Political party strength in Oregon explained

The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Oregon:

The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:

For years in which a presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.

Pre-statehood (1845–1858)

YearExecutive offices[1] Provisional/Territorial Legislatureclass=unsortable U. S. Congress
class=unsortable Governor!class=unsortable Secretary of State!class=unsortable Treasurer!class=unsortable Council!class=unsortable House!class=unsortable Delegate
Provisional Government of Oregon
1845George Abernethy
1846
1847
Oregon Territory
1848Joseph Lane (D)Theophilus R. Magruder (W)James Taylor
1849Kintzing Prichette (D)9? D5D, 1W, 11?Samuel Thurston (D)
1850Kintzing Prichette (D)9?5D, 1W, 11?
John P. Gaines (W)Edward D. Hamilton (W)
1851Levi A. Rice4D, 5?7D, 2W, 13?Joseph Lane (D)
William W. Buck
1852John D. Boon (D)4D, 4W13D, 7W, 5
18538D, 1W22D, 4W
Joseph Lane (D)George Law Curry (D)
George Law Curry (D)
John Wesley Davis (D)
18547D, 2W23D, 6W
George Law Curry (D)
1855Benjamin F. Harding (D)Nathaniel H. Lane7D, 2W27D, 3W
1856John D. Boon (D)7D, 2W23D, 3W, 4?
18576D, 3W19D, 11W
18586D, 2W, 1?27D, 6R

Statehood (1859–present)

