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Electoral history of Wayne Morse

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Electoral history of Wayne Morse

Electoral history of Wayne Morse, United States Senator from Oregon, candidate for the 1960 Democratic presidential nomination and Oregon favorite-son candidate in the 1952 Republican presidential primaries.

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Originally a Republican, Morse became an independent in 1952 and a Democrat in 1955.

1952

Oregon Republican presidential primary, 1952:

  • Dwight D. Eisenhower - 172,486 (64.55%)
  • Earl Warren - 44,034 (16.48%)
  • Douglas MacArthur - 18,603 (6.96%)
  • Robert A. Taft (write-in) - 18,009 (6.74%)
  • Wayne Morse - 7,105 (2.66%)
  • Harold Stassen - 6,610 (2.47%)
  • William R. Schneider - 350 (0.13%)
  • 1952 Republican presidential primaries:

  • Robert A. Taft - 2,794,736 (35.84%)
  • Dwight D. Eisenhower - 2,050,708 (26.30%)
  • Earl Warren - 1,349,036 (17.30%)
  • Harold Stassen - 881,702 (11.31%)
  • Thomas H. Werdel - 521,110 (6.68%)
  • George T. Mickelson - 63,879 (0.82%)
  • Douglas MacArthur - 44,209 (0.57%)
  • Grant A. Ritter - 26,208 (0.34%)
  • Edward C. Slettedahl - 22,712 (0.29%)
  • Riley A. Bender - 22,321 (0.29%)
  • Mary E. Kenny - 10,411 (0.13%)
  • Wayne Morse - 7,105 (0.09%)
  • Perry J. Stearns - 2,925 (0.04%)
  • William R. Schneider - 580 (0.01%)
  • 1960

    District of Columbia Democratic presidential primary, 1960:

  • Hubert Humphrey - 8,239 (57.35%)
  • Wayne Morse - 6,127 (42.65%)
  • Maryland Democratic presidential primary, 1960:

  • John F. Kennedy - 201,769 (70.31%)
  • Wayne Morse - 49,420 (17.22%)
  • Unpledged - 24,350 (8.49%)
  • Lar Daly - 7,536 (2.63%)
  • Andrew J. Easter - 3,881 (1.35%)
  • Oregon Democratic presidential primary, 1960:

  • John F. Kennedy - 146,332 (50.97%)
  • Wayne Morse - 91,715 (31.95%)
  • Hubert Humphrey - 16,319 (5.68%)
  • Stuart Symington - 12,496 (4.35%)
  • Lyndon B. Johnson - 11,101 (3.87%)
  • Adlai Stevenson (write-in) - 7,924 (2.76%)
  • Others - 1,210 (0.42%)
  • 1960 Democratic presidential primaries:

  • John F. Kennedy - 1,847,259 (31.43%)
  • Pat Brown - 1,354,031 (23.04%)
  • George H. McLain - 646,387 (11.00%)
  • Hubert Humphrey - 590,410 (10.05%)
  • George Smathers - 322,235 (5.48%)
  • Michael DiSalle - 315,312 (5.37%)
  • Unpledged - 241,958 (4.12%)
  • Albert S. Porter - 208,057 (3.54%)
  • Wayne Morse - 147,262 (2.51%)
  • Adlai Stevenson - 51,833 (0.88%)
  • Lar Daly - 48,389 (0.82%)
  • John H. Latham - 42,084 (0.72%)
  • Stuart Symington - 29,740 (0.51%)
  • Richard Nixon - 16,899 (0.29%)
  • Lyndon B. Johnson - 15,691 (0.27%)
  • 1972

    Democratic nomination for the Vice President of the United States, 1972:

    Vote to replace original candidate Thomas Eagleton, nominated at the 1972 Democratic National Convention and then removed from the ticket

  • Sargent Shriver - 2,936 (97.44%)
  • Thomas Eagleton - 73 (2.42%)
  • Wayne Morse - 4 (0.13%)
  • 1974

    Note: Morse died before the general election and was replaced on the ballot by Betty Roberts.

    References

    Electoral history of Wayne Morse Wikipedia