List of governors of Oregon
Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates The governor of Oregon is the head of government of the U.S. state of Oregon and the highest-ranking official in the state.
List of governors
The Oregon Country was obtained by the United States on January 30, 1819,<ref>Template:Usstat</ref> as a shared region with the United Kingdom. The Oregon Treaty ended the sharing and formally established the borders on June 15, 1846.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
The Champoeg Meetings, including a constitutional committee, held from February 1841 until May 1843, served as a de facto government before the government was officially established. While early attempts at establishing a government had been unsuccessful because of discontent between English American and French Canadian settlers over the question of whom they should choose as governor, several other officers were elected at these meetings, including Ira Babcock as Supreme Judge. For lack of a government, the Supreme Judge also received executive and legislative duties.<ref name="bio">DR. IRA L. BABCOCK, biography from Oregon Government, retrieved 15 May 2017</ref><ref name="History">A History of Oregon, 1792-1849, retrieved 15 May 2017</ref>
The meetings at Champoeg led up to the first constitution of the Oregon Country and several petitions for U.S. territorial status. The resulting acts created a provisional government on July 5, 1843. The first leaders of this government were an elected three-person Executive Committee. Later, George Abernethy was elected governor, and served from June 3, 1845, to March 3, 1849, though this government was never recognized by the federal government.
Oregon Territory
The region was organized as Oregon Territory on August 14, 1848.<ref>Template:Usstat</ref> During its history it had five governors appointed by the president of the United States.
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| 1 | File:Joseph Lane (2).jpg | Joseph Lane Template:Small Template:Sfn |
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| 2 | File:John P Gaines.png | John P. Gaines Template:Small Template:Sfn |
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| 3 | File:Joseph Lane (2).jpg | Joseph Lane Template:Small Template:Sfn |
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| 4 | File:John Wesley Davis.jpg | John Wesley Davis Template:Small Template:Sfn |
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| 5 | File:George Law Curry 1853.jpg | George Law Curry Template:Small Template:Sfn |
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State of Oregon
The state of Oregon was admitted to the Union on February 14, 1859.<ref>Template:Usstat</ref>
The 1857 Constitution of Oregon provided for the election of a governor every four years, to serve no more than eight out of any twelve years.<ref>OR Const. art. V, § 1</ref> This length and limit have never been changed. It is one of the few states without a lieutenant governor. The office would devolve upon the secretary of state upon vacancy<ref>OR Const. art. V, § 8, orig.</ref> until a 1920 amendment put the president of the Senate first in the line of succession,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and a 1972 amendment returned the secretary of state to the front.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Electoral history (1950–)
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| Candidate | # | % | Candidate | # | % | Candidate | # | % | Candidate | # | % | Candidate | # | % | Candidate | # | % | Candidate | # | % | Candidate | # | % | Candidate | # | % | ||||||||||
| 1950 | bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | Austin F. Flegel | 171,750 | 33.95% | bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | Douglas McKay | 334,160 | 66.05% | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1954 | bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | Joseph K. Carson | 244,170 | 43.09% | bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | Paul L. Patterson | 322,522 | 56.91% | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1956 | bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | Robert D. Holmes | 369,439 | 50.52% | bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | Elmo Smith | 361,840 | 49.48% | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1958 | bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | Robert D. Holmes | 267,934 | 44.66% | bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | Mark Hatfield | 331,900 | 55.32% | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1962 | bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | Robert Y. Thornton | 265,359 | 41.63% | bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | Mark Hatfield | 345,497 | 54.20% | bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | Robert H. Wampler | 26,142 | 4.10% | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1966 | bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | Robert W. Straub | 305,008 | 44.67% | bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | Tom McCall | 377,346 | 55.26% | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1970 | bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | Robert W. Straub | 392,892 | 44.10% | bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | Tom McCall | 369,964 | 55.52% | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1974 | bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | Robert W. Straub | 444,812 | 57.73% | bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | Victor Atiyeh | 324,751 | 42.14% | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1978 | bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | Robert W. Straub | 409,411 | 45.10% | bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | Victor Atiyeh | 498,452 | 54.90% | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1982 | bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | Ted Kulongoski | 374,316 | 35.92% | bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | Victor Atiyeh | 639,841 | 61.41% | – | bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | Paul Cleveland | 27,394 | 2.63% | – | – | – | – | – | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1986 | bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | Neil Goldschmidt | 549,456 | 51.85% | bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | Norma Paulus | 506,989 | 47.85% | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1990 | bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | Barbara Roberts | 508,749 | 45.75% | bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | David B. Frohnmayer | 444,646 | 39.98% | bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | Al Mobley | 144,062 | 12.95% | bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | Fred Oerther | 14,583 | 1.31% | – | – | – | – | – | |||||||||||||||
| 1994 | bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | John Kitzhaber | 622,083 | 50.95% | bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | Denny Smith | 517,874 | 42.41% | – | bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | Danford D. Template:Nowrap | 20,183 | 1.65% | – | – | bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | Ed Hickam (American) |
58,449 | 4.79% | – | – | |||||||||||||||
| 1998 | bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | John Kitzhaber | 717,061 | 64.42% | bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | Bill Sizemore | 334,001 | 30.01% | – | bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | Richard P. Burke | 20,200 | 1.81% | bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | Blair Bobier | 15,843 | 1.42% | – | bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | Template:Nowrap | 10,144 | 0.91% | bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | Template:Nowrap | 7,823 | 0.70% | bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | Template:Nowrap | 5,772 | 0.52% | ||||||
| 2002 | bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | Ted Kulongoski | 618,004 | 49.03% | bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | Kevin Mannix | 581,785 | 46.16% | – | bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | Tom Cox | 57,760 | 4.58% | – | – | – | – | – | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | Ted Kulongoski | 699,786 | 50.73% | bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | Ron Saxton | 589,748 | 42.75% | – | bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | Richard Morley | 16,798 | 1.22% | bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | Joe Keating | 20,030 | 1.45% | bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | Richard Morley | 50,229 | 3.64% | – | – | – | ||||||||||||
| 2010 | bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | John Kitzhaber | 716,525 | 49.29% | bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | Chris Dudley | 694,287 | 47.76% | – | bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | Wes Wagner | 19,048 | 1.31% | – | bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | Greg Kord | 20,475 | 1.41% | – | – | – | |||||||||||||||
| 2014 | bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | John Kitzhaber | 733,230 | 49.89% | bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | Dennis Richardson | 648,542 | 44.13% | – | bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | Paul Grad | 21,903 | 1.49% | bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | Jason Levin | 29,561 | 2.01% | bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | Aaron Auer | 15,929 | 1.08% | bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | Template:Nowrap | 13,898 | 0.95% | – | – | |||||||||
| 2016 | bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | Kate Brown | 985,027 | 50.62% | bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | Bud Pierce | 845,609 | 43.45% | bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | Cliff ThomasonTemplate:Efn | 47,481 | 2.44% | bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | James Foster | 45,191 | 2.32% | – | bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | Aaron Auer | 19,400 | 1.00% | – | – | – | ||||||||||||
| 2018 | bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | Kate Brown | 934,498 | 50.05% | bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | Knute Buehler | 814,988 | 43.65% | bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | Patrick StarnesTemplate:Efn | 53,392 | 2.86% | bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | Nick Chen | 28,927 | 1.55% | – | bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | Aaron Auer | 21,145 | 1.13% | bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | Template:Nowrap | 11,013 | 0.59% | – | – | |||||||||
| 2022 | bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | Tina Kotek | 917,074 | 46.96% | bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | Christine Drazan | 850,347 | 43.54% | bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | Betsy Johnson | 168,431 | 8.63% | bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | R. Leon Noble | 6,867 | 0.35% | – | bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | Donice Smith | 8,051 | 0.41% | – | – | – | ||||||||||||
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