Conrad P. Olson

Conrad Patrick Olson (September 4, 1882 – March 1, 1952) was an American politician and judge in Oregon. He was the 48th justice of the Oregon Supreme Court. Additionally, the Wisconsin native served in both chambers of the Oregon Legislature during the early 1900s.

Early life Conrad Olson was born in the town of Clay Banks in Door County, Wisconsin on September 4, 1882. In Wisconsin he was educated first at the Stevens Point Normal School, and later at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He returned to the House the following legislative session in 1915, but moved to the Oregon State Senate for the 1917 session. While serving in the legislature he was responsible for introducing legislation to create state funded kindergartens as well as a bills relating to the illegitimate children of men who then deserted their family to allow for better treatment of these children. Olson also was the first person of Swedish ancestry to manage the campaign of an Oregon governor. This term the ended on January 7, 1919 and Olson left the bench as Alfred S. Bennett had won the fall election. After this he began private practice in Portland before dying in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin on March 1, 1952.