K. K. Kubli
| Kaspar K. Kubli | |
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Speaker of the Oregon House, 1923-1924
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| 30th Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives | |
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In office 1923–1924 |
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| Preceded by | Louis E. Bean |
| Succeeded by | Denton G. Burdick |
| Member of the Oregon House of Representatives from the 18th district |
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In office 1917–1924, 1928–1929 |
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| Constituency | Multnomah County, Oregon |
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April 21, 1869 Jacksonville, Oregon |
| Died | December 22, 1943 (aged 74) Portland, Oregon |
| Political party | Republican |
| Profession | Businessman |
Kaspar K. "Kap" Kubli, Jr. (April 21, 1869 – December 22, 1943) was an American politician in the state of Oregon. Closely associated with the Ku Klux Klan, Kubli was elected Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives in 1923. Among Kubli's legislative achievements during five terms of office was authorship and passage of the Oregon Criminal Syndicalism Act in 1919.
Kaspar K. Kubli, Jr., known to his friends as "Kap," was born April 21, 1869 in Jacksonville, Oregon. His father, Kaspar Kubli, Sr. (1830-1897), was an emigrant from Switzerland who arrived in the Oregon Territory in 1853, where he first tried his hand at gold mining before becoming an overland freight hauler, moving goods in a pack train from the port city of Crescent City, California to Jacksonville in Southern Oregon. In 1872 his father would open a general store, which he operated for the rest of his life. He also dabbled in local politics, being twice elected as treasurer of Jackson County, Oregon.
The younger Kubli attended public schools in Jacksonville before enrolling at the University of Oregon, from which he graduated with a Bachelor's degree in 1893. Following graduation, he attended Harvard Law School, obtaining a law degree from that institution in 1896.
Despite his academic achievement, Kubli would never practice law. Instead, Kubli returned to Jacksonville and went into the mining business as president of the Golden Standard Mining Company. A career change followed in 1901 when he moved upstate to the growing urban center of Portland to join the Kilham Stationery Co. In 1906, he went into the stationery business himself, Kubli-Howell Company, a Portland firm which did contract printing and sold office supplies.
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