Mark Simmons (politician)

Mark Simmons
Mark Simmons
Member of the Oregon House of; Representatives from the 58th District
	In office; 1997–2003
62nd Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives
	In office; 2001–2003
Preceded by	Lynn Snodgrass
Succeeded by	Karen Minnis
Personal details
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Joni
Profession	Politician

Mark Simmons is an American politician who was a member of the Oregon House of Representatives from 1997–2002 and served as the 62nd Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives.[1]

Early years

Simmons graduated from Elgin High School in 1975 and went straight to work for Boise Cascade. Before his election to the legislature, Simmons served as a board member of the Oregon Land Coalition.[1]

Political career

Simmons was first elected to the State House in 1996. He served as Majority Whip and Chairman of the Rules, Elections, and Public Affairs Committee.[1]

In 2001, he was elected as the 62nd Speaker of the House, a position he held until 2003.

Later life

In 2002, while still Speaker of the House, Simmons was hired as director of public affairs for the Oregon Association of Nurserymen.[2] In 2005, Simmons was appointed as the Oregon State Director for USDA Rural Development.[3]

gollark: Haskell is WEAK. It doesn't even have dependent types or cubical type theory or meta-Riemann manifolds.

gollark: You will have to research exotic computer science literature and derive your own language from the purest structures of mathematics.

gollark: I think languages are only partially ordered at best.

gollark: I think you misunderstood the paradox.

gollark: Oh, you mean haskell for bare-metal... probably don't do that.

References

"Honoring one of Salem's toughest jobs". The Oregonian. OregonLive.com. May 14, 2009.
"Mark Simmons". Willamette Week. September 18, 2002.
"USDA APPOINTS MARK SIMMONS TO HEAD RURAL DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS IN OREGON". Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2020-03-26.

Political offices
Preceded by Lynn Snodgrass	Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives 2001-2003	Succeeded by Karen Minnis

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[Honoring-1] "Honoring one of Salem's toughest jobs". The Oregonian. OregonLive.com. May 14, 2009.

[2] "Mark Simmons". Willamette Week. September 18, 2002.

[3] "USDA APPOINTS MARK SIMMONS TO HEAD RURAL DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS IN OREGON". Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2020-03-26.