YearExecutive officesLegislative AssemblyUnited States CongressElectoral votes
class=unsortable Governor!class=unsortable Secretary
of State!		class=unsortable Attorney
General!		class=unsortable Treasurer!class=unsortable Comm. of Labor!class=unsortable Supt. of
Pub. Inst.!		class=unsortable State Senate!class=unsortable State House!class=unsortable Senator
(Class II)!		class=unsortable Senator
(Class III)!		class=unsortable House
1859John Whiteaker (D)Lucien Heath (D)John D. Boon (D)14D, 2R30D, 4RDelazon Smith (D)Joseph Lane (D)La Fayette Grover (D)
vacantLansing Stout (D)
1860Lincoln/
Hamlin (R)
Edward Dickinson Baker (R)
186113D, 3R24D, 10RJames Nesmith (D)Andrew J. Thayer (D)
Benjamin Stark (D)George K. Shiel (D)
1862
A. C. Gibbs (R)Samuel E. May (R)Edwin N. Cooke (R)Benjamin F. Harding (D)
186310R, 5D, 1I33R, 1DJohn R. McBride (R)
1864Lincoln/
Johnson (NU)
186515R, 3D33R, 5DGeorge Henry Williams (R)James H. D.
Henderson (R)
1866
George Lemuel Woods (R)
186717R, 7D, 1I24R, 23DHenry W. Corbett (R)Rufus Mallory (R)
1868Seymour/
Blair (D)
186912D, 10R25D, 18RJoseph Showalter
Smith (D)
1870
La Fayette Grover (D)Stephen F. Chadwick (D)L. Fleischner (D)
187113D, 9R28D, 19RJames K. Kelly (D)James H. Slater (D)
1872Sylvester C. Simpson (D)[2] Grant/
Wilson (R)
187313R, 9D32R, 17DJohn H. Mitchell (R)Joseph G. Wilson (R)
1874James Nesmith (D)
A. H. Brown (D)Levi L. Rowland (R)
187518D, 11R, 1I23I, 20D, 17RGeorge A.
La Dow (D)
1876Lafayette Lane (D)Hayes/
Wheeler (R)
1877Stephen F. Chadwick (D)18D, 10R, 2I30R, 27D, 3ILa Fayette Grover (D)Richard Williams (R)
1878
W. W. Thayer (D)Rockey P. Earhart (R)Edward Hirsch (R)Leonard J. Powell[3] (R)
187918D, 10R, 2I30D, 28R, 2IJames H. Slater (D)John Whiteaker (D)
1880Garfield/
Arthur (R)
188116R, 14D40R, 20DMelvin Clark George (R)
1882
Zenas Ferry Moody (R)Ebenezer B. McElroy (R)
188337R, 21D, 2IJoseph N. Dolph (R)
1884Blaine/
Logan (R)
188517R, 13D35R, 25DvacantBinger Hermann (R)
John H. Mitchell (R)
1886
1887Sylvester Pennoyer (Fus)George W. McBride (R)G. W. Webb (D)19R, 11D34R, 26D
1888Harrison/
Morton (R)
188921R, 9D51R, 9D
1890
1891Phil Metschan (R)23R, 7D43R, 17D
George E. Chamberlain (D)
1892Harrison/
Reid (R)
189316R, 13D, 1Pop38R, 19D, 3Pop2R
1894
1895William Paine Lord (R)Harrison R. Kincaid (R)Cicero M. Idleman (R)George M. Irwin (R)19R, 8D, 3Pop53R, 7PopGeorge W. McBride (R)
1896McKinley/
Hobart (R)
189724R, 3D, 3Pop39R, 17Pop, 4Dvacant
1898
Joseph Simon (R)
1899Theodore Thurston Geer (R)Frank L. Dunbar (R)D. R. N. Blackburn (R)Charles S. Moore (R)John H. Ackerman (R)42R, 17Pop, 1D
1900McKinley/
Roosevelt (R)
190121R, 4, 3P, 1D, 135R, 13, 7D, 3, 1P, 1 vac.John H. Mitchell (R)
1902
1903George E. Chamberlain (D)Andrew M. Crawford (R)21R, 3D, 3, 2, 1Pop48R, 11D, 1Charles W. Fulton (R)
O. P. Hoff (R)
1904Roosevelt/
Fairbanks (R)
190525R, 5D50R, 10D
1906John M. Gearin (D)
1907Frank W. Benson (R)George A. Steel (R)24R, 6D59R, 1DFrederick W. Mulkey (R)
Jonathan Bourne Jr. (R)
1908Taft/
Sherman (R)
1909Frank W. Benson (R)53R, 7DGeorge E. Chamberlain (D)
1910
Jay Bowerman (R)
1911Oswald West (D)Thomas B. Kay (R)Lewis R. Alderman (R)27R, 3D58R, 2D
Ben W. Olcott (R)
1912Wilson/
Marshall (D)
191328R, 2D48R, 7Prog, 5DHarry Lane (D)3R
Julius A. Churchill (R)
1914
1915James Withycombe (R)George M. Brown (R)56R, 4D
1916Hughes/
Fairbanks (R)
191724R, 5D, 1I55R, 4D, 1I
Charles L. McNary (R)
1918
Frederick W. Mulkey (R)
1919O. P. Hoff (R)C. H. Gram (R)24R, 3D, 3I54R, 6DCharles L. McNary (R)
Ben W. Olcott (R)
1920Harding/
Coolidge (R)
Sam A. Kozer (R)Isaac H. Van Winkle (R)
192127R, 2I, 1D58R, 2DRobert N. Stanfield (R)
1922
1923Walter M. Pierce (D)26R, 4D51R, 9D2R, 1D
1924Coolidge/
Dawes (R)
Jefferson Myers (D)
1925Thomas B. Kay (R)57R, 3D3R
1926
Richard R. Turner (D)
1927I. L. Patterson (R)Charles A. Howard (R)27R, 3D56R, 4DFrederick Steiwer (R)
1928Hoover/
Curtis (R)
Hal E. Hoss (R)
192928R, 2D58R, 2D
1930A. W. Norblad (R)
1931Julius Meier (I)29R, 1D53R, 7D2R, 1D
Rufus C. Holman (R)
1932Roosevelt/
Garner (D)
193322R, 8D42R, 17D, 1I2D, 1R
1934Peter J. Stadelman (R)
1935Charles Martin (D)Earl Snell (R)17R, 13D38D, 22R2R, 1D
1936
193718R, 12D38D, 21R, 1I2D, 1R
Rex Putnam (D)
1938
Alfred E. Reames (D)
Alexander G. Barry (R)
1939Charles A. Sprague (R)Walter E. Pearson (D)22R, 8D46R, 13D, 1IRufus C. Holman (R)2R, 1D
