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===U.S. House of Representatives===

===U.S. House of Representatives===

[[File:Walter M. Pierce bioguide picture.jpg|thumb|right|155px|Congressional picture of Pierce.]]

[[File:Walter M. Pierce bioguide picture.jpg|thumb|right|155px|Congressional picture of Pierce.]]

After unsuccessfully running for the House of Representatives in 1928,<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=454030 OR - District 02 Race - Nov 06, 1928]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved July 3, 2021.</ref><ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=454029 OR - District 02 Special Election Race - Nov 06, 1928]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved July 3, 2021.</ref> he was elected in the 1932 Democrat landslide.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=454692 OR - District 02 Race - Nov 08, 1932]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved July 3, 2021.</ref> An adamant [[New Deal]]er who supported big government policies,<ref name=oregonencyclopediabio/> he was re-elected four times before losing re-election in the [[1942 Midterm Elections]] by over twenty points.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=100712 Candidate - Walter M. Pierce]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved July 3, 2021.</ref>

After unsuccessfully running for the House of Representatives in 1928,<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=454030 OR - District 02 Race - Nov 06, 1928]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved July 3, 2021.</ref><ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=454029 OR - District 02 Special Election Race - Nov 06, 1928]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved July 3, 2021.</ref> he was elected in the 1932 Democrat landslide, defeating Republican [[Robert Butler]].<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=454692 OR - District 02 Race - Nov 08, 1932]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved July 3, 2021.</ref> An adamant [[New Deal]]er who supported big government policies,<ref name=oregonencyclopediabio/> he was re-elected four times before losing re-election in the [[1942 Midterm Elections]] by over twenty points.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=100712 Candidate - Walter M. Pierce]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved July 3, 2021.</ref>

Similar to a number of progressives during [[World War II]] such as California governor Culbert Olson, Pierce supported the internment of Japanese-Americans ordered by 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> He also voted against the 1940 Gavagan-Fish<ref>FascinatingPolitics (July 1, 2018). [https://fascinatingpolitics.com/2018/07/01/on-ideology-and-anti-lynching-legislation/ On Ideology and Anti-Lynching Legislation]. ''Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History''. Retrieved August 4, 2021.</ref> [[anti-lynching bill]].<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/76-3/h96 TO PASS H.R. 801, A BILL TO MAKE LYNCHING A FEDERAL CRIME.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved August 4, 2021.</ref>

Similar to a number of progressives during [[World War II]] such as California governor Culbert Olson, Pierce supported the internment of Japanese-Americans ordered by 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> He also voted against the 1940 Gavagan-Fish<ref>FascinatingPolitics (July 1, 2018). [https://fascinatingpolitics.com/2018/07/01/on-ideology-and-anti-lynching-legislation/ On Ideology and Anti-Lynching Legislation]. ''Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History''. Retrieved August 4, 2021.</ref> [[anti-lynching bill]].<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/76-3/h96 TO PASS H.R. 801, A BILL TO MAKE LYNCHING A FEDERAL CRIME.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved August 4, 2021.</ref>