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1894 Oregon gubernatorial election
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1894 Oregon gubernatorial election Oregon presidential no 1890 Oregon gubernatorial election 1890 1898 Oregon gubernatorial election 1898 June 4, 1894 File:OrGovWPLord.jpg 150x150px William Paine Lord Republican Party (United States) 41,139 47.23% File:3x4.svg Nathan Pierce Populist Party (United States) 26,123 29.99% File:William Galloway.jpg William Galloway Democratic Party (United States) 17,865 20.51% 1894 Oregon gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 250px County resultsChamberlain: #FFC8CD 30–40% #FFB2B2 40–50% #E27F7F 50–60%Pierce: #D7F4D7 30–40% #AFE9AF 40–50% #73D873 50–60%Galloway: #BDD3FF 30–40% Governor Sylvester Pennoyer Democratic Party (United States) William Paine Lord Republican Party (United States)
The 1894 Oregon gubernatorial election took place on June 4, 1894, to elect the governor of the U.S. state of Oregon. The election matched Republican William Paine Lord, Chief Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court, against Democrat William Galloway and Populist Nathan Pierce.
Results
1894 Oregon gubernatorial electionLeeds H. W. The Journal of the House of the Legislative Assembly of the State of Oregon for the Eighteenth Regular Session, 1895 1895 State Printer Salem 33 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433019341548&view=1up&seq=45 9 April 2026The Gubernatorial Vote https://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn85042399/1895-01-24/ed-1/seq-1/ 9 April 2026 Ashland Tidings XIX 65 24 Jan 1895 Ashland 1Rhoades Henry E. The Tribune Almanac and Political Register for 1896 1896 The Tribune Association New York 253 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015065248604&view=1up&seq=651 9 April 2026
Republican Party (United States)
William Paine Lord
41,139
47.23%
+0.77%
Populist Party (United States)
Nathan Pierce
26,123The House Journal gives Pierce's total as 26,723 but this is clearly a typo.
29.99%
Democratic Party (United States)
William Galloway
17,865
20.51%
-33.04%
Prohibition Party
James Kennedy
1,982
2.28%
87,109
100.00%
15,016
17.24%
Republican Party (United States)
Democratic Party (United States)
+24.33%
Results by county
Crook County, Gilliam County, Josephine County, Klamath County, Lake County, Malheur County, Umatilla County, and Union County all voted Republican for the first time in this election, while Baker County did not vote Democratic for the time as well. This was also the first election since 1862 that Jackson County, Linn County, and Wasco County did not back the Democratic candidate. In fact, this was the only election between 1862 and 1938 in which Linn County voted Republican.
County William P. LordRepublican Nathan PiercePopulist William GallowayDemocratic James KennedyProhibition MarginSince Pierce ran ahead of Galloway statewide, all margins are Lord over Pierce unless otherwise noted. Total votes cast # % # % # % # % # %Baker82535.35%87437.45%60325.84%321.37%-49-2.10%2,334Benton88145.77%33517.40%64033.25%693.58%241"LordGalloway" Lord's margin over Galloway12.52%1,925Clackamas2.28147.33%1,78837.10%64113.30%1092.26%49310.23%4,819Clatsop1,16950.00%55323.65%54823.44%682.91%61626.35%2,338Columbia72850.91%556The House Journal gives 558 but this appears to be a typo.38.88%1319.16%151.05%17212.03%1,430Coos65831.11%1,06350.26%35016.55%442.08%-405-19.15%2,115Crook48647.37%13913.55%38637.62%151.46%100"LordGalloway"9.75%1,026Curry25948.59%11922.33%14827.77%71.31%111"LordGalloway"20.83%533Douglas1,65344.70%90524.47%1,07329.02%671.81%580"LordGalloway"15.68%3,698Gilliam44750.80%16518.75%24928.30%192.16%19822.50%880Grant76349.67%41627.08%33621.88%211.37%34722.59%1,536Harney25833.81%23430.67%26434.60%70.92%-6Galloway's margin over Lord-0.79%763Jackson1,18536.13%1,33040.55%71021.65%551.68%-145-4.42%3,280Josephine68342.32%59837.05%31319.39%20The House Journal gives 10 but this appears to be a typo.1.24%855.27%1,614Klamath29438.43%27636.08%18624.31%91.18%182.35%765Lake30840.69%20026.42%24231.97%70.92%66"LordGalloway"8.72%757Lane2,03245.23%1,33829.78%1,02022.70%1032.29%69415.45%4,493Lincoln37745.53%29135.14%15018.12%101.21%8610.39%828Linn1,89239.06%1,70235.14%1,14923.72%1012.09%1903.92%4,844Malheur31338.69%23829.42%24129.79%172.10%728.90%809Marion3,60954.73%1,75326.58%1,06816.20%1642.49%1,85628.15%6,594Morrow51645.22%34930.59%25822.61%181.58%16714.64%1,141Multnomah9,36756.05%4,44426.59%2,56915.37%3331.99%4,92329.46%16,713Polk1,36749.00%62222.29%71625.66%853.05%651"LordGalloway"23.33%2,790Sherman30142.45%20328.63%10915.37%9613.54%9813.82%709Tillamook49247.17%30529.24%21820.90%282.68%18717.93%1,043Umatilla1,55442.75%1,23433.95%79121.76%561.54%3208.80%3,635Union1,37141.56%1,04531.68%83625.34%471.42%3269.88%3,299Wallowa30030.09%53853.96%14414.44%151.50%-238-23.87%997Wasco1,27754.88%43918.87%56524.28%461.98%712"LordGalloway"30.60%2,327Washington1,93353.61%1,12131.09%47413.14%782.16%81222.52%3,606Yamhill1,56044.98%95027.39%73721.25%2216.37%61017.59%3,468Total41,13947.23%26,12329.99%17,86520.51%1,9822.28%15,01617.24%87,109
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
Benton
Clackamas
Crook
Douglas
Gilliam
Grant
Josephine
Klamath
Lake
Lane
Linn
Malheur
Morrow
Polk
Sherman
Tillamook
Umatilla
Union
Wasco
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Populist
Baker
Coos
Jackson
Counties that flipped from Republican to Populist
Wallowa
Notes
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