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E. Harold Munn

Died
June 6, 1992
Age
88 years

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E. Harold Munn, 88, American politician.

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Earle Harold Munn (November 29, 1903 – June 6, 1992) was an American politician who served as the chairman of the Prohibition Party. With the Prohibition Party, he ran as a third-party candidate for President and Vice President of the United States.

Early life and education

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

Political career

During the 1932 presidential election, Munn supported Herbert Hoover in an attempt to save prohibition, but Hoover was defeated in a landslide. In 1941, he ran for a seat on the Michigan Board of Regents as a member of the Prohibition Party.[citation needed] In 1947, he became the chairman of the Michigan Prohibition Party; with the party, he ran for governor in 1952 and 1954.

In 1955, he was elected as the national chairman of the party without any opposition. At the Prohibition Party's national convention on September 3, 1959, Rutherford Decker and Munn were given the presidential and vice-presidential nominations for the 1960 presidential election by 95 delegates.

On August 27, 1963, around 300 delegates attended the Prohibition National Convention, voting to nominate Munn and Mark R. Shaw as the party's presidential and vice-presidential candidates, respectively. In the general election, Munn received 23,267 votes.

On June 29, 1968, 56 delegates attended the convention, nominating a ticket of Munn and Rolland E. Fisher. In the general election, Munn received 15,123 votes.

On June 25, 1971, Munn won the presidential nomination again, with Marshall E. Uncapher as his running mate. He received 13,497 votes in the general election.

On June 6, 1992, he died in Hillsdale, Michigan at age 88.[citation needed]

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