title: Electoral history of Wayne Morse
text: # 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
  
  United States Senate election in Oregon, 1944 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Republican | Wayne Morse | 269,095 | 60.71 |
  | | Democratic | Edgar W. Smith | 174,140 | 39.29 |
  | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 443,235 | 100.00 |
  | | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |
  
  ## 1950
  
  United States Senate election in Oregon, 1950 :
  
  | Party | 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 | Total votes | Total votes | 503,455 | 100.00 |
  | | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |
  
  ## 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%)
  
  ## 1956
  
  United States Senate election in Oregon, 1956 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Democratic | Wayne Morse (incumbent) | 396,849 | 54.20 |
  | | Republican | Douglas McKay | 335,405 | 45.80 |
  | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 732,254 | 100.00 |
  | | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |
  
  ## 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%)
  
  ## 1962
  
  United States Senate election in Oregon, 1962 :
  
  | Party | 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 | Total votes | Total votes | 636,556 | 100.00 |
  | | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |
  
  ## 1968
  
  ### Primary election
  
  Democratic primary for the United States Senate from Oregon, 1968 :
  
  | Party | 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 | Total votes | Total votes | 377,544 | 100.00 |
  
  ### General election
  
  United States Senate election in Oregon, 1968 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Republican | Bob Packwood | 408,646 | 50.20 |
  | | Democratic | Wayne Morse (incumbent) | 405,353 | 49.80 |
  | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 813,999 | 100.00 |
  | | Republican gain from Democratic | Republican gain from Democratic | Republican gain from Democratic | Republican gain from Democratic |
  
  ## 1972
  
  Democratic primary for the United States Senate from Oregon, 1972 :
  
  | Party | 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 | Total votes | Total votes | 396,204 | 100.00 |
  
  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%)
  
  United States Senate election in Oregon, 1972 :
  
  | Party | 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 | Total votes | Total votes | 910,809 | 100.00 |
  | | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |
  
  ## 1974
  
  Democratic primary for the United States Senate from Oregon, 1974 :
  
  | Party | 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 | Total votes | Total votes | 396,204 | 100.00 |
  
  Note: Morse died before the general election and was replaced on the ballot by Betty Roberts.
  
  