The Pittsburgh Press (March 5, 1944)
Attorney appointed McNary’s successor
Salem, Oregon (UP) – (March 4)
Governor Earl Snell today appointed Guy Cordon, Republican attorney from Rosenburg, to the interim vacancy in the U.S. Senate, succeeding Charles L. McNary, Republican floor leader who died last week in Florida.
Mr. Cordon will serve only until November, when an election will determine who will fill the four remaining years of Mr. McNary’s term.
Mr. Cordon, 53, has spent a major portion of his time in recent years in Washington as attorney for a group of Southern Oregon land grant counties and for interstate association of public lands counties, composed of 11 Western states.