election as well. The 1935 legislative session began on January 14. While Strayer was still in the minority, the Republican senate president appointed him chairman of two committees, the mining committee and the engrossed and enrolled bills committee. He also served on the ways and means, rules, country and state officers, resolutions, and revision of laws committees during the session. The session lasted eight weeks, ending on March 13. Later that year, Strayer participated in a two-and-a-half week special session that ran from October 21 through November 9. Strayer did not have to run for re-election in 1936 since he was at the mid-point of his four-year term. The 1937 regular session opened on January 11. While he was still in the minority, Strayer continued as chairman of two senate committees, the mining committee and the engrossed and enrolled bills committee. He was also a member of the ways and means, rules, resolutions, unemployment relief, and revision of laws committees. The session ended on March 8, after eight weeks. A few days after the legislative session ended, Governor Charles H. Martin appointed Strayer to the oversight board for the newly formed Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries. When the board was organized, Strayer was selected board chairman. In 1938, Strayer filed for re-election to his District 23 senate seat. No Democratic candidates filed to run for the seat nor did any Republicans, so he was unopposed in both the primary and the general election. The 1939 legislative session began on January 9. While he was still in the minority, the senate's Republican president re-appointed Strayer chairman of the engrossed and enrolled bills committee and vice chairman of the senate's mining committee. In addition, he also served on the ways and means, rules, resolutions, and revision of laws committees. Strayer was also named a member of the legislature's special committee on social security. The session lasted just over nine weeks, ending on March 15. Strayer had another mid-term election pass in 1940. The 1941 legislature began on January 13. Still a member of the small Democratic minority, he maintained good relations with the senate's Republican leadership and was re-appointed chairman of engrossed and enrolled bills committee and vice chairman of the senate's mining committee. He was also a member of the ways and means, rules, and revision of laws committees. The session lasted for almost nine weeks, ending on March