Robert B. Duncan
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Oregon's 3rd district |
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In office January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1981 |
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| Preceded by | Edith Green |
| Succeeded by | Ron Wyden |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Oregon's 4th district |
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In office January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1967 |
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| Preceded by | Edwin R. Durno |
| Succeeded by | John R. Dellenback |
| 49th Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives | |
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In office 1959–1962 |
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| Preceded by | Pat Dooley |
| Succeeded by | Clarence Barton |
| Constituency | Jackson County |
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December 4, 1920 Normal, Illinois |
| Died | April 29, 2011 (aged 90) Portland, Oregon |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Marijane Duncan (1942–1990, her death) Kathryn Boe (1995–2011, his death) |
| Alma mater | Illinois Wesleyan University, University of Michigan Law School |
Robert Blackford Duncan (December 4, 1920 – April 29, 2011) was an American politician from the state of Oregon. A Democrat, he served multiple terms in the Oregon Legislative Assembly and as a U.S. congressman from Oregon. In the Oregon House of Representatives he served as speaker for four years, and in the U.S. House he represented two different districts. The Illinois native and World War II veteran twice ran unsuccessful campaigns to be elected to the U.S. Senate.
Robert B. Duncan was born in Normal, Illinois, on December 4, 1920. His father, Eugene Duncan, came to Illinois from a family in Missouri whose ascendants were originally from Scotland. His mother, Catherine Blackford, was of Welsh origin—her parents had immigrated from Wales to the United States in the late 19th century. Robert “Bob” Duncan was the second of four boys: Carter, Bob, Clark and John Bruce. He attended public schools in Bloomington. In 1939, at the age of 18, he went with a friend to Alaska and he began college at the University of Alaska, staying through 1940 when he transferred to Illinois Wesleyan University where he graduated in 1942 with a bachelor's degree. In college he met fellow student Marijane Beverly Dill (born June 30, 1920) and the two were married on December 19, 1942. The couple would have seven children together: Nancy Guri, Angus, David, James, Laurie, Bonnie Dee and Jeanne. While in Alaska he had worked in the gold fields, and while in Illinois he had worked for a bank and seed company.
During World War II, he served in the United States Merchant Marine and in the United States Naval Air Force as a pilot from 1942 to 1945. In 1948, Duncan received his LL.B from the University of Michigan Law School and passed the bar in October of that year. After graduation Duncan and his family moved from Michigan to Portland and then to Medford in Southern Oregon, where he moved to join the law practice of William M. McAllister.
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