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==Political career==

==Political career==

===Governor of Oregon===

===Governor of Oregon===

A [[progressive]], eugenicist,<ref>Thompson, Sabrina (June 11, 2020). [https://www.lagrandeobserver.com/news/local/eou-still-considering-name-change-for-pierce-library/article_f744ee4c-aa79-11ea-90d8-0b3f78cb9a88.html EOU still considering name change for Pierce Library]. ''The Observer''. Retrieved August 5, 2021.</ref><ref>November 13, 2020. [https://www.eou.edu/news-press/board-approves-budget-de-names-library/ Board approves budget, de-names library]. ''Eastern Oregon University''. Retrieved August 5, 2021.</ref> 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><ref name=nationalcatholicregister>DeMarco, Donald (August 5, 2011). [https://www.ncregister.com/commentaries/how-some-nuns-defeated-the-ku-klux-klan How Some Nuns Defeated the Ku Klux Klan]. ''National Catholic Register''. 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]], eugenicist,<ref>Thompson, Sabrina (June 11, 2020). [https://www.lagrandeobserver.com/news/local/eou-still-considering-name-change-for-pierce-library/article_f744ee4c-aa79-11ea-90d8-0b3f78cb9a88.html EOU still considering name change for Pierce Library]. ''The Observer''. Retrieved August 5, 2021.</ref><ref>November 13, 2020. [https://www.eou.edu/news-press/board-approves-budget-de-names-library/ Board approves budget, de-names library]. ''Eastern Oregon University''. Retrieved August 5, 2021.</ref> [[birth control]] advocate,<ref>McCoy, Robert R. [https://www.jstor.org/stable/20615986 The Paradox of Oregon's Progressive Politics: The Political Career of Walter Marcus Pierce]. ''JSTOR''. Retrieved August 5, 2021.</ref> 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><ref name=nationalcatholicregister>DeMarco, Donald (August 5, 2011). [https://www.ncregister.com/commentaries/how-some-nuns-defeated-the-ku-klux-klan How Some Nuns Defeated the Ku Klux Klan]. ''National Catholic Register''. 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 the Compulsory Public Education Act, which forced all children in the state to attend [[public schools]].<ref name=nationalcatholicregister/> It was especially aimed to prevent [[Catholics]], who the KKK despised, from being able to send their children to private schools. Although the ballot measure passed by five percentage points,<ref>[https://ballotpedia.org/Oregon_Compulsory_Public_Education,_Measure_6_(1922) Oregon Compulsory Public Education, Measure 6 (1922)]. ''Ballotpedia''. Retrieved July 3, 2021.</ref> the Act was struck down three years later in the [[United States Supreme Court]] case ''[[Pierce v. Society of Sisters]]'',<ref name=nationalcatholicregister/> where the unanimous opinion stated:<ref>[https://www.encyclopedia.com/social-sciences-and-law/law/court-cases/pierce-v-society-sisters Pierce v. Society of Sisters]. ''Encyclopedia.com''. Retrieved July 3, 2021.</ref>

Pierce backed the Klan's agenda by supporting the Compulsory Public Education Act, which forced all children in the state to attend [[public schools]].<ref name=nationalcatholicregister/> It was especially aimed to prevent [[Catholics]], who the KKK despised, from being able to send their children to private schools. Although the ballot measure passed by five percentage points,<ref>[https://ballotpedia.org/Oregon_Compulsory_Public_Education,_Measure_6_(1922) Oregon Compulsory Public Education, Measure 6 (1922)]. ''Ballotpedia''. Retrieved July 3, 2021.</ref> the Act was struck down three years later in the [[United States Supreme Court]] case ''[[Pierce v. Society of Sisters]]'',<ref name=nationalcatholicregister/> where the unanimous opinion stated:<ref>[https://www.encyclopedia.com/social-sciences-and-law/law/court-cases/pierce-v-society-sisters Pierce v. Society of Sisters]. ''Encyclopedia.com''. Retrieved July 3, 2021.</ref>