E. Harold Munn

Earle Harold Munn (November 29, 1903 – June 6, 1992), also known as E. Harold Munn, was an American politician who served as the vice presidential and presidential nominee of the Prohibition Party and as its chairman.

Biography

Earle Harold Munn was born on November 29, 1903 to Earle Orren Munn and Ealla Carrie Deming in Bay Village, Dover Bay, Ohio. He attended Greenville College and in 1928 he graduated from the University of Michigan with a master's degree and from 1927 to 1937 he served as a teacher at Central Academy and College and later became a professor at Greenville College.

During the 1932 presidential election he supported Herbert Hoover in an attempt to save prohibition, but Hoover was defeated in a landslide. In 1941 he ran for a seat on Michigan board of regents as a member of the Prohibition Party. In 1947 he became the chairman of the Michigan Prohibition Party and later ran for governor twice in 1952 and 1954.

In 1955 he was elected as the national chairman of the party without any opposition. For the 1960 presidential election he was selected as Rutherford Decker's vice presidential running mate and from 1964 to 1972 he served as the party's presidential nominee where in 1964 he became the last Prohibiton presidential nominee to receive more than 20,000 votes.

On June 6, 1992 he died in Hillsdale, Michigan at age 88.

Electoral history

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