Rolland Ernest Fisher, June 3, 1900 (Newport, Neb.) - February 4, 1982 (Topeka, Kan.?)
VP candidate for Prohibition Party (1968)
Running mate with nominee: E. Harold Munn (1903-1992)
Popular vote: 15,123 (0.02%)
Electoral vote: 0/538
The campaign:
The Prohibition Party once again nominated E. Harold Munn for President and in this round selected Kansas-based Party stalwart Rolland E. Fisher as his VP.
The 1968 platform sure looked a lot like the 1964 platform, and as the times they were a changin' pretty fast the Prohibition Party was having a difficult time connecting with voters on issues that were relevant in that era.
Their national result of 15,123 votes (0.03%) might seem paltry today, but that is huge compared to what the Prohibition Party would be earning at the end of the 20th century. Listed as choice in ten states, the Munn/Fisher ticket finished strongest in Alabama (0.38%), Fisher's own Kansas (0.25%), Indiana (0.22%), and Montana (0.19%). Since WWII Kansas and Indiana were consistently among the top states where the Party consistently finished with the highest percentages up to this point.
Election history:
1950 - Kansas Secretary of State (Prohibition Party) - defeated
1958 - Kansas Treasurer (Prohibition Party) - defeated
1960 - Kansas Auditor (Prohibition Party) - defeated
1962 - Kansas Auditor (Prohibition Party) - defeated
1964 - Kansas Auditor (Prohibition Party) - defeated
1966 - Governor of Kansas (Prohibition Party) - defeated
1972 - Governor of Kansas (Prohibition Party) - defeated
1974 - US Senate (Kan.) (Prohibition Party) - defeated
Other occupations: farm labor, soldier (US Marine Corps), Methodist minister, newspaper editor, on Board of Directors of the Topeka Rescue Mission, Prohibition Party Elector 1952-1956 (Kansas)
Buried: Memorial Park Cemetery (Topeka, Kan.)
Notes:
Winner of the 1974 race was Bob Dole.
1974 race was apparently a write-in campaign
Came to Kansas in 1916
