Prohibition Party presidential election results
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The U.S. Prohibition Party presidential election results are listed chronologically below.
The Prohibition Party has run a candidate for the presidency of the United States every year since 1872. Although national prohibition was introduced in 1920 with broad public support, the Prohibition Party never received over about a quarter of a million votes. This may be because the powerful Anti-Saloon League and Women’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU), among others, chose to remain non-partisan. Their strategy was to support whichever major party (Democrat or Republican) candidate took a position most favorable to the interests of the temperance movement.
Year Presidential Candidate Votes Received
- 1872 James Black 5,607
- 1876 Green Clay Smith 9,737
- 1880 Neal Dow 10,305
- 1884 John P. St. John 150,369
- 1888 Clinton B. Fisk 249,506
- 1892 John Bidwell 264,133
- 1896 Joshua Levering 132,007
- 1900 John C. Wooley 298, 914
- 1904 Silas C. Swallow 258,536
- 1908 Eugene W. Chafin 253,840
- 1912 Eugene W. Chafin 206,275
- 1916 J. Frank Hanly 220,506
- 1920 Aaron S. Watkins 189,408
- 1924 Herman P. Faris 57,520
- 1928 William F. Varney 20,106
- 1932 D. Leigh Colvin 37,847
- 1940 Roger Babson 57,812
- 1944 Claude A. Watson 74,758
- 1948 Claude A. Watson 103,900
- 1952 Stuart Hamblen 72,949
- 1956 Enoch A. Holtwick 41,937
- 1960 Rutherford C. Decker 46,203
- 1964 E. Harold Munn 32,267
- 1968 E. Harold Munn 15,123
- 1972 E. Harold Munn 13,444
- 1976 Ben Bubar 15,961
- 1980 Ben Bubar 7,237
- 1984 Earl F. Dodge 4,204
- 1988 Earl F. Dodge 8,004
- 1992 Earl F. Dodge 935
- 1996 Earl F. Dodge 1,294
- 2000 Earl F. Dodge 208
- 2004 Gene Amondson 1,896
These statistics are reported votes. At various times and places some precincts have reportedly not recorded votes cast for minor parties
