1902 Oregon gubernatorial election
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June 2, 1902
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The 1902 Oregon gubernatorial election took place on June 2, 1902, to elect the governor of the U.S. state of Oregon. The election matched Republican W. J. Furnish against Democrat George Earle Chamberlain.
The Republican Party nominating convention was held on April 2, 1902. Incumbent governor Theodore Thurston Geer and C. A. Johns of Baker City had withdrawn their candidacy, and mayor of Pendleton W. J. Furnish was nominated on the first ballot against H. E. Ankeny of Jackson County.[1][2]
Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | George E. Chamberlain | 41,857 | 46.17% | +5.40% | |
| Republican | W. J. Furnish | 41,611 | 45.90% | −7.32% | |
| Socialist | R. Ryan | 3,711 | 4.09% | ||
| Prohibition | A. J. Hunsaker | 3,483 | 3.84% | +1.22% | |
| Total votes | 90,662 | 100.00% | |||
| Plurality | 246 | 0.27% | |||
| Democratic gain from Republican | Swing | +12.72% | |||
Results by county
[edit]Chamberlain was the first Democrat to carry Marion County since John Whiteaker in 1858. Wallowa County also voted Democratic for the first time in a gubernatorial election. This is one of only two gubernatorial elections in the 20th century where the winner failed to carry Clatsop County.[a]
| County[3][4] | George E. Chamberlain Democratic |
W. J. Furnish Republican |
R. Ryan Socialist |
A. J. Hunsaker Prohibition |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Baker | 2,171 | 54.91% | 1,590 | 40.21% | 137 | 3.46% | 56 | 1.42% | 581 | 14.69% | 3,954 |
| Benton | 842 | 44.93% | 890 | 47.49% | 49 | 2.61% | 93 | 4.96% | -48 | -2.56% | 1,874 |
| Clackamas | 1,721 | 39.41% | 2,113 | 48.39% | 395 | 9.05% | 138 | 3.16% | -392 | -8.98% | 4,367 |
| Clatsop | 997 | 44.13% | 1,103 | 48.83% | 107 | 4.74% | 52 | 2.30% | -106 | -4.69% | 2,259 |
| Columbia | 485 | 34.89% | 803 | 57.77% | 68 | 4.89% | 34 | 2.45% | -318 | -22.88% | 1,390 |
| Coos | 789 | 37.81% | 1,066 | 51.08% | 117 | 5.61% | 115 | 5.51% | -277 | -13.27% | 2,087 |
| Crook | 538 | 45.32% | 590 | 49.71% | 47 | 3.96% | 12 | 1.01% | -52 | -4.38% | 1,187 |
| Curry | 182 | 35.97% | 312 | 61.66% | 9 | 1.78% | 3 | 0.59% | -130 | -25.69% | 506 |
| Douglas | 1,884 | 50.04% | 1,693 | 44.97% | 108 | 2.87% | 80 | 2.12% | 191 | 5.07% | 3,765 |
| Gilliam | 396 | 43.81% | 445 | 49.23% | 22 | 2.43% | 41 | 4.54% | -49 | -5.42% | 904 |
| Grant | 815 | 47.27% | 820 | 47.56% | 64 | 3.71% | 25 | 1.45% | -5 | -0.29% | 1,724 |
| Harney | 424 | 45.35% | 458 | 48.98% | 45 | 4.81% | 8 | 0.86% | -34 | -3.64% | 935 |
| Jackson | 1,625 | 47.07% | 1,523 | 44.12% | 182 | 5.27% | 122 | 3.53% | 102 | 2.95% | 3,452 |
| Josephine | 769 | 41.66% | 896 | 48.54% | 118 | 6.39% | 63 | 3.41% | 127 | 6.88% | 1,846 |
| Klamath | 414 | 43.53% | 501 | 52.68% | 23 | 2.42% | 13 | 1.37% | -87 | -9.15% | 951 |
| Lake | 328 | 38.91% | 491 | 58.24% | 13 | 1.54% | 11 | 1.30% | -163 | -19.34% | 843 |
| Lane | 2,172 | 44.40% | 2,432 | 49.71% | 131 | 2.68% | 157 | 3.21% | -260 | -5.31% | 4,892 |
| Lincoln | 300 | 31.78% | 518 | 54.87% | 112 | 11.86% | 14 | 1.48% | -218 | -23.09% | 944 |
| Linn | 2,061 | 48.59% | 1,766 | 41.63% | 184 | 4.34% | 231 | 5.45% | 295 | 6.95% | 4,242 |
| Malheur | 549 | 48.58% | 543 | 48.05% | 18 | 1.59% | 20 | 1.77% | 6 | 0.53% | 1,130 |
| Marion | 2,845 | 49.14% | 2,523 | 43.58% | 164 | 2.83% | 258 | 4.46% | 322 | 5.56% | 5,790 |
| Morrow | 614 | 48.50% | 559 | 44.15% | 27 | 2.13% | 66 | 5.21% | 55 | 4.34% | 1,266 |
| Multnomah | 8,222 | 48.06% | 7,481 | 43.73% | 912 | 5.33% | 493 | 2.88% | 741 | 4.33% | 17,108 |
| Polk | 1,121 | 47.97% | 1,001 | 42.83% | 60 | 2.57% | 155 | 6.63% | 120 | 5.13% | 2,337 |
| Sherman | 311 | 32.46% | 527 | 55.01% | 23 | 2.40% | 97 | 10.13% | -216 | -22.55% | 958 |
| Tillamook | 412 | 35.70% | 609 | 52.77% | 51 | 4.42% | 82 | 7.11% | -197 | -17.07% | 1,154 |
| Umatilla | 2,177 | 50.63% | 1,911 | 44.44% | 56 | 1.30% | 156 | 3.63% | 266 | 6.19% | 4,300 |
| Union | 1,760 | 56.81% | 1,060 | 34.22% | 131 | 4.23% | 147 | 4.74% | 700 | 22.60% | 3,098 |
| Wallowa | 823 | 59.38% | 531 | 38.31% | 9 | 0.65% | 23 | 1.66% | 292 | 21.07% | 1,386 |
| Wasco | 1,174 | 40.96% | 1,404 | 48.99% | 129 | 4.50% | 159 | 5.55% | -230 | -8.03% | 2,866 |
| Washington | 1,348 | 41.21% | 1,611 | 49.25% | 81 | 2.48% | 231 | 7.03% | -263 | -8.04% | 3,271 |
| Wheeler | 282 | 37.95% | 437 | 58.82% | 7 | 0.94% | 17 | 2.29% | -155 | -20.86% | 743 |
| Yamhill | 1,306 | 41.69% | 1,404 | 44.81% | 112 | 3.57% | 311 | 9.93% | -98 | -3.13% | 3,133 |
| Total | 41,857 | 46.17% | 41,611 | 45.90% | 3,711 | 4.09% | 3,483 | 3.84% | 246 | 0.27% | 90,662 |
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
[edit]Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
[edit]Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Los Angeles Herald 3 April 1902 — California Digital Newspaper Collection".
- ↑ East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, Umatilla Co., Or.) 1888-current, April 02, 1902, Image 1
- 1 2 Whitney, J. R. (1903). The Journal of the House of the Twenty-second Legislative Assembly of the State of Oregon Regular Session 1903. Salem: State Printer. p. 83. Retrieved April 10, 2026.
- 1 2 The Daily News Almanac and Year Book 1903. Chicago: Chicago Daily News Company. 1903. pp. 333–334. Retrieved April 10, 2026.
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