John Cromwell Lincoln, July 17, 1866 (Painesville, Ohio) - May 24, 1959 (Phoenix, Ariz.)
VP candidate for Commonwealth Land Party (aka Single Tax Party) (1924)
Running mate with nominee: William J. Wallace (1861-1927)
Popular vote: 2,919 (0.01%)
Electoral vote: 0/531
The campaign:
Changing their party name from that of Single Tax Party to Commonwealth Land Party, the Georgist single-issue group made another attempt for the White House. Running mate John C. Lincoln noted years later that the campaign personally cost him $2000 and, "It was a crazy thing to do."
The Wallace/Lincoln ticket was on the ballot in nine states. Their best showing was in Ohio with a tally of 1,246 (0.06%).
Election history: none.
Other occupations: Inventor, entrepreneur, philanthropist, author, founder of the Lincoln Electric Co., President of the Bagdad Mine and Copper Co., established the Lincoln Foundation, Trustee of Henry George School of Social Science, co-founder of the Camelback Inn.
Buried: Greenwood Memory Lawn Cemetery (Phoenix, Ariz.)
Notes:
If elected, Lincoln would have become President in 1927 upon the death of Wallace, meaning he
would have been our 2nd President Lincoln.
Buried in the same cemetery as Don Bolles, Robert Cox, Loyal and Edith Davis (parents of Nancy
Reagan), Paul Fannin, Beverly Michaels, Helen McRuer Mitchell, Walter Winchell
Drove his own handmade automobile
Heard Henry George speak in Cleveland in 1889, sparking his journey into the single-tax movement.
Posthumously inducted into the American Mining Hall of Fame in 1998.
Holder of numerous electricity-related patents.
Mother was a physician.
Father was an immigrant from England.
