William Daniel, January 24, 1826 (Deal Island, Md.) – October 13, 1897 (Baltimore, Md.)
VP candidate for Prohibition Party (1884)
Running mate with nominee: John St. John (1833-1916)
Popular vote: 147,482 (1.50%)
Electoral vote: 0/401
The campaign:
The 1884 Prohibition Party platform gave a nod to women's suffrage, but chiefly it was a one-issue document in no uncertain terms.
The Greenback Party and the Prohibition Party were spoilers in this election, especially in the State of New York. Since the Prohibitionists tended to slice away votes from the Republicans in the Empire State, the Blaine campaign attempted all sorts of methods to thwart the efforts of Prohib candidate John St. John, including attempted bribery and a smear campaign. St. John, who was a Civil War veteran and former Republican governor (Kansas), got his dander up and in revenge put his electioneering energies into New York.
Perhaps as a result of St. John's efforts, New York narrowly went to Grover Cleveland, who won the presidency by a hair.
The Prohibition Party was on the ballot in all but four states. They fared the best in Michigan (4.59%) and were becoming a political force that was hard to ignore.
Election history:
1853-1857 Maryland House of Delegates (Whig 1853-1855 / American 1855-1857)
1857-1858 Maryland Senate (American)
1866 - Judge for State Equity Court (Md.) - defeated
Other occupations: attorney, delegate to the Maryland Constitutional Convention of 1864, President of the Maryland Temperance Alliance 1872-1884, Trustee of Dickinson College 1864-1876 and 1894-1897
Buried: Green Mount Cemetery (Baltimore, Md.)
Notes:
Methodist
Was a Republican 1864-1884.
In the same cemetery as Lincoln assassination conspirators Samuel Arnold, Michael O'Laughlen and John Wilkes Booth
