Show EX SENATOR NOW MAYOR joseph simon recently elected mayor of portland ore Is the same joseph simon who was vaa formerly tonn cily united states senator from that state ile he Is a lawyer and has been prominent tit in oregon politics for years serving as republican state chairman national committeeman president of tho the state senate for five alve sessions and finally going to the flie national senate lie he served a full term and retired from the latter body in 1903 but simon la Is not the first ex senator to become mayor of a city in fact portland set the fashion in that respect georgo george 11 williams united states senator from oregon in 1865 71 later attorney general in gen grants cabinet and named by that executive for chief justice of 0 the tha united states supreme court was elected mayol of portland rort land in 1902 and served until 1901 ills hla selection for the supreme bench was not confirmed by the senate which was at that time at loggerheads logger heads with the president |