Allen G. Rushlight


Allen Golden Rushlight was an American politician, businessman, and plumber in the U.S. state of Oregon. A Republican, Rushlight served one term as mayor of Portland, Oregon, and was later elected to three terms in the Oregon House of Representatives.

Rushlight was born in Golden City, Colorado to Samuel and Mary Elizabeth Miller Rushlight and moved with his family to Portland, Oregon at the age of 3. At the age of 14, Rushlight apprenticed as a plumber and eventually started a successful Portland plumbing business. In 1901, he married Emma Webber, with whom he had two children. After his wifes death in 1910, Rushlight married Agnes OConnor, with whom he had three more children.

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