...

clerk and recorder, the predecessor office to the secretary of state: George W. LeBreton, February 18, 1841 – March 4, 1844 Overton Johnson, March 4, 1844...

McNary (R) 1918 Frederick W. Mulkey (R) 1919 O. P. Hoff (R) C. H. Gram (R) 24R, 3D, 3I 54R, 6D Charles L. McNary (R) Ben W. Olcott (R) 1920 Harding/ Coolidge...

dominance of the state legislature, 1922 had seen incumbent Governor Ben W. Olcott denounce the powerful Ku Klux Klan with the result that Democratic nominee...

M. Dictionary of Oregon History. Binfords & Mort Publishing, 1956. Frank W. Benson entry at the Wayback Machine (archived July 16, 2011) in the Biographical...

practice. On October 18, 1921, John Rand was appointed by Oregon Governor Ben W. Olcott to replace justice Henry L. Benson on the Oregon Supreme Court after...

August 25 – George Wallace, 45th Governor of Alabama (died 1998) August 28 – Ben Agajanian, American football player (died 2018) August 29 – Sono Osato, dancer...

when he resigned the position. Also on October 14, Oregon Governor Ben W. Olcott appointed Brown to the state supreme court bench after Alfred S. Bennett...

two days while Governor Ben W. Olcott was in California. He served as acting governor again in August 1919 while Governor Olcott was out of the state attending...

violence during the early 1920s and prompted a statement from Governor Ben W. Olcott decrying the actions of the Ku Klux Klan, which was spreading through...

judge for Multnomah County, Oregon. On October 8, 1921, Oregon Governor Ben W. Olcott appointed him to the state supreme court to replace Charles A. Johns...

was appointed as the sixth Oregon Attorney General by Oregon Governor Ben W. Olcott, to replace George M. Brown, who had resigned from the position. As...

to Congress in the June 1857 election, instead pooling their support for G.W. Lawson, a Free Soil Democrat running as an independent. While pro-slavery...

(died 2017) August 24 – George W. Blair, politician (died 2020) August 25 – Henry Abraham, academic (died 2020) August 26 Ben Bradlee, newspaperman (died...

University School of Nursing) in Indianapolis, Indiana. November 7 – William W. Brandon is elected the 37th governor of Alabama defeating Oliver D. Street...

a heart condition on March 3, 1919, succeeded by Secretary of State Ben W. Olcott. He was interred in Mount Crest Abbey Mausoleum in City View Cemetery...

2016) George Armitage Miller, psychologist (died 2012) February 8 – George W. George, theater, Broadway and film producer (died 2007) February 11 – Billy...

Succeeded by A. W. Norblad Party political offices Preceded by Ben W. Olcott Republican nominee for Governor of Oregon 1926 Succeeded by George W. Joseph...

destruction of a black town, takes place in Rosewood, Florida. January 15 – William W. Brandon is sworn in as the 37th governor of Alabama replacing Thomas Kilby...

Willamette University Ben W. Olcott (1872–1952), 16th Governor of Oregon Oswald West (1873–1960), 14th Governor of Oregon James W. Mott (1883–1945), U...