A Slice in Third Party Vice-Presidential Time: 1867-1868
Here's some fun historical trivia. Between the dates of the birth of George Ross Kirkpatrick (February 24, 1867) to the death of Samuel McFarland (February 17, 1868) there were 64 Third Party Vice-Presidential Candidates living between the Earth and the sky. By February, 1868 nine of these individuals had already served as VP nominees.
Here's mosaic of this unique group and where they were between February 24, 1867 to February 17, 1868--
Sidney Rigdon (February 19, 1793 – July 14, 1876)
VP candidate for Reform Party 1844
Living with family in Friendship, NY as his LDS offshoot religion rapidly declined.
Charles Francis Adams Sr. (August 18, 1807 – November 21, 1886)
VP candidate for Free Soil Party 1848
United States Envoy to the United Kingdom.
Charles C. Foote (March 30, 1811 – May 3, 1891)
VP candidate for National Liberty Party 1848
Working as a Presbyterian minister and involved with the Freedman's Aid Society in Michigan.
George Washington Julian (May 5, 1817 – July 7, 1899)
VP candidate for Free Soil Party 1852
In the US House of Representatives from Indiana as a Republican.
Charles Jones Jenkins (January 6, 1805 – June 14, 1883)
VP candidate for Union Party 1852
Governor of Georgia in the Conservative/Democratic Party.
Reynell Coates (December 10, 1802 – April 27, 1886)
VP candidate for Native American Party (aka American Party) 1852
Living in Camden, NJ. Joined the Camden City Medical Society in 1867.
Andrew Jackson Donelson (August 25, 1799 – June 26, 1871)
VP candidate for American (Know-Nothing) Party 1856
Lived in Memphis, Tenn.
Joseph Lane (December 14, 1801 – April 19, 1881)
VP candidate for Constitutional Democratic Party 1860
Retired on his farm near Roseburg, Oregon.
Samuel McFarland (1795 - February 17, 1868)
VP candidate for Radical Abolitionists Party (aka Liberty Party) 1860
Sheep farmer near Washington, Penn.
Frederick Douglass (ca. February 1818 – February 20, 1895)
VP candidate for Equal Rights Party (aka People's Party aka Cosmo-Political Party aka National Radical Reformers) (1872)
July 1867 meets his brother Perry after four decades and arranges the family to live in Rochester, NY
John Quincy Adams II (September 22, 1833 – August 14, 1894)
VP candidate for Straight-Out Democratic Party (1872)
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (Democratic). Defeated in the 1867 election for Governor.
Benjamin Gratz Brown (May 28, 1826 – December 13, 1885)
VP candidate for Liberal Republican Party and Democratic Party (1872)
Member of the US Senate (Mo.) (Unconditional Union Party)
John Russell (September 20, 1822 - November 4, 1912)
VP candidate for Prohibition Party (1872)
Methodist minister in Michigan
Samuel Fenton Cary (February 18, 1814 – September 29, 1900)
VP candidate for Greenback Party 1876
Member of the US House of Representatives (Independent Republican)
Donald Kirkpatrick (September 9, 1830 - September 19, 1889)
VP candidate for American National Party (aka Anti-Masonic Party aka Anti-Secret Society Party) (1876)
Salt manufacturer in Syracuse, NY area.
Gideon Tabor Stewart (August 7, 1824 - June 10, 1909)
VP candidate for Prohibition Party (1876)
Attorney in Norwalk, Ohio.
Barzillai Jefferson Chambers (December 5, 1817 – September 16, 1895)
VP candidate for Greenback Party 1880
Farmer in Texas. Had served in the CSA Army (Tex.) for about 6 months in 1864.
Samuel Clarke Pomeroy (January 3, 1816 – August 27, 1891)
VP candidate for Anti-Masonic Party (aka American Party aka Anti-Secret Society Party aka National American Party) (1880)
Member of the US Senate (Kan.) (Republican)
Henry Adams Thompson (March 23, 1837 – July 8, 1920)
VP candidate for Prohibition Party (1880)
Supt. of Schools in Troy, Ohio.
Absolom Madden West (1818 – September 30, 1894)
VP candidate for Greenback Party 1884
President of the Mississippi Central Railroad.
Marietta Lizzie Bell Stow (1830? – December 27, 1902)
VP candidate for Equal Rights Party (aka National Equal Rights Party) (1884)
VP candidate for National Woman Suffragists' Party (1892)
Married to Joseph Stow in San Francisco and attempting a domestic existence.
