Macauley and Barnum
VP candidate for Single Tax Party (aka National Single Tax Party) (1920)
Running mate with nominee: Robert Colvin Macauley (1865-1933)
Popular vote: 8110 (0.03%)
Electoral vote: 0/531
The campaign:
The single-issue single-tax disciples of Henry George had morphed from the tiny Land Value Tax Party to the Single Tax Party with a cat as their party symbol.
Except for the final month, most of the STP campaign consisted of Macauley running a front porch campaign from his home in Philadelphia.
Running mate R.C. Barnum didn't need any professional political handlers: "Mrs. Barnum is my business partner. I intend to conduct my political campaign in the same way I handle my private business. Then whom shall I select as my campaign manager but my wife?"
The Macauley/Barnum ticket was on the ballot in 9 states and didn't exactly turn the world upside down, winning 8110 popular votes for a national total of 0.03%.
Election history: none
Other occupations: publisher
Buried: Highland Park Cemetery (Highland Hills, Ohio)
Notes:
Arrived in Cleveland, Ohio around 1910.
Was 6 ft. 8 in. tall.
His parents, Franklin and Harriet Barnum natives of Ohio, appeared to be Texas residents for just a short time, and returned to the Buckeye State, living in Rock Creek.
Some sources claim Carrie Chapman Catt was actually the nominee or running mate in 1920.
Buried in the same cemetery as Donald “Cinque” DeFreeze.
