John R. Brinkley
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John Romulus Brinkley was an American quack doctor, broadcaster, marketer and independent politician. He had no accredited education as a physician and bought his medical degree from a diploma mill. B
Brinkley, c. 1921
Operating room at the Brinkley Hospital, Milford
Minnie Brinkley holding John Richard Brinkley III
1930 gubernatorial campaign advertisement, published in the Belleville Telescope. Touting Brinkley's military service during World War I and decrying the loss of his medical license, it instructs voters explicitly how to vote for the write-in candidate.
Alf Landon
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Alfred Mossman Landon was an American oilman and politician who served as the 26th governor of Kansas from 1933 to 1937. A member of the Republican Party, he was the party's nominee in the 1936 presid
John R. Brinkley
…counted, Brinkley would have won. Brinkley ran again in 1932 as an Independent, receiving 244,607 votes (30.6 percent of the vote), losing to Republican Alf Landon, later Republican nominee for president in 1936. His prospects for success in Kansas destroyed, Brinkley sold KFKB to an insurance company and decided…
Landon, c. 1936
Cover of Time magazine, May 18, 1936