William Daniel (January 24, 1826 – October 13, 1897)
VP candidate for Prohibition Party (1884)
Trustee of Dickinson College.
John A. Colvin (January 8, 1841 - February 15, 1900)
VP candidate for Industrial Reform Party (1888)
Living in Illinois.
Peter Dinwiddie Wigginton (September 6, 1839 – July 7, 1890)
VP candidate for American Party (1888)
District Attorney of Merced County (Calif.)
William Harrison Thompson Wakefield (December 13, 1834 - July 26, 1913)
VP candidate for United Labor Party (1888)
Farmer in Douglas County, Kansas
Charles E. Cunningham (July 1, 1823 – April 21, 1895)
VP candidate for Union Labor Party (1888)
A Democrat operating a sawmill in Little Rock, Arkansas.
John Anderson Brooks (June 3, 1836 – February 3, 1897)
VP candidate for Prohibition Party (1888)
A minister om Winchester, Ky.
Charles Stuart Welles (February 22, 1848 - February 5, 1927)
VP candidate for Equal Rights Party (1888)
Attending Dartmouth?
Charles Horatio Matchett (May 15, 1843 – October 23, 1919)
VP candidate for Socialist Labor Party (1892)
In his wandering years.
James Gaven Field (February 24, 1826 – October 12, 1901)
VP candidate for People's Party (1892)
Farmer and attorney in Albemarle County, Va.
James Britton Buchanan Boone Cranfill (September 12, 1858 – December 28, 1942)
VP candidate for Prohibition Party (1892)
Boy in Texas.
Simon Bolivar Buckner (April 1, 1823 – January 8, 1914)
VP candidate for National Democratic Party (1896)
On the board of directors of a fire insurance company in New Orleans, La.
Hale Johnson (August 21, 1847 – November 4, 1902)
VP candidate for Prohibition Party (1896)
Living in Illinois.
Matthew Maguire (June 28, 1850 (some sources have 1855) - January 1, 1917)
VP candidate for Socialist Labor Party (1896)
Teenager in the New York City area.
Thomas Edward Watson (September 5, 1856 – September 26, 1922)
VP candidate for People's Party (1896)
Boy in Thomson, Ga.
James Haywood Southgate (July 12, 1859 – September 29, 1916)
VP candidate for National Prohibition Party (aka Liberty Party aka Silver Prohibitionists aka Free Silver Prohibitionists aka National Party) (1896)
Boy in North Carolina.
Ignatius Loyola Donnelly (November 3, 1831 – January 1, 1901)
VP candidate for People's Party (aka Populist Party aka Middle of the Road Populists) (1900)
Member of the US House of Representatives (Minn.) (Republican Party)
Henry Brewer Metcalf (April 2, 1829 – October 5, 1904)
VP candidate for Prohibition Party (1900)
A partner in a Boston dry goods importing company.
David Herron Martin (Mar. 28, 1849 - 1933)
VP candidate for United Christian Party (1900)
Teenager in Pittsburgh area.
Valentine Remmel (March 9, 1853 - May 9, 1929)
VP candidate for Socialist Labor Party (1900)
Working in a glass factory in the Pittsburgh area as a teenager.
Job Harriman (January 15, 1861 – October 26, 1925)
VP candidate for Social Democratic Party (1900)
Boy in Indiana.
Thomas Henry Tibbles (May 22, 1840 – May 14, 1928)
VP candidate for People's Party (aka Populist Party) (1904)
Newspaperman, probably in the Kansas City area.
George Washington Carroll (April 1, 1855 - December 14, 1935)
VP candidate for Prohibition Party (1904)
Family moved from Mansfield, La. to Beaumont, Tex. in 1868.
Benjamin Hanford (1861 – January 24, 1910)
VP candidate for Socialist Party of America (1904, 1908)
A boy in either Ohio or Iowa.
William Wesley Cox (February 5, 1865 — October 29, 1948)
VP candidate for Socialist Labor Party (1904)
Small child in Illinois.
William C. Payne, b. 1867
VP candidate for National Negro Liberty Party (aka National Liberty Party aka Liberty Party aka Civil Liberty Party) (1904)
Boy in Warrenton, Va.
Lorenzo Stephen Coffin (April 29, 1823 - January 17, 1915)
VP candidate for United Christian Party (1908)
Farmer near Fort Dodge, Iowa.
Samuel Wardell Williams (February 7, 1851 – August 5, 1913)
VP candidate for People's Party (aka Populist Party) (1908)
Teenager in Mount Carmel, Ill.
