On November 13, the Prohibition Party nominated its national ticket for 2020, via a telephone conference call. Bill Bayes of Mississippi is the presidential nominee. Connie Gammon of Tennessee is the vice-presidential nominee.
An earlier version of this post said Bayes is the first presidential nominee from Mississippi, but the Constitution Party of Texas in 1960, and the Reform Party in 2008, also had presidential nominees who lived in Mississippi. Thanks to the commenters for pointing this out, especial Rick Knox.
They’ve been running a Presidential ticket for each election year since 1872. The party was founded way back in 1869.
I wonder how many people were on that conference call.
Ted Weill, the Reform Party’s 2008 nominee, was from Mississippi.
How many crime gangs and corrupt public officials due to booze prohibition in 1919-1933 — ie major felonies — murder, bribery, etc. ???
Charles Sullivan was on the ballot in 1960 for the Constitution party in Texas, Sullivan was an attorney who went on to serve as Lt. Governor he lost three races for Governor and one for the U.S. Senate.
Mississippi three Presidential candidates in order Sullivan, Weill and , the late Cliff Finch who was Governor from 1976-1980 ran against Jimmy Carter in a few Presidential primaries in and he did have some support for the American Independent party presidential nomination.
I’ll drink to that! Old joke, couldn’t resist. Good luck to the Prohibition party. By the way, Jefferson Davis the President of the Confederate States of America was from Mississippi.
MS- one of the 1861-1865 ConFed States with above average death rates – Shiloh, Vicksburg, Atlanta, etc. ???
IE still in recovery mode 150 plus years later ???
Thank you, Rick Knox. I corrected the post.
There were 20 members on the call, at one time or another. Not all of them remained until the end. Three participants held a total of 10 proxies. The requirement for participating/proxy was to have paid current dues.
There also was a (non-member) observer from the American Solidarity Party.
I guess best of luck to Bayes