Dorothy Louise Perkins, December 11, 1929 (Blytheville, Ark.) - January 23, 1991 (Rockwall, Tex.)
VP candidate for Independent (1980)
Running mate with nominee: Marvin Edward Perkins (1935-2003)
Popular vote: 0 (0.00%)
Electoral vote: 0/538
The campaign:
Reported to be a husband and wife ticket, Marvin and Dorothy Perkins were certified write-in candidates in Missouri, their home state of Texas, and perhaps other states.
Although their names were listed a few times in the media, their platform and motivations were not. This couple seemed to have had an interesting on again off again marriage. After the 1980 election, if I am reading the records correctly, it looks like they divorced twice and remarried twice.
If the Perkins/Perkins ticket had won, the fact they were residents of the same state would have posed a Constitutional problem.
Dorothy died in 1991. Marvin ran for President again in 1996.
Election history: ?
Other occupations: ?
Buried: Rest Haven Memorial Park (Rockwall, Tex.)
Notes:
Birth name: Dorothy Louise Leath. Also known as Dorothy Louise Gann.
