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US President - Am Prb Convention
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| Office | President |
| Type | Primary Election |
| Filing Deadline | June 01, 1884 - 12:00pm |
| Polls Open | June 19, 1884 - 06:00am |
| Polls Close | June 20, 1884 - 08:00pm |
| Term Start | March 04, 1885 - 12:00pm |
| Term End | March 04, 1889 - 12:00pm |
| Contributor | Chronicler |
| Last Modified | Chronicler October 05, 2024 07:08pm |
| Data Sources | Ohio Elects the President, p. 56; New York Times, 6/21/1884; James T. Havel, U.S. Presidential Candidates and the Elections, vol. 2, p. 55. |
| Description | The American (Prohibition) Party held its national convention in the YMCA building in Chicago IL. The party sought to merge the reform movements of anti-masonry, prohibition, anti-polygamy, and direct election of the President into a new party.
Blanchard was a leader of the party. He travelled throughout northern states in the spring and gave an address entitled "The American Party - Its Principles and Its Claims." NYT 5/8/1884
Temporary and Permanent Chairman: Joseph L. Barlow CT
There were 150 delegates, including many non-voting delegates. NYT 6/21/1884
During the convention, the party name was changed from the American Party to the American Prohibition Party. The party name had been the Anti-Masonic Party in 1880.
The party nominated S.C. Pomeroy for President on the first ballot (as shown here) and John A. Conant CT for VP.
Pomeroy withdrew from the race and endorsed John P. St. John on 8/27/1884 (Davenport [IA] Morning Democrat, 8/28/1884). |
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