The Oregon state election of 1922 was known as "the Klan election." That election elevated Kaspar K. Kubli to the speaker of the house where he led a delegation that was almost majority KKK members. The state senate had such a majority. This is one of the first laws they passed. 
https://twitter.com/ThePlumLineGS/status/1488178336350232581
A thread with more about this moment in Oregon history. Oregon had one of the highest per capita rates of KKK membership in the 20s.
https://twitter.com/SethCotlar/status/1302836400195207168
The most important thing to know about the 2nd KKK is that it was comprised largely of middle class people who thought of themselves as “Christian Patriots” defending the nation from the “threat” of immigrants who were deemed racially, culturally, and religiously “other.”
It’s also important to note that the 2nd Klan devoted a good amount of energy to taking over local school boards in the name of restoring America’s greatness and putting America First.
https://twitter.com/sethcotlar/status/1435847287813533698
Just wholesome patriotic Americans.
https://twitter.com/sethcotlar/status/1418992481555738624
The locality with the highest per capita rate of KKK membership in the 1920s was Altoona, Pa, where my immigrant great-grandpa ran a jewelry store.
https://twitter.com/sethcotlar/status/1418968515185242112
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