O. P. Hoff | |
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Oregon State Treasurer | |
In office January 6, 1919 – March 18, 1924 | |
Governor | James Withycombe Ben W. Olcott Walter M. Pierce |
Preceded by | Thomas B. Kay |
Succeeded by | Jefferson Myers |
Commissioner of the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries | |
In office June 2, 1903 – January 6, 1919 | |
Governor | George E. Chamberlain Frank W. Benson Jay Bowerman Oswald West James Withycombe |
Preceded by | position created |
Succeeded by | Charles H. Gram |
Personal details | |
Born | May 17, 1853 |
Died | March 18, 1924 Oregon | (aged 70)
Political party | Republican |
Ole P. Hoff (May 17, 1853 – March 18, 1924) was a Norwegian-American Republican politician and the first commissioner of labor in the U.S. state of Oregon. Hoff was the sole employee of the Bureau of Labor Statistics and Inspector of Factories and Workshops (now the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries) when he was appointed commissioner after the bureau's creation by the state legislature on June 2, 1903.[1] He served as Labor Commissioner until 1919, when he became the Oregon State Treasurer.[2] He died in office on March 18, 1924.[2]