Emil F. Teichert, December 17, 1897 (West Newton, Penn.) - January 9, 1972 (Lake Hill, NY)
VP candidate for Socialist Labor Party (aka Industrial Government Party) (1936)
Running mate with nominee: John W. Aiken (1896-1968)
Popular vote: 12,799 (0.03%)
Electoral vote: 0/531
The campaign:
In 1936 the Socialist Labor Party elevated their 1932 VP nominee John W. Aiken to be the standard bearer. Emil F. Teichert, a resident of New York, was chosen as the running mate.
The 1936 SLP platform didn't think much of FDR's New Deal policies:
"Where a social revolution is pending and, for whatever reason, is not accomplished, reaction is the alternative. Every reform granted by capitalism is a concealed measure of reaction, exemplified by the NRA, AAA, TVA, CCC, WPA, etc. He who says reform says preservation, and he who says that reforms under capitalism are possible and worthwhile thereby declares that a continuation of capitalism is possible and worthwhile. But capitalism has grown into an all-destroying and all-devouring monster that must itself be destroyed if humanity is to live. Fascism, Nazism, Absolutism in government-- in short, Industrial Feudalism-- are but means in the attempts to preserve capitalism.
American capitalism, along with capitalism in the rest of the world today, is trembling in the balance between decay or progress, reaction or revolution. THIS IS THE HISTORIC HOUR OF THE AMERICAN WORKING CLASS"
It was a pretty bad year for the SLP at the ballot box, even for them. They finished in a dismal 7th place. Presented as an option in the voting booth in 15 states, their best result was in Rhode Island with 0.30%.
Election history:
1932 - Lt. Governor of New York (Socialist Labor Party) - defeated
1933 - New York City Board of Aldermen President (Socialist Labor Party) - defeated
1934 - Lt. Governor of New York (Socialist Labor Party) - defeated
1937 - Mayor of New York City (Industrial Government Party) - defeated
Other occupations: office worker for the Pennsylvania Railroad, book translator, lecturer, newspaper writer
Buried: ?
Notes:
The winner in the 1937 mayoral race was Fiorello LaGuardia.
Older brother of 1944-1948 SLP Presidental nominee Edward A. Teichert.
Presidential electors in Pennsylvania (where the SLP was called the Industrial Labor Party) included
E.A. Teichert, Minnie J. Teichert, and Ernest M. Teichert.
Moved to Lake Hill, NY ca. 1947.
