{{Short description|American politician (1920-2009)}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Bob Brogoitti |image = Bob Brogoitti.png |state_house = Oregon |term_start = January 10, 1977 |term_end = July 4, 1989 |predecessor = Edward Earl Patterson |successor = [[Ray Baum]] |district = [[Oregon's 58th House district|58]] |birth_name = Robert Allen Brogoitti |birth_date = June 14 1920 |birth_place = [[Long Beach, California]], US |death_date = April 5 2009 |death_place = [[La Grande, Oregon]], US |party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] |spouse = Marion ([[née]] Hughes) |children = 3 }} '''Robert Allen Brogoitti''' (June 14, 1920 – April 5, 2009) was an American politician who served as a member of the [[Oregon House of Representatives]]. He was elected 6 times, and served for 12 years.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1975 Sessions Legislators and Staff Guide State Government |url=https://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/Record/6924642}}</ref>
==Early life== Brogoitti was born in [[Long Beach, California]], to Seaborn Epsy "Seb" Brogoitti and Ada Ruth McAlavy. He was of Italian,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Columbus Brogsorttia- United States, Census, 1900 |url=https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3RM-F61?lang=en}}</ref> Irish,<ref>{{Cite web |title=A large Genealogy of the Feagin family |url=https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/feagin/379/}}</ref> and British<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jonah Rainbow-England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 |url=https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NR99-W9K?lang=en}}</ref> descent. He was raised in [[Helix, Oregon]], and attended [[Washington State University]]. Brogoitti moved to [[La Grande, Oregon]], in 1962 and went on to represent the city in the legislature. Outside of politics, he worked as a rancher.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2009-04-06 |title=Former state rep. dies at 88 |url=https://lagrandeobserver.com/2009/04/06/former-state-rep-dies-at-88/ |access-date=2025-04-04 |website=lagrandeobserver }}</ref>
==Career== Brogoitti endorsed [[1972 United States presidential election|Richard Nixon's 1972 Presidential Campaign]], and was an agricultural advisor to his administration.<ref>{{Cite web |title=President Richard Nixon's Daily Diary, October 1-31, 1969 |url=https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/sites/default/files/virtuallibrary/documents/PDD/1969/016%20October%201-31%201969.pdf |page=88}}</ref> He opposed a [[Seat belt laws in the United States|seat belt mandate]] in the legislature, citing a belief in "less and not more governmental interference in the private lives of citizens".
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