Clifton Nesmith McArthur (June 10, 1879 – December 9, 1923) was a
U.S. Representative
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from
Oregon
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Oregon Supreme Court
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Early life
McArthur was born in
The Dalles, Oregon
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Portland
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. In 1901 he graduated from the
University of Oregon
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.
After college he worked as a reporter for the ''
Morning Oregonian
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'' from 1901 to 1903. McArthur then engaged in agricultural pursuits near Rickreall from 1903 to 1906 and studied the law in order to become a lawyer. He was admitted to the bar in 1906 and commenced practice in Portland. On June 25, 1913, he married Lucille Smith, and they would not have any children.
Political career
In 1908, McArthur served as secretary of the Republican State central committee. Then from 1908 until 1911 he was secretary to Oregon GovernorFrank W. Benson. During part of this time he was elected to serve in the State house of representatives in 1909 and 1913 as a Republican representing
Multnomah County
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Republican
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to the Sixty-fourth and to the three succeeding Congresses, serving from March 4, 1915 until March 3, 1923. He was an unsuccessful candidate for re-election in 1922 to the Sixty-eighth Congress.
Later life
McArthur resumed the practice of his profession and his former business activities in
Portland, Oregon
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, where he died December 9, 1923, following what was described as a "supposedly routine sinus operation". He remains were cremated and the ashes deposited in the vaults of the Portland Cremation Association.