1926 Oregon gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1926 Oregon gubernatorial election Oregon presidential no 1922 Oregon gubernatorial election 1922 1930 Oregon gubernatorial election 1930 November 2, 1926 File:Isaac_L._Patterson.jpg 150x150px I. L. Patterson Republican Party (United States) 120,073 53.14% File:Walter M. Pierce Oregon.jpg Walter M. Pierce Democratic Party (United States) 93,470 41.37% File:3x4.svg H. H. Stallard Independent (politician) 12,402 5.49% 1926 Oregon gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 250px County results: Patterson: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70%Pierce: #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% Governor Walter M. Pierce Democratic Party (United States) I. L. Patterson Republican Party (United States) The 1926 Oregon gubernatorial election took place on November 2, 1926, to elect the governor of the U.S. state of Oregon. The election matched incumbent Democrat Walter M. Pierce against Republican Isaac L. Patterson and Independent candidate H. H. Stallard, who ran on an anti-Prohibition platform. Patterson won by a wide margin. Primary election Oregon held primary elections on May 21, 1926. Democratic party During a period of time in which Republicans had dominated politics in Oregon, Democrat Walter M. Pierce had won election in 1922 with the support of the Ku Klux Klan, which was for a short time a powerful political force in Oregon.ku_klux_klan Ku Klux Klan Toy, Eckard However, soon after the 1922 election, the Klan faded in power due in part to internal struggles and changing public sentiment. Now running for re-election in 1926, Pierce faced opposition for his steadfast support of Prohibition. Challenging Pierce for the Democratic nomination was political activist Louise Palmer Weber, one of many anti-Prohibition candidates that year who ran on a platform of repealing or modifying laws regarding the regulation of alcoholic beverages in Oregon,https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1926/05/21/98474624.pdf Wets and Drys clash in Oregon primary The New York Times May 21, 1926 August 15, 2011https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=SbZWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LOkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5280%2C4042813 Patterson, Stiewer win great victories The Register-Guard May 22, 1926 August 15, 2011 who had previously supported Pierce in his 1918 campaign.Statements of Democratic Candidates for Nomination or Election at the Primary Election May 21, 1926 https://digitalcollections.library.oregon.gov/nodes/view/24450 10 April 2026 11 Pierce ultimately easily won his party's primary for re-election in 1926 over Weber. Candidates Walter M. Pierce, incumbent governor Louise Palmer Weber, activist Results Democratic primary resultsMr. Kozer Finishes Count of Ballots https://www.newspapers.com/image/1083350828/ 10 April 2026 The Sunday Oregonian 13 June 1926 Portland 32 Democratic Party (United States) Walter M. Pierce (inc.) 24,310 71.84% Democratic Party (United States) Louise Palmer Weber 9,528 28.16% 33,838 100.00% Republican party In their primary, Republicans nominated former state senator I. L. Patterson, who had chaired Calvin Coolidge's successful election campaign in Oregon,Statements and Arguments of Political Parties and Independent Candidates: General Election, November 4, 1924 3–6 Oregon Secretary of State 1924 10 April 2026 https://digitalcollections.library.oregon.gov/nodes/view/24443 over Jay H. Upton and W. A. Carter.Statements of Republican Candidates for Nomination or Election at the Primary Election May 21, 1926 https://digitalcollections.library.oregon.gov/nodes/view/24451 10 April 2026 16 Candidates W. A. Carter, attorney and former member of Oregon House of Representatives I. L. Patterson, former member of Oregon State