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1902 Oregon gubernatorial election
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1902 Oregon gubernatorial election Oregon File:Flag of Oregon (1900–1925).gif presidential no 1898 Oregon gubernatorial election 1898 1906 Oregon gubernatorial election 1906 June 2, 1902 File:George E Chamberlain.jpg 150x150px George E. Chamberlain Democratic Party (United States) 41,857 46.17% File:W. J. Furnish.jpg W. J. Furnish Republican Party (United States) 41,611 45.90% 1902 Oregon gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 250px County resultsChamberlain: #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60%Furnish: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #D75D5D 60–70% Governor T. T. Geer Republican Party (United States) George Earle Chamberlain Democratic Party (United States)
The 1902 Oregon gubernatorial election took place on June 2, 1902, to elect the governor of the U.S. state of Oregon. The election matched Republican W. J. Furnish against Democrat George Earle Chamberlain.
The Republican Party nominating convention was held on April 2, 1902. Incumbent governor Theodore Thurston Geer and C. A. Johns of Baker City had withdrawn their candidacy, and mayor of Pendleton W. J. Furnish was nominated on the first ballot against H. E. Ankeny of Jackson County.http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=LAH19020403.2.19 Los Angeles Herald 3 April 1902 — California Digital Newspaper CollectionEast Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, Umatilla Co., Or.) 1888-current, April 02, 1902, Image 1
Results
1902 Oregon gubernatorial electionWhitney J. R. The Journal of the House of the Twenty-second Legislative Assembly of the State of Oregon Regular Session 1903 1903 State Printer Salem 83 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433019341597&view=1up&seq=93 10 April 2026The Daily News Almanac and Year Book 1903 1903 Chicago Daily News Company Chicago 333-334 https://archive.org/details/chicagodailynews1903chic/page/332/mode/2up 10 April 2026
Democratic Party (United States)
George E. Chamberlain
41,857
46.17%
+5.40%
Republican Party (United States)
W. J. Furnish
41,611
45.90%
-7.32%
Socialist Party of America
R. Ryan
3,711
4.09%
Prohibition Party
A. J. Hunsaker
3,483
3.84%
+1.22%
90,662
100.00%
246
0.27%
Democratic Party (United States)
Republican Party (United States)
+12.72%
Results by county
Chamberlain was the first Democrat to carry Marion County since John Whiteaker in 1858. Wallowa County also voted Democratic for the first time in a gubernatorial election. This is one of only two gubernatorial elections in the 20th century where the winner failed to carry Clatsop County.The other instance was in 1958.
County George E. ChamberlainDemocratic W. J. FurnishRepublican R. RyanSocialist A. J. HunsakerProhibition Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % # %Baker2,17154.91%1,59040.21%1373.46%561.42%58114.69%3,954Benton84244.93%89047.49%492.61%934.96%-48-2.56%1,874Clackamas1,72139.41%2,11348.39%3959.05%1383.16%-392-8.98%4,367Clatsop99744.13%1,10348.83%1074.74%522.30%-106-4.69%2,259Columbia48534.89%80357.77%684.89%342.45%-318-22.88%1,390Coos78937.81%1,06651.08%1175.61%1155.51%-277-13.27%2,087Crook53845.32%59049.71%473.96%121.01%-52-4.38%1,187Curry18235.97%31261.66%91.78%30.59%-130-25.69%506Douglas1,88450.04%1,69344.97%1082.87%802.12%1915.07%3,765Gilliam39643.81%44549.23%222.43%414.54%-49-5.42%904Grant81547.27%82047.56%643.71%251.45%-5-0.29%1,724Harney42445.35%45848.98%454.81%80.86%-34-3.64%935Jackson1,62547.07%1,52344.12%1825.27%1223.53%1022.95%3,452Josephine76941.66%89648.54%1186.39%633.41%1276.88%1,846Klamath41443.53%50152.68%232.42%131.37%-87-9.15%951Lake32838.91%49158.24%131.54%111.30%-163-19.34%843Lane2,17244.40%2,43249.71%1312.68%1573.21%-260-5.31%4,892Lincoln30031.78%51854.87%11211.86%141.48%-218-23.09%944Linn2,06148.59%1,76641.63%1844.34%2315.45%2956.95%4,242Malheur54948.58%54348.05%181.59%201.77%60.53%1,130Marion2,84549.14%2,52343.58%1642.83%2584.46%3225.56%5,790Morrow61448.50%55944.15%272.13%665.21%554.34%1,266Multnomah8,22248.06%7,48143.73%9125.33%4932.88%7414.33%17,108Polk1,12147.97%1,00142.83%602.57%1556.63%1205.13%2,337Sherman31132.46%52755.01%232.40%9710.13%-216-22.55%958Tillamook41235.70%60952.77%514.42%827.11%-197-17.07%1,154Umatilla2,17750.63%1,91144.44%561.30%1563.63%2666.19%4,300Union1,76056.81%1,06034.22%1314.23%1474.74%70022.60%3,098Wallowa82359.38%53138.31%90.65%231.66%29221.07%1,386Wasco1,17440.96%1,40448.99%1294.50%1595.55%-230-8.03%2,866Washington1,34841.21%1,61149.25%812.48%2317.03%-263-8.04%3,271Wheeler28237.95%43758.82%70.94%172.29%-155-20.86%743Yamhill1,30641.69%1,40444.81%1123.57%3119.93%-98-3.13%3,133Total41,85746.17%41,61145.90%3,7114.09%3,4833.84%2460.27%90,662
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
Jackson
Marion
Morrow
Multnomah
Polk
Umatilla
Union
Wallowa
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
Coos
Harney
Josephine
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