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==Political career==
==Political career==
===Governor of Oregon===
===Governor of Oregon===
A [[progressive]] and 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.
A [[progressive]] and 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 faced incumbent [[Republican]] Benjamin W. Olcott in the general election. During the campaign, Olcott issued a proclamation which denounced the Klan for three assaults the terrorist group perpetrated.<ref>[https://www.oregonhistoryproject.org/articles/historical-records/proclamation-against-the-ku-klux-klan-1922/#.YJHE7qGn2Uk Proclamation Against the Ku Klux Klan, 1922]. ''The Oregon History Project''. Retrieved July 3, 2021.</ref> However, Pierce won the general election 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>
Pierce 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===
===U.S. House of Representatives===