Norman Thomas
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Norman Mattoon Thomas was an American Presbyterian minister, political activist, and perennial candidate for president. He achieved fame as a socialist and pacifist, and was the Socialist Party of Ame
Thomas in 1937
Front page of The New Leader featuring Thomas as an Aldermanic candidate, October 19, 1927
Norman Thomas and James H. Maurer as candidates for President and Vice President, 1928
Thomas speaking at a STFU meeting in 1937 (by Louise Boyle)
Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 6, 1928. In a landslide victory, the Republican ticket of Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover and Senator Charles Curtis defeated the
Norman Thomas
…He achieved fame as a socialist and pacifist, and was the Socialist Party of America's candidate for president in six consecutive elections between 1928 and 1948. Thomas was the oldest of six children, born November 20, 1884, in Marion, Ohio, to Emma Williams (née Mattoon) and Weddington Evans Thomas…
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Unsuccessful 1928
Calvin Coolidge, the incumbent president in 1928, whose second and only full term expired on March 4, 1929
Herbert Hoover and Charles Curtis after winning the presidential and vice-presidential nominations