McNary was born in Salem, Oregon and attended Stanford University. He became a lawyer, and served as deputy district attorney fo the third judicial district of Oregon from 1904 to 1911, and as an associate justice of the Oregon Supreme Court from 1913 to 1915. In 1917, he was appointed to the U.S. Senate to fill a vacancy, and served until his death in 1944. In 1940 he was the Republican vice presidential nominee, as a western conservative to balance the eastern liberalism of presidential nominee Wendell Willkie.
Charles Linza McNary (June 12, 1874 - February 25, 1944) was a U.S. Republican politician from Oregon, best known for serving as Minority Leader of the United States Senate from 1933 to 1944.
He is probably most known for his co-sponsorship of the McNary-Haugen Farm Relief Bill which was vetoed by President Coolidge and was the fore-runner of the agricultural part of the New Deal.
He became a lawyer, and served as deputy district attorney for the third judicial district of Oregon from 1904 to 1911, and as an associate justice of the Oregon Supreme Court from 1913 to 1915.
McNary Dam is a 7,365 foot (2,245 m) long hydroelectric dam spanning the Columbia River.
Looking north, McNary Dam with lock and one fish ladder on the far (north) side of the river, spillway in the middle of the dam, earthfill embankment on the south side of the river, and the power generation station and another fish ladder between the spillway and the embankment.
McNary Dam is part of the Columbia River Basin system of dams.
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