Dorothy Louise Perkins

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.