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Lewelling, Sullivan, I&R background
He practised law at Gunnison and Denver for a few years, then traveled for his health and came to Oregon in 1889.
He practised law at Gunnison and Denver for a few years, then traveled for his health and came to Oregon in 1889.
In 1891, he settled in Milwaukee, Oregon, and in 1896 he resumed the practice of law as the senior member of the firm of Uren and Scheubel.
In 1891, he settled in Milwaukie, Oregon, and in 1896 he resumed the practice of law as the senior member of the firm of Uren and Scheubel. While living in Milwaukie, he became good friends with the Lewelling Family.(Sometimes spelled Luelling)<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=DuzZSiQuUN4C&pg=PA90 The Pacific Northwest: Growth of a Regional Identity]</ref> The Lewelling Family were well known for their orcharding and spiritualism. U'Ren helped the Lewelling nursery business until the panic of 1893.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=RAEgnNrCjb0C&pg=PA34 Holy Joe: Joseph W. Folk and the Missouri Idea]</ref>
U'Ren was introduced to the work of James W. Sullivan when Alfred Lewelling gave him a copy of ''Direct Legislation by the Citizenship Through the Initiative and Referendum''.
==Ideology==
==Ideology==
He was organizer and secretary of the Oregon Direct Legislation League (1892-1902); member of the Oregon House of Representatives (1896) ; organizer and secretary of the Oregon Direct Primary Nominations League (1894), and People's Power League of Oregon (1906 and 1908).<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=m5Af9keYy88C&pg=PA592 The Encyclopedia Americana]</ref>
He was organizer and secretary of the Oregon Direct Legislation League (1892-1902); member of the Oregon House of Representatives (1896) ; organizer and secretary of the Oregon Direct Primary Nominations League (1894), and People's Power League of Oregon (1906 and 1908).<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=m5Af9keYy88C&pg=PA592 The Encyclopedia Americana]</ref>
U'Ren was very effective while a public figure. According to a 1906 editorial, "In Oregon, the state government is divided into four departments -- the executive, judicial, legislative and Mr. U'Ren, and it is still an open question which exerts the most power."<ref>[http://www.oregonlive.com/O/index.ssf/2011/03/william_uren_gave_oregon_syste.html William U'Ren gave Oregon system of politics by the people]</ref>
==Personal Life==
==Personal Life==