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'''Walter Marcus Pierce''' (May 30, 1861 – March 27, 1954) was the [[racist]] liberal [[Democrat]] from [[Oregon]] who was the state's governor in the 1920s and later was the U.S. representative from the 2nd congressional district.
'''Walter Marcus Pierce''' (May 30, 1861 – March 27, 1954) was the [[racist]] liberal [[Democrat]] from [[Oregon]] who was the state's governor in the 1920s and later was the U.S. representative from the 2nd congressional district.
==Governor of Oregon==
==Political career==
An ally of the [[Ku Klux Klan]],<ref>[https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/pierce_walter_1861_1954_/ Walter Pierce (1861-1954)]. ''Oregon Encyclopedia''. Retrieved July 3, 2021.</ref> Pierce won the 1922 Oregon gubernatorial election, defeating [[Republican]] Benjamin W. Olcott by fifteen percentage points.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=263433 OR Governor Race - Nov 07, 1922]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved July 3, 2021.</ref> He backed the Klan's agenda by supporting an anti-[[school choice]] measure which forced all children in the state to attend [[public schools]]. It was especially aimed to prevent [[Catholics]], who the KKK despised, from being able to send their children to private schools.
===Governor of Oregon===
An ally of the [[Ku Klux Klan]],<ref name=oregonencyclopediabio>[https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/pierce_walter_1861_1954_/ Walter Pierce (1861-1954)]. ''Oregon Encyclopedia''. Retrieved July 3, 2021.</ref> Pierce won the 1922 Oregon gubernatorial election, defeating [[Republican]] Benjamin W. Olcott by fifteen percentage points.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=263433 OR Governor Race - Nov 07, 1922]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved July 3, 2021.</ref> He backed the Klan's agenda by supporting an anti-[[school choice]] measure which forced all children in the state to attend [[public schools]]. It was especially aimed to prevent [[Catholics]], who the KKK despised, from being able to send their children to private schools.
===U.S. House of Representatives===
During [[World War II]], Pierce supported the internment of Japanese-Americans ordered by President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]].<ref name=oregonencyclopediabio><ref>[https://sos.oregon.gov/archives/exhibits/ww2/Pages/after-back.aspx A Mixed Reception: Japanese Americans Return to Oregon]. ''Oregon Secretary of State''. Retrieved July 3, 2021.</ref>
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