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4 months agoIn 'Richard Neuberger,' journalist Stephen Forrester recounts the biography of a politician ahead of his time, in an Oregon hard to remember * Oregon ArtsWatch
Richard Neuberger was a U.S. senator hard to imagine, in an Oregon now hard to remember. In 1954, he was the first Democratic senator elected from Oregon in 42 years. Before his election - and even while in the Senate - he was a volcanically prolific freelance writer, producing more than 750 articles and six books. He and his wife, Maurine, who would succeed him for a term in the Senate, were the first couple ever to serve in a state legislature together.