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It was difficult to draw the line between papers that advocated prohibition in a nonpartisan way, and those that advocated the Prohibition Party method. The former would include nearly all the religions papers, and many Republican and Democratic papers. This list draws the line distinctly on the support of the Prohibition Party.
The Prohibition Party experienced a schism in 2003, as the party's prior presidential candidate, Earl Dodge, incorporated a rival party called the National Prohibition Party in Colorado. [38] [39] An opposing faction nominated Gene C. Amondson for president and filed under the Prohibition banner in Louisiana.
John Russell (September 20, 1822 – November 3, 1912) was a Methodist preacher who became a leading advocate for prohibition during the 1870s. [1] Russell helped organize the Prohibition Party, was its first National Committee Chairman, [2] and was the party's running mate for James Black in the 1872 United States presidential election.
The platform drafted by the Platform Committee gave support to alcoholic prohibition in Washington, D.C., territories, and every state, equal suffrage and office eligibility regardless of race and gender, free public education, direct election of the president, vice president, and senators, increasing immigration, decreasing governmental salaries, and opposition to the death penalty, gambling ...
19th-century newspapers that supported the Prohibition Party; List of African American newspapers in the United States; English-language press of the Socialist Party of America; List of alternative weekly newspapers in the United States; List of business newspapers in the United States; List of family-owned newspapers in the United States
At 12:01 a.m., Jan. 17, 1920, America was cut off. Saloons closed their doors. Taps stopped flowing. People stockpiled their whiskey, beer and wine to weather the dry spell that would last 13 years.
Prohibition Party (United States) politicians (35 C, 1 P) Pages in category "Prohibition Party" ... 19th-century newspapers that supported the Prohibition Party;
Kansas gave ballot access to four presidential candidates but several, such as the Pirate Party and the Prohibition Party, didn't make the cut.