Sen. Jackie Winters
  • Oregon State Representative, 1961-1979.
  • Oregon Speaker of the House, 1975-1978.

About Speaker Lang

Speaker Lang was born in Portland in 1929. He attended Lewis and Clark College, and upon graduation served in the United States Air Force and as a trooper with the Oregon State Police. Lang also worked as an insurance company executive, and is a former chairman of the Oregon Liquor Control Commission and of the National Alcohol Beverage Control Association.

Lang served as an Oregon State Representative from 1961 to 1979, including time as Speaker of the House from 1975 to 1978. 

Speaker Lang currently serves on the Oregon State Capitol Foundation Board. 

You can help preserve history

When you donate to the Capitol Foundation or purchase Pacific Wonderland license plates for your car, you help create a living history of our Capitol and its history. Your support funds programs such as our oral history project. This program gives students, history buffs and our state’s future leaders an opportunity to learn about Oregon’s most important stories from the people who made it happen. Thank you!