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.
Originally a Republican, Morse became an independent in 1952 and a Democrat in 1955.
1944[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Wayne Morse | 269,095 | 60.71 | |
| Democratic | Edgar W. Smith | 174,140 | 39.29 | |
| Total votes | 443,235 | 100.00 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
1950[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Wayne Morse (incumbent) | 376,510 | 74.79 | |
| Democratic | Howard LaTourette | 116,780 | 23.20 | |
| Progressive | Harlin Talbert | 10,165 | 2.02 | |
| Total votes | 503,455 | 100.00 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
1952[edit]
Oregon Republican presidential primary, 1952:[3]
- 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:[4]
- 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%)
1956[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Wayne Morse (incumbent) | 396,849 | 54.20 | |
| Republican | Douglas McKay | 335,405 | 45.80 | |
| Total votes | 732,254 | 100.00 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
1960[edit]
District of Columbia Democratic presidential primary, 1960:[6]
- Hubert Humphrey - 8,239 (57.35%)
- Wayne Morse - 6,127 (42.65%)
Maryland Democratic presidential primary, 1960:[7]
- 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:[8]
- 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:[9]
- 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%)
1962[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Wayne Morse (incumbent) | 344,716 | 54.15 | |
| Republican | Sig Unander | 291,587 | 45.81 | |
| none | write-ins | 253 | 0.04 | |
| Total votes | 636,556 | 100.00 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
1968[edit]
Primary election[edit]
Robert B. Duncan
* Wayne Morse
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Wayne Morse (incumbent) | 185,091 | 49.03 | |
| Democratic | Robert B. Duncan | 174,795 | 46.30 | |
| Democratic | Phil McAlmond | 17,658 | 4.68 | |
| Total votes | 377,544 | 100.00 | ||
General election[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Bob Packwood | 408,646 | 50.20 | |||
| Democratic | Wayne Morse (incumbent) | 405,353 | 49.80 | |||
| Total votes | 813,999 | 100.00 | ||||
| Republican gain from Democratic | ||||||
1972[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Wayne Morse | 173,147 | 43.70 | |
| Democratic | Robert B. Duncan | 130,845 | 33.03 | |
| Democratic | Don Willner | 74,060 | 18.69 | |
| Democratic | Ralph Wiser | 17,729 | 4.48 | |
| Democratic | miscellaneous | 423 | 0.11 | |
| Total votes | 396,204 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic nomination for the Vice President of the United States, 1972:[14]
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%)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Mark Hatfield (incumbent) | 488,477 | 53.63 | |
| Democratic | Wayne Morse | 421,205 | 46.25 | |
| none | miscellaneous | 1,127 | 0.12 | |
| Total votes | 910,809 | 100.00 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
1974[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Wayne Morse | 155,729 | 48.98 | |
| Democratic | Jason Boe | 125,055 | 39.33 | |
| Democratic | Robert T. Daly | 21,881 | 6.88 | |
| Democratic | Robert E. O'Connor | 14,984 | 4.71 | |
| Democratic | miscellaneous | 319 | 0.10 | |
| Total votes | 396,204 | 100.00 | ||
Note: Morse died before the general election and was replaced on the ballot by Betty Roberts.
References[edit]
- ^ "Our Campaigns - OR US Senate Race - Nov 07, 1944".
- ^ "Our Campaigns - OR US Senate Race - Nov 07, 1950".
- ^ "Our Campaigns - OR US President - R Primary Race - May 16, 1952".
- ^ "Our Campaigns - US President - R Primaries Race - Feb 01, 1952".
- ^ "Our Campaigns - OR US Senate Race - Nov 06, 1956".
- ^ "Our Campaigns - DC US President - D Primary Race - May 03, 1960".
- ^ "Our Campaigns - MD US President - D Primary Race - May 17, 1960".
- ^ "Our Campaigns - OR US President - D Primary Race - May 20, 1960".
- ^ "Our Campaigns - US President - D Primaries Race - Feb 01, 1960".
- ^ "Our Campaigns - OR US Senate Race - Nov 06, 1962".
- ^ "Our Campaigns - OR US Senate - D Primary Race - May 28, 1968".
- ^ "Our Campaigns - OR US Senate Race - Nov 05, 1968".
- ^ "Our Campaigns - OR US Senate- D Primary Race - May 23, 1972".
- ^ "Our Campaigns - US Vice President - D Appointment Race - Aug 08, 1972".
- ^ "Our Campaigns - OR US Senate Race - Nov 07, 1972".
- ^ "Our Campaigns - OR US Senate - D Primary Race - May 28, 1974".