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Pierce, Walter Marcus, 1861-1954
Walter M. Pierce
Walter Marcus Pierce
(May 30, 1861 – March 27, 1954) was an American politician, a
Democrat
, who served as the
17th
Governor of Oregon
and a member of the
United States House of Representatives
from . A native of
Illinois
, he served in the
Oregon State Senate
before the governorship, and again after leaving the U.S. House. Pierce was an anti-Catholic supporter of compulsory public education and signed a law banning parochial schools, resulting in lawsuits and the
United States Supreme Court
case of ''
Pierce v. Society of Sisters
''. He was also a eugenicist and supported
Prohibition
. He advocated unsuccessfully for a state income tax and vehicle license fee.
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Oregon cattleman/governor, congressman : memoirs and times of Walter M. Pierce /
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Walter
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1861
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1954
Published 1981
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