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1902 Oregon gubernatorial election

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 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 Incumbent governor Theodore Thurston Geer and C. A. Johns of Baker City had withdrawn their candidacy, and mayor of Pendleton W. J. Furnish was nominated on the first ballot against H. E. Ankeny of Jackson County.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}±%
	Democratic	41,857	46.17%	+5.40%
	Republican	41,611	45.90%	−7.32%
	Socialist	3,711	4.09%
	Prohibition	3,483	3.84%	+1.22%
90,662	100.00%
Plurality	246	0.27%
	Democratic gain from Republican	+12.72%

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.

Jackson
Marion
Morrow
Multnomah
Polk
Umatilla
Union
Wallowa
Coos
Harney
Josephine

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