1940Roosevelt/
Wallace (D)
1941Leslie M. Scott (R)25R, 5D38R, 22D
1942
1943Earl Snell (R)Robert S. Farrell Jr. (R)W. E. Kimsey (R)Rex Putnam (NP/D)27R, 3D51R, 9D4R
1944George Neuner (R)Roosevelt/
Truman (D)
Guy Cordon (R)
194525R, 5D50R, 10DWayne Morse (R)
1946
194758R, 2D
John Hubert Hall (R)Earl T. Newbry (R)
1948Dewey/
Warren (R)
1949Douglas McKay (R)Walter J. Pearson (D)20R, 10D51R, 9D
1950
195121R, 9D
1952Eisenhower/
Nixon (R)
1953Paul L. Patterson (R)Robert Y. Thornton (D)Sig Unander (R)26R, 4D49R, 11DWayne Morse (I)
1954
1955Norman O. Nilsen (D)24R, 6D35R, 25DRichard L. Neuberger (D)Wayne Morse (D)3R, 1D
1956Elmo Smith (R)
1957Robert D. Holmes (D)Mark Hatfield (R)15D, 15R37D, 23R3D, 1R
1958
1959Mark Hatfield (R)Howell Appling Jr. (R)19D, 11R33D, 27R
1960Howard Belton (R)Nixon/
Lodge (R)
Hall S. Lusk (D)
1961Leon P. Minear (NP)20D, 10R31D, 29RMaurine Neuberger (D)2D, 2R
1962
196321D, 9R3D, 1R
1964Johnson/
Humphrey (D)
1965Tom McCall (R)Robert W. Straub (D)19D, 11R33R, 27D
1966
1967Tom McCall (R)H. Clay Myers Jr. (R)38R, 22DMark Hatfield (R)2D, 2R
1968Nixon/
Agnew (R)
Jesse V. Fasold (NP)
Dale Parnell (NP)
196916D, 14R
Lee Johnson (R)Bob Packwood (R)
1970
197134R, 26D
1972
1973James A. Redden (D)18D, 12R33D, 27R
1974
Jesse V. Fasold (NP)
1975Robert W. Straub (D)Bill Stevenson (D)Verne Duncan (NP)22D, 7R, 1I38D, 22R4D
1976Ford/
Dole (R)
1977Norma Paulus (R)James Redden (D)H. Clay Myers Jr. (R)24D, 6R37D, 23R
1978
1979Victor Atiyeh (R)Mary Wendy Roberts (D)23D, 7R34D, 26R
1980Reagan/
Bush (R)
James M. Brown (D)
1981David B. Frohnmayer (R)22D, 8R33D, 27R3D, 1R
1982
198321D, 9R36D, 24R3D, 2R
1984
Bill Rutherford (R)
1985Barbara Roberts (D)18D, 12R34D, 26R
1986
1987Neil Goldschmidt (D)
Tony Meeker (R)17D, 13R31D, 29R
1988Dukakis/
Bentsen (D)
198919D, 11R32D, 28R
1990John Erickson (NP)
Norma Paulus (NP/R)
1991Barbara Roberts (D)Phil Keisling (D)20D, 10R31R, 29D4D, 1R
1992Charles Crookham (R)Clinton/
Gore (D)
1993Ted Kulongoski (D)Jim Hill (D)16D, 14R32R, 28D
1994
1995John Kitzhaber (D)Jack Roberts (R)19R, 11D33R, 27D3D, 2R
1996
Ron Wyden (D)
1997Hardy Myers (D)20R, 10D31R, 29DGordon Smith (R)4D, 1R
1998
1999Jack Roberts (NP/R)Stan Bunn (NP/R)17R, 13D34R, 25D, 1I
2000Bill Bradbury (D)Gore/
Lieberman (D)
2001Randall Edwards (D)16R, 14D32R, 27D, 1I
2002
2003Ted Kulongoski (D)Dan Gardner (NP/D)Susan Castillo (NP/D)15D, 15R35R, 25D
2004Kerry/
Edwards (D)
200517D, 11R33R, 27D
2006
200719D, 11R31D, 29R
2008Obama/
Biden (D)
Brad Avakian (NP/D)
2009Kate Brown (D)John Kroger (D)Ben Westlund (D)[4] 18D, 12R36D, 24RJeff Merkley (D)
2010Ted Wheeler (D)
2011John Kitzhaber (D)16D, 14R30D, 30R
2012Ellen Rosenblum (D)[5]
201334D, 26R
2014
201518D, 12R35D, 25R
Kate Brown (D)Jeanne Atkins (D)
2016Clinton/
Kaine (D)
2017Dennis Richardson (R)Tobias Read (D)17D, 13R
2018
2019Val Hoyle (NP/D)[6] 18D, 12R38D, 22R
Bev Clarno (R)[7]
2020Biden/
Harris (D)
2021Shemia Fagan (D)18D, 11R, 1I37D, 23R
2022
2023Tina Kotek (D)LaVonne Griffin-Valade (D)Christina Stephenson (NP/D)17D, 12R, 1I35D, 25R4D, 2R
202417D, 13R35D, 24R, 1I

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Oregon Secretary of State, Archives Division . Oregon State Archives . Earliest Authorities in Oregon History . Oregon Blue Book . . 2009-05-03.
  2. Web site: Oregon Department of Education . Oregon Department of Education . Superintendent Tenures . 2009-05-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100426115318/http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/page/?id=632 . 2010-04-26 . dead .
  3. Web site: Oregon Department of Education. Oregon Department of Education. Superintendent Tenures. 2009-05-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100426115318/http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/page/?id=632 . 2010-04-26 . dead.
  4. News: Governor Ted Kulongoski names Ted Wheeler as next Oregon treasurer. March 9, 2010. Mapes. Jeff. The Oregonian. March 9, 2010.
  5. News: Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber names Ellen Rosenblum as interim attorney general. June 6, 2012. Cole. Michelle. The Oregonian.
  6. Web site: 2018 Oregon Election Results.
  7. Web site: Bev Clarno, Former House Speaker, Will Be Oregon's Next Secretary Of State. 2021-06-24. opb. en.

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