Courtney, Oregon Legislative Assembly and Senate

Oregon Capitol honors late Senate President Peter Courtney, state’s longest-serving lawmaker
Oregon bid farewell to the state’s longest-serving legislator in the Senate chamber that the late Peter Michael Coleman Courtney presided over for 20 years and loved more than anything but his family.
Oregon Legislature honors Peter Courtney, hosts celebration of life in Senate chamber
Friends, family, legislators, and members of the public gathered in Oregon’s Senate chamber Wednesday for Peter Courtney’s celebration of life. Courtney was Oregon’s longest-serving lawmaker.
Giant in Oregon politics, Peter Courtney, honored in celebration of life
The Oregon Legislature celebrated the life of Peter Courtney on Wednesday. Courtney was the longest-serving legislator and Senate president in Oregon history.
Public invited to Peter Courtney celebration of life at Oregon state Capitol
The public is invited to join current and former politicians in remembering the state's longest-serving legislator who died in July.
Republicans and Democrats remember Peter Courtney, legendary leader of Oregon senate, who governed the ‘Oregon Way’
Courtney's oratory skills were unequaled and his influence over state politics arguably unmatched. Perhaps most noteworthy in today’s era, he embodied a style of government he believed was the “Oregon Way” - the type of governing where you compromised and listened and remembered what it felt like to not be part of the political majority.
Peter Courtney, longest serving legislator, memorialized by colleagues, friends at Oregon Capitol
About 200 dignitaries, former colleagues, friends and family who crowded into the Senate chamber on Wednesday cried a little and laughed a lot as a host of speakers described the compassionate, cantankerous man who dedicated his life to serving his adopted state.
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