Edward Kirby Meador, November 6, 1885 (Chamblissburg, Va.) - December 25, 1981 (Riverside County, Calif.)
VP candidate for Greenback Party (1956, 1960)
Running mate with nominee (1956): Frederick C. Proehl (1880-1970)
Running mate with nominee (1960): Whitney Hart Slocomb (1885-1961)
Popular vote (1956): 0 (0.00%)
Popular vote (1960): 0 (0.00%)
Electoral vote (1956): 0/531
Electoral vote (1960): 0/537
The campaign (1956):
Proehl (pronounced Pray-el), aged 76 decided to run for a second time as a Greenback, seldom leaving his grocery store in Edmonds, Wash. He never met his running mate, 70-year old Edward Kirby Meador, a Boston-based book publisher.
Any press coverage they received usually had a focus on them as colorful antiquated characters. Proehl stated the use of checkbooks was creating what he called "false money" (I wonder if he accepted checks at his store?) and Meador advocated the eradication of income tax. All of the country's financial problems, Meador added, traced to "Jewish, American and British Bankers." You can see where this is going.
Not on any ballots, no votes recorded.
The campaign (1960):
In their final campaign the Greenback Party could have been called the Throwback Party. The relatively youthful 65-year old Whitney Hart Slocomb, a Los Angeles "ambulance first-aid man" and sometime author was the Presidential nominee with his publisher who was none other than Meador, now 74, once again as the Party's running mate. Their campaign slogan "all reform waits for money reform— then let us get money reform first!" didn't exactly set the electorate on fire.
After the election, where they were not on any ballots and had no recorded votes, Greenback Party head honcho John Zahnd, now in his 80s, resigned as Party chair on Jan. 1, 1961. He died a month later and the Party basically died with him.
Election history: none.
Other occupations: book publisher
Buried: Olivewood Cemetery (Riverside, Calif.)
Notes:
Buried in the same cemetery as Del Lord.
If elected in 1960 would have become President in 1961 upon the death of Slocomb.
One of 12 children.
Claimed to be a descendant or close relative of Ben Franklin.
