A Slice in Third Party Vice-Presidential Time: 1876
Here's some fun historical trivia. Between the dates of the birth of Florence Garvin (February 27, 1876) to the death of Sidney Rigdon (July 14, 1876) there were 75 Third Party Vice-Presidential Candidates living between the Earth and the sky. By July 1876 eleven of these individuals had already served as VP nominees.
Here's mosaic of this unique group and where they were between February 27, 1876 to July 14, 1876--
Sidney Rigdon (February 19, 1793 – July 14, 1876)
VP candidate for Reform Party 1844
Died July 14, 1876 in Friendship, NY.
Charles Francis Adams Sr. (August 18, 1807 – November 21, 1886)
VP candidate for Free Soil Party 1848
Had switched from the Anti-Masonic Party to Democratic Party and was preparing a run for the Governor of Massachusetts (in which he would be defeated).
Charles C. Foote (March 30, 1811 – May 3, 1891)
VP candidate for National Liberty Party 1848
Presbyterian minister in Michigan.
George Washington Julian (May 5, 1817 – July 7, 1899)
VP candidate for Free Soil Party 1852
In Irvington, Ind. retired from politics and following literary interests.
Charles Jones Jenkins (January 6, 1805 – June 14, 1883)
VP candidate for Union Party 1852
Trustee of the University of Georgia.
Reynell Coates (December 10, 1802 – April 27, 1886)
VP candidate for Native American Party (aka American Party) 1852
Living in Camden, NJ. The literary Coates had a dim view of Walt Whitman who was living in Camden, "I do not object to his [Whitman’s] going to public houses and getting his tipple upon my credit, but when he impersonates me and does it, it is too much, and I will not stand it."
Joseph Lane (December 14, 1801 – April 19, 1881)
VP candidate for Constitutional Democratic Party 1860
Retired on his farm near Roseburg, Oregon.
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)
One of the main speakers at the unveiling of Freedman's Memorial Monument to Abraham Lincoln, April 14, 1876.
John Quincy Adams II (September 22, 1833 – August 14, 1894)
VP candidate for Straight-Out Democratic Party (1872)
Attorney in Quincy, Mass.
Benjamin Gratz Brown (May 28, 1826 – December 13, 1885)
VP candidate for Liberal Republican Party and Democratic Party (1872)
Was an observer at the Democratic National Convention in St. Louis, June 27-29, 1876.
John Russell (September 20, 1822 - November 4, 1912)
VP candidate for Prohibition Party (1872)
Methodist minister in Michigan. Preparing to run for US House of Representatives (Mich.) as a member of the Prohibition Party (he would be defeated).
Samuel Fenton Cary (February 18, 1814 – September 29, 1900)
VP candidate for Greenback Party 1876
Nominated as the VP candidate for the Greenback Party May 1876 after US Sen. Newton Booth (Calif.) declined.
Donald Kirkpatrick (September 9, 1830 - September 19, 1889)
VP candidate for American National Party (aka Anti-Masonic Party aka Anti-Secret Society Party) (1876)
Was the running mate with James B. Walker in the American National Party.
Gideon Tabor Stewart (August 7, 1824 - June 10, 1909)
VP candidate for Prohibition Party (1876)
Nominated as the Prohibition Party VP candidate, May 17, 1876.
Barzillai Jefferson Chambers (December 5, 1817 – September 16, 1895)
VP candidate for Greenback Party 1880
Preparing to run for the Texas State Legislature as a Democrat. He would be defeated.
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)
Had returned to the East Coast, moving from Kansas to Massachusetts.
Henry Adams Thompson (March 23, 1837 – July 8, 1920)
VP candidate for Prohibition Party (1880)
President of Otterbein University. Chairman of the Prohibition National Convention, May 17, 1876.
Absolom Madden West (1818 – September 30, 1894)
VP candidate for Greenback Party 1884
Selected as a Democratic Party Elector.
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)
Now widowed, she was involved with probate law reform and in 1876 wrote the first edition of Probate Confiscation, or The Unjust Laws Which Govern Women.
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)
A Democrat in Moline, Kan.
