The 1894 Oregon gubernatorial election took place on June 4, 1894, to elect the governor of the U.S. state of Oregon. The election matched Republican William Paine Lord, Chief Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court, against Democrat William Galloway and Populist Nathan Pierce.
Results
Results by county Crook County, Gilliam County, Josephine County, Klamath County, Lake County, Malheur County, Umatilla County, and Union County all voted Republican for the first time in this election, while Baker County did not vote Democratic for the time as well. This was also the first election since 1862 that Jackson County, Linn County, and Wasco County did not back the Democratic candidate. In fact, this was the only election between 1862 and 1938 in which Linn County voted Republican. County William P. LordRepublican Nathan PiercePopulist William GallowayDemocratic James KennedyProhibition Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % # %Baker82535.35%87437.45%60325.84%321.37%-49-2.10%2,334Benton88145.77%33517.40%64033.25%693.58%24112.52%1,925Clackamas2.28147.33%1,78837.10%64113.30%1092.26%49310.23%4,819Clatsop1,16950.00%55323.65%54823.44%682.91%61626.35%2,338Columbia72850.91%55638.88%1319.16%151.05%17212.03%1,430Coos65831.11%1,06350.26%35016.55%442.08%-405-19.15%2,115Crook48647.37%13913.55%38637.62%151.46%1009.75%1,026Curry25948.59%11922.33%14827.77%71.31%11120.83%533Douglas1,65344.70%90524.47%1,07329.02%671.81%58015.68%3,698Gilliam44750.80%16518.75%24928.30%192.16%19822.50%880Grant76349.67%41627.08%33621.88%211.37%34722.59%1,536Harney25833.81%23430.67%26434.60%70.92%-6-0.79%763Jackson1,18536.13%1,33040.55%71021.65%551.68%-145-4.42%3,280Josephine68342.32%59837.05%31319.39%201.24%855.27%1,614Klamath29438.43%27636.08%18624.31%91.18%182.35%765Lake30840.69%20026.42%24231.97%70.92%668.72%757Lane2,03245.23%1,33829.78%1,02022.70%1032.29%69415.45%4,493Lincoln37745.53%29135.14%15018.12%101.21%8610.39%828Linn1,89239.06%1,70235.14%1,14923.72%1012.09%1903.92%4,844Malheur31338.69%23829.42%24129.79%172.10%728.90%809Marion3,60954.73%1,75326.58%1,06816.20%1642.49%1,85628.15%6,594Morrow51645.22%34930.59%25822.61%181.58%16714.64%1,141Multnomah9,36756.05%4,44426.59%2,56915.37%3331.99%4,92329.46%16,713Polk1,36749.00%62222.29%71625.66%853.05%65123.33%2,790Sherman30142.45%20328.63%10915.37%9613.54%9813.82%709Tillamook49247.17%30529.24%21820.90%282.68%18717.93%1,043Umatilla1,55442.75%1,23433.95%79121.76%561.54%3208.80%3,635Union1,37141.56%1,04531.68%83625.34%471.42%3269.88%3,299Wallowa30030.09%53853.96%14414.44%151.50%-238-23.87%997Wasco1,27754.88%43918.87%56524.28%461.98%71230.60%2,327Washington1,93353.61%1,12131.09%47413.14%782.16%81222.52%3,606Yamhill1,56044.98%95027.39%73721.25%2216.37%61017.59%3,468Total41,13947.23%26,12329.99%17,86520.51%1,9822.28%15,01617.24%87,109
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Benton Clackamas Crook Douglas Gilliam Grant Josephine Klamath Lake Lane Linn Malheur Morrow Polk Sherman Tillamook Umatilla Union Wasco
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Populist Baker Coos Jackson
Counties that flipped from Republican to Populist Wallowa
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