Charles L. McNary (June 12, 1874 - February 25, 1944) was a U.S. Republican politician from Oregon, best known for serving as Minority Leader of the United States Senate from 1933 to 1944. He is probably most known for his co-sponsorship of the McNary-Haugen Farm Relief Bill which was vetoed by President Coolidge and was the fore-runner of the agricultural part of the New Deal. McNary was born in Salem, Oregon and attended Stanford University. He became a lawyer, and served as deputy district attorney for the third judicial district of Oregon from 1904 to 1911, and as an associate justice of the Oregon Supreme Court from 1913 to 1915. In 1917, he was appointed to the U.S. Senate to fill a vacancy, and served until his death in 1944. In 1940 he was the Republican vice presidential nominee, as a western conservative to balance the eastern liberalism of presidential nominee Wendell Willkie.
Preceded by: Harry Lane U.S. Senator (Class 2) from Oregon 1917-1944 Succeeded by: Guy Gordon Preceded by: Joseph T. Robinson Minority Leader of the U.S. Senate 1933-1943 Succeeded by: Wallace H. White, Jr. Preceded by: Frank Knox U.S. Republican Party Vice Presidential candidate 1940 Succeeded by: John W. Bricker
United States Republican Party Vice Presidential Nominees Dayton • Hamlin • Johnson • Colfax • Wilson • Wheeler • Arthur • Logan • Morton • Reid • Hobart • Roosevelt • Fairbanks • Sherman • Butler • Fairbanks • Coolidge • Dawes • Curtis • Knox • McNary • Bricker • Warren • Nixon • Lodge • Miller • Agnew • Dole • Bush • Quayle • Kemp • Cheney Andrew Johnson was a Democrat who ran on a Republican Party "Unioinist" ticket in 1864