Peter Dinwiddie Wigginton (September 6, 1839 – July 7, 1890)
VP candidate for American Party (1888)
Member of the US House of Representatives (Calif.) as a Democrat.
William Harrison Thompson Wakefield (December 13, 1834 - July 26, 1913)
VP candidate for United Labor Party (1888)
Newspaper editor in Kansas, joined the Greenback Party in 1876.
Charles E. Cunningham (July 1, 1823 – April 21, 1895)
VP candidate for Union Labor Party (1888)
On the Little Rock, Arkansas School Board. Joined the Greenback Party in 1876.
John Anderson Brooks (June 3, 1836 – February 3, 1897)
VP candidate for Prohibition Party (1888)
A minister in Missouri.
Charles Stuart Welles (February 22, 1848 - February 5, 1927)
VP candidate for Equal Rights Party (1888)
Worked in the American Embassy in London under Edwards Pierrepont.
Charles Horatio Matchett (May 15, 1843 – October 23, 1919)
VP candidate for Socialist Labor Party (1892)
Living in Massachusetts.
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)
Teenager in Texas.
Simon Bolivar Buckner (April 1, 1823 – January 8, 1914)
VP candidate for National Democratic Party (1896)
Living in Louisville, Ky.
Hale Johnson (August 21, 1847 – November 4, 1902)
VP candidate for Prohibition Party (1896)
Attorney in Illinois.
Matthew Maguire (June 28, 1850 (some sources have 1855) - January 1, 1917)
VP candidate for Socialist Labor Party (1896)
Living in Paterson, NJ.
Thomas Edward Watson (September 5, 1856 – September 26, 1922)
VP candidate for People's Party (1896)
Transitioning from teaching school to practicing law in Georgia.
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)
Teenager in North Carolina. In 1876 his family moved from Hillsborough to Durham.
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 Minnesota State Senate as part of the Greenback Party. Preparing to make a run for Congress as a Greenback (he would be defeated).
Henry Brewer Metcalf (April 2, 1829 – October 5, 1904)
VP candidate for Prohibition Party (1900)
Established the Pawtucket Haircloth Company in Rhode Island.
David Herron Martin (Mar. 28, 1849 - 1933)
VP candidate for United Christian Party (1900)
Newly married and living 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.
Job Harriman (January 15, 1861 – October 26, 1925)
VP candidate for Social Democratic Party (1900)
Teenager in Indiana.
Thomas Henry Tibbles (May 22, 1840 – May 14, 1928)
VP candidate for People's Party (aka Populist Party) (1904)
Newspaper man in Omaha.
George Washington Carroll (April 1, 1855 - December 14, 1935)
VP candidate for Prohibition Party (1904)
Foreman in his father's saw mill company in Beaumont, Tex.
Benjamin Hanford (1861 – January 24, 1910)
VP candidate for Socialist Party of America (1904, 1908)
Printer's helper in Marshalltown, Iowa.
William Wesley Cox (February 5, 1865 — October 29, 1948)
VP candidate for Socialist Labor Party (1904)
Boy 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.
Albert A. King (September 8, 1869 - February 29, 1908)
VP candidate for Continental Party (1904)
Boy in Missouri.
Lorenzo Stephen Coffin (April 29, 1823 - January 17, 1915)
VP candidate for United Christian Party (1908)
Farmer near Fort Dodge, Iowa. Involved in Grange activities.
Samuel Wardell Williams (February 7, 1851 – August 5, 1913)
VP candidate for People's Party (aka Populist Party) (1908)
Attorney in Vicennes, Ind.
John Temple Graves (November 9, 1856 – August 8, 1925)
VP candidate for Independence Party (aka Independence League aka National Independence League) (1908)
Starting his law career in Georgia.
Aaron Sherman Watkins (November 29, 1863 – February 9, 1941)
VP candidate for Prohibition Party (1908, 1912)
Teenager 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)
Teenager in Louisiana.
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)
Boy in Ohio.
Maximillian Sebastian Hayes (May 25, 1866 - October 11, 1945)
VP candidate for Farmer-Labor Party (1920)
His family moved from Havana, Ohio to Fremont, Ohio in 1876.
Seymour Stedman (July 4, 1871 – July 9, 1948)
VP candidate for Socialist Party of America (1920)
Stedman family moved from Connecticut to Solomon City, Kan.
