Walter M. Pierce
American politician
Died when: 92 years 301 days (1113 months)Star Sign: Gemini
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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 Oregon's 2nd congressional district.
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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