(Hawaii was admitted in 1959). He was in the Senate from March 4, 1944, to January 3, 1955. Later years After leaving the Senate, he practiced law in Washington, D.C., from 1955 to 1962, when he retired. During the early 1950s, Frank Herbert, who would later become a famous science fiction author, was one of Cordon's speechwriters. Guy F. Cordon died in Washington, D.C. on June 8, 1969, at the age of 79 and was buried in Roseburg at the Roseburg Memorial Gardens. See also Ramseyer Rule References 1890 births 1969 deaths Oregon Republicans District attorneys in Oregon Politicians from Roseburg, Oregon People from Cuero, Texas People from Roseburg, Oregon Republican Party United States senators from Oregon 20th-century American politicians