Leander Lycurgus Pickett (February 8, 1859 - May 9, 1928)
VP candidate for American Party (aka Ku Klux Party aka Ku Klux Klan Party) (1924)
Teenager in Mississippi?
Marie Caroline Brehm (June 30, 1859 – January 21, 1926)
VP candidate for Prohibition Party (1924)
Teenager in Ohio.
John Cromwell Lincoln (July 17, 1866 - May 24, 1959)
VP candidate for Commonwealth Land Party (aka Single Tax Party) (1924)
Boy in Painesville, Ohio.
Wesley Henry Bennington (May 18, 1861 - October 30, 1928)
VP candidate for National Party (aka Greenback Party) (1928)
Teenager in Ohio.
John Clinton McGee (1863? - March 31, 1936?)
VP candidate for National Progressive Party (aka Progressive Party aka Bull Moose Party) (1928)
Teenager in Brazil in a "Confedero" family or already in Washington, DC
Simon Peter William Drew (August 6, 1870 - December 12, 1934)
VP candidate for Interracial Independent Political Party (aka National Interracial Party) (1928)
Boy in Margarettsville, NC.
James Hudson Maurer (April 15, 1864 - March 16, 1944)
VP candidate for Socialist Party of America (1928, 1932)
Boy in Reading, Penn. working as an assistant to a plumber
James Arthur Edgerton (January 30, 1869 - December 3, 1938)
VP candidate for Prohibition Party (1928)
Boy in Ohio.
Jeremiah Daniel Crowley (May 2, 1875 - 1960)
VP candidate for Socialist Labor Party (1928)
Small boy in Syracuse, NY.
Frank Stewart Regan (October 3, 1862 – July 25, 1944)
VP candidate for Prohibition Party (1932)
Teenager in Rockford, Ill.
Julius J. Reiter (July 4, 1869 - November 29, 1940)
VP candidate for Farmer-Labor Party (1932)
Boy in Minnesota.
Florence Garvin (February 27, 1876 - July 10, 1968)
VP candidate for National Party (aka Independent Party aka Greenback Party) (1932)
VP candidate for National Greenback Party (1936)
Born February 27, 1876 in Middletown, Conn.
George A. Nelson (November 15, 1873 – May 4, 1962)
VP candidate for Socialist Party of America (1936)
Boy in Wisconsin.
James Elmer Yates (March 12, 1874 - April 7, 1954)
VP candidate for Greenback Party (aka National Greenback Party) (1940)
Boy in Ohio or Missouri.
Frank Jefferies (Aug. 4, 1874 - June 14, 1947)
VP candidate for Greenback Party (1944)
Boy in Indiana.
Andrew Nathan Johnson (September 21, 1875 - August 30, 1959)
VP candidate for Prohibition Party (1944)
Small boy in Kentucky.
Charlotta Amanda Spears Bass (February 14, 1874 - April 12, 1969)
VP candidate for Progressive Party (1952)
Small girl in South Carolina.
Fun facts of the time slot:
1876 Mar. - Dewey Decimal Classification system introduced
1876 Mar. 2 - Sec. of War William Belknap resigns but is impeached by the US House anyway
1876 Mar. 3 - Kentucky Meat Shower, where it rained meat for several minutes in the area of Rankin, Ky.
1876 Mar. 5 - John Schrank, Theodore Roosevelt's would-be assassin in 1912, is born (d. 1943)
1876 Mar. 10 - Bell's first phone conversation: "Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you".
1876 May 17 - Green Clay Smith nominated for President by Prohibition Party
1876 May 18 - Wyatt Earp in Dodge City.
1876 May 28-29 - 85-year old Peter Cooper nominated for President by the Greenback Party
1876 June - Calamity Jane arrives in Deadwood, SD
1876 June 4 - Transcontinental train New York to San Francisco, 83 hrs 39 min.
1876 June 11 - Rutherford B. Hayes nominated for President by the Republicans
1876 June 25-26 - Battle of the Greasy Grass, aka, Little Bighorn.
1876 June 27 - Samuel Tilden nominated for President by the Democrats
1876 July 4 - US Centennial
