Walter M. Pierce
American politician (1861-1954) · United States · On the map · Politicians · Died at 92
Walter Marcus Pierce 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 Oregon's 2nd congressional district.
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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.