Senate Jay H. Upton, member of Oregon State Senate Results Republican primary results Republican Party (United States) I. L. Patterson 62,772 51.15% Republican Party (United States) Jay H. Upton 38,773 31.60% Republican Party (United States) W. A. Carter 21,166 17.25% 122,711 100.00% General election Candidates Walter M. Pierce, Democratic I. L. Patterson, Republican H. H. Stallard, Independent Results 1926 Oregon gubernatorial electionKozer Sam A. State of Oregon Blue Book and Official Directory 1927-1928 1927 State Printing Department Salem 95 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112051205604&view=1up&seq=777 10 April 2026 Republican Party (United States) I. L. Patterson 120,073 53.14% +10.50% Democratic Party (United States) Walter M. Pierce (inc.) 93,470 41.37% -15.99% Independent (politician) H. H. Stallard 12,402 5.49% 225,945 100.00% 26,603 11.77% Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) +26.49% Results by county Polk County failed to back the winning candidate for the first time since 1874. Hood River County and Wheeler County voted Democratic for the first time in a gubernatorial election; the latter would not vote Democratic again until 1970. Additionally, after this election, Crook County would not vote Democratic again until 1974. County I. L. PattersonRepublican Walter M. PierceDemocratic H. H. StallardIndependent Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # %Baker2,36141.35%2,92551.23%4247.43%-564-9.88%5,710Benton2,37655.35%1,84342.93%741.72%53312.42%4,293Clackamas5,38947.72%5,07844.96%8277.32%3112.75%11,294Clatsop3,32964.42%1,50229.06%3376.52%1,82735.35%5,168Columbia1,95055.10%1,38339.08%2065.82%56716.02%3,539Coos3,05145.85%2,87743.24%72610.91%1742.61%6,654Crook46044.88%53452.10%313.02%-74-7.22%1,025Curry36840.48%47452.15%677.37%-106-11.66%909Deschutes1,99255.83%1,39439.07%1825.10%59816.76%3,568Douglas3,21851.42%2,72643.56%3145.02%4927.86%6,258Gilliam52846.89%56750.36%312.72%-39-3.46%1,126Grant85650.12%74343.50%1096.38%1136.62%1,708Harney56239.08%72250.21%15410.71%-160-11.13%1,438Hood River89848.57%91249.32%392.11%-14-0.76%1,849Jackson3,95250.08%3,58345.40%3574.52%3694.68%7,892Jefferson32553.37%24940.89%355.75%7612.48%609Josephine1,27547.50%1,28247.76%1274.73%-7-0.26%2,684Klamath3,34065.45%1,53330.04%2304.51%1,80735.41%5,103Lake77753.18%60171.14%835.68%17612.05%1,461Lane6,39456.71%4,37838.83%5024.45%2,01617.88%11,274Lincoln1,54754.88%1,03636.75%2368.37%51118.13%2,819Linn3,36647.87%3,38648.16%2793.97%-20-0.28%7,031Malheur93940.08%1,26453.95%1405.98%-325-13.87%2,343Marion6,60348.23%5,87042.88%1,2178.89%7335.35%13,690Morrow64947.97%65148.12%533.92%-2-0.15%1,353Multnomah45,38160.36%26,00834.59%3,7935.05%19,37325.77%75,182Polk2,07547.64%2,10748.37%1743.99%-32-0.73%4,356Sherman43144.90%50852.92%212.19%-77-8.02%960Tillamook1,94752.58%1,54441.70%2125.73%40310.88%3,703Umatilla2,79240.24%3,91756.45%2303.31%-1,125-16.21%6,939Union1,37829.38%3,16167.40%1513.22%-1,783-38.02%4,690Wallowa81841.38%1,06353.77%964.86%-245-12.39%1,977Wasco1,83851.03%1,57943.84%1855.14%2597.19%3,602Washington3,26349.08%2,95744.47%4296.45%3064.60%6,649Wheeler44346.68%46749.21%394.11%-24-2.53%949Yamhill3,20252.15%2,64643.09%2924.76%5569.06%6,140Total120,07353.14%93,47041.37%12,4025.49%26,60311.77%225,945 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Clackamas Clatsop Columbia Coos Deschutes Douglas Grant Jackson Jefferson Lane Lincoln Marion Multnomah Tillamook Wasco Washington Yamhill Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Curry Gilliam Hood River Malheur Wheeler Aftermath Patterson served about three years of his term before dying of pneumonia on December 22, 1929. Pierce was later elected to the United States House of Representatives, and represented Oregon's 2nd congressional district from 1933 to 1942. References Gubernatorial 1926 Oregon Category:November 1926 in the United States