John Temple Graves (November 9, 1856 – August 8, 1925)
VP candidate for Independence Party (aka Independence League aka National Independence League) (1908)
Boy in South Carolina.
Aaron Sherman Watkins (November 29, 1863 – February 9, 1941)
VP candidate for Prohibition Party (1908, 1912)
Boy in Ohio.
Emil Seidel (December 13, 1864 – June 24, 1947)
VP candidate for Socialist Party of America (1912)
Boy in Wisconsin.
Hiram Warren Johnson (September 2, 1866 – August 6, 1945)
VP candidate for Progressive Party (aka Bull Moose Party) (1912)
Boy in Sacramento, Calif.
August Gillhaus (1867 - May 4, 1932)
VP candidate for Socialist Labor Party (aka Industrial Labor Party) (1912, 1920)
Boy in the New York City area.
John Milliken Parker, Sr. (March 16, 1863 – May 20, 1939)
VP candidate for Progressive Party (aka Bull Moose Party aka Middle-Road Progressive Party) (1916)
Boy in Mississippi.
Ira Landrith (March 23, 1865 – October 11, 1941)
VP candidate for Prohibition Party (1916)
Boy in Texas.
George Ross Kirkpatrick, February 24, 1867 – March 23, 1937)
VP candidate for Socialist Party of America (1916)
Born February 24, 1867 in West Lafayette, Ohio.
Maximillian Sebastian Hayes (May 25, 1866 - October 11, 1945)
VP candidate for Farmer-Labor Party (1920)
Boy in Havana, Ohio.
Leander Lycurgus Pickett (February 8, 1859 - May 9, 1928)
VP candidate for American Party (aka Ku Klux Party aka Ku Klux Klan Party) (1924)
Boy in Mississippi?
Marie Caroline Brehm (June 30, 1859 – January 21, 1926)
VP candidate for Prohibition Party (1924)
Girl in Ohio.
John Cromwell Lincoln (July 17, 1866 - May 24, 1959)
VP candidate for Commonwealth Land Party (aka Single Tax Party) (1924)
Boy in Ohio.
Wesley Henry Bennington (May 18, 1861 - October 30, 1928)
VP candidate for National Party (aka Greenback Party) (1928)
Boy in Ohio.
John Clinton McGee (1863? - March 31, 1936?)
VP candidate for National Progressive Party (aka Progressive Party aka Bull Moose Party) (1928)
Boy in Brazil in a "Confedero" family.
James Hudson Maurer (April 15, 1864 - March 16, 1944)
VP candidate for Socialist Party of America (1928, 1932)
Boy in Reading, Penn.
Frank Stewart Regan (October 3, 1862 – July 25, 1944)
VP candidate for Prohibition Party (1932)
Boy in Rockford, Ill.
Fun facts of the time slot:
1867 Mar. 1 - Nebraska admitted as the 37th state.
1867 Mar. 2 - Congress abolishes peonage in New Mexico.
1867 Mar. 2 - Jesse James gang robs bank in Savannah, Mo.
1867 Mar. 25 - Gutzon Borglum born (d. 1941)
1867 Mar. 30 - The US purchases Alaska from Russia.
1867 Apr. 16 - Wilbur Wright born (d. 1912)
1867 May 23 - Jesse James gang robs bank in Richmond, Mo.
1867 May 27 - Thomas Bullfinch died (b. 1796)
1867 June 8 - Frank Lloyd Wright born (d. 1959)
1867 June 19 - Maximilian I of Mexico is executed by firing squad.
1867 June 25 - Barbed wire patented by Lucien B. Smith.
1867 June 29 - Kidder Massacre, Kansas.
1867 July 1 - The Dominion of Canada is created.
1867 July 4 - Caroline Shawk Brooks exhibits her first butter sculptures.
1867 July 11 - Henry Rathbone and Clara Harris get married.
1867 Sept. 14 - First volume of Das Kapital by Karl Marx.
1867 Sept. 14 - Charles Dana Gibson born (d. 1944)
1867 Sept. 23 - Michael O'Laughlen died (b. 1840)
1867 Oct. 18 - Rules for American football are standardized.
1867 Dec. 2 - Charles Dickens gives his first American reading in New York.
1867 Dec. 4 - National Grange is founded.
1867 Dec. 17 - John Potts Slough, Chief Justice of New Mexico Supreme Court, is assassinated.
1868 Jan. 6 - Asa Mercer and the Mercer Girls set sail from Massachusetts, bound for Seattle.
1868 Feb. 15 - John Rogan born (d. 1905), would grow to be 8 ft. 9 in. tall.
