Forms part of the Oregon Legislature Oral History Series.
Collection is open for research.
Cecil Leroy Edwards was born in Salem, Oregon, in 1906. He began working as a secretary for the Oregon Legislature in 1933; serving as chief clerk of Oregon House of Representatives in 1963; serving as secretary of the Senate from 1965 to 1975, and serving as legislative historian from 1975 to 1993. He died in 1995.
Forms part of the Oregon Legislature Oral History Series.
Oral history interview with Cecil L. Edwards, by Jim Strassmaier, SR 1127, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.
Additional oral history interviews with Cecil L. Edwards are held by the Oregon Historical Society Research Library.
This oral history interview with Cecil L. Edwards was conducted by Jim Strassmaier at the Capitol building in Salem, Oregon, on October 31, 1991. In the interview, Edwards discusses the life and political career of Jason Boe, a conservative Democrat who was president of the Oregon Senate from 1973 to 1980. He discusses the improvements Boe made to the Capitol building; his political influence on the House; and his relationship to Governor Tom McCall. Edwards briefly discusses the balance of powers between the executive and legislative branches in Oregon. He talks about Boe's political ambitions, his efforts for school financing, and his role in passing some of the landmark legislation of the 1970s, including on land use. Edwards also describes Boe's personality and sense of humor. Edwards closes the interview by discussing his own career as legislative historian.
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