Arla Allen Albaugh, Mar. 7, 1906 (Denison, Ohio) - Jan. 15, 2003 (Oakland Park, Fla.)
VP candidate for Socialist Labor Party (1944)
Running mate with nominee: Edward A. Teichert (1903-1981)
Popular vote: 45,188 (0.09%)
Electoral vote: 0/531
The campaign:
The beginning sentences in the Socialist Labor Party's 1944 platform anticipated life after WWII:
Our society stands where the road forks. The signs are plainly marked. One points to a continuation of capitalism. It leads to a postwar world of chronic economic crisis, of idle factories and idle men, of spreading anti-Semitism and racism, of fascist controls and Stateism, and of the perpetual struggle and war. The other points to Socialism-- a world of social ownership, democratic management of the industries, jobs and plenty for all, human brotherhood, and enduring peace.
The Party nominated Edward A. Teichert, the younger brother of SLP 1936 VP nominee Emil F. Teichert, for President. Arla A. Albaugh of Massillon, Ohio (where Jacob Coxey had once served as Mayor) was selected as the running mate. A seasoned SLP speaker, Albaugh hit the campaign trail and also used the radio as a communication tool.
With recorded votes from 11 states, they had their best result in New Jersey, placing 3rd with 0.35%.
Election history:
1946 - Governor of Ohio (Socialist Labor Party) - defeated
1962 - US Senate (Penn.) (Socialist Labor Party) - defeated
1964 - Pennsylvania State Auditor General (Socialist Labor Party) - defeated
Other occupations: photoengraver, lecturer
Buried: ?
Notes:
Joined SLP in 1934.
Was still active in the SLP 1993 from Dade Co. Fla.
