Walter Clarence Winslow (October 29, 1882 – May 23, 1962) was an American attorney in Oregon. A native of the state, he practiced law in

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and later served temporarily on the Oregon Supreme Court. In legal practice he worked for brothers

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and Charles L. McNary in his early years as a lawyer.

Early life

Walter Winslow was born in Polk County, Oregon, to Paris R. and Addie Wilson (née Vandevort) on October 29, 1882.Colmer, Montagu, and Charles Erskine Scott Wood. 1910. ''History of the Bench and Bar of Oregon''. Portland, Or: Historical Pub. Co. p. 248. Raised on the family farm in the Brush College area to the northwest of Salem, he received his primary education in the local public schools there and in the preparatory department at Willamette University in

. Winslow then attended college at the University of Oregon in

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where he graduated in 1906 with a bachelor of arts degree. In 1908, he graduated from Willamette University College of Law with a bachelor of laws degree.

Legal career

Winslow passed the bar in June 1908 in Salem and joined John H. and Charles L. McNary in legal practice in Salem. In October of the following year the Republican became a deputy district attorney in Marion County. In 1947, Oregon Supreme Court justice James T. Brand temporarily left the court to serve as a judge at the

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in Germany following World War II.Salem Online History: 508-524 State Street.
Salem Public Library. Retrieved on February 24, 2009. Winslow was appointed on a temporary basis as a judge pro tem to serve on the court in Brand's absence. He returned to private legal practice in Salem after Brand returned to the court in 1948.

Family and later life

Winslow married Lottie Deyoe (died 1961) in 1910 and had three children; Gertrude, Norman, and Genevieve.Clark, Robert Carlton. 1927. ''History of the Willamette valley, Oregon''. Chicago: S.J. Clarke Pub. Co., Vol 2. pp. 475-476. During World War I he served on the draft board. The family purchased the Bligh Building (now Pacific Building) in downtown Salem in 1945 and retained ownership until 1976. In civic affairs he served as secretary and director for the Salem Business Men's League, was the director of the Salem YMCA, and was also a leader at the

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. He also was a member of the Masons. Walter C. Winslow died on May 23, 1962, of a heart attack while fishing near

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."Searchers Find Winslow's Body", Oregon Statesman, May 25, 1962, pp. 1 & 35. His body was found the next day in the water and buried at

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in Salem.

References

External links

Contests Over the Capital of Oregon
by Walter C. Winslow

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