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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>

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.

Pierce backed the Klan's agenda by supporting the Compulsory Public Education Act, 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. The Act was struck down three years later in the [[United States Supreme Court]] case ''[[Pierce v. Society of Sisters]]''.

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