McKay won election to several local political offices as a Republican , becoming mayor of Salem in 1932 , and guided that city through fiscal troubles in the wake of the Great Depression . Steering his city into recovery , according to a contemporary journalist quoted by biographer Herbert S. Parmet , made McKay " a firm advocate of government as well as business preserving and guarding its financial foundation . " McKay was elected to the Oregon State Senate in 1934 , serving four terms interrupted by service as a major in the Army during World War II . In 1940 , he was an alternate delegate to the Republican National Convention , which nominated the Willkie-McNary ticket
Republican National Convention
1940 Republican National Convention
Douglas McKay