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Third Party Candidates
The Prohibition Party
Formed in 1867, the Prohibition Party was a reform-minded party that had a significant impact on local politics. Organizations like the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union and the Anti-Saloon League forced the temperance issue to the political forefront. With the prohibition of alcohol and drugs as their guiding principle, Prohibitionists also called for a broad range of reforms, including the prohibition of gambling, public education, prison reform, and woman suffrage. The Prohibition Party never won any significant national elections, but it did influence public policy. The Eighteenth Amendment (1919), probably the most significant piece of legislation to grow from Prohibitionist platforms, prohibited the manufacture, transportation and sale of alcoholic beverages. When the Twenty-first Amendment repealed Prohibition in 1933, the party lost its political weight.
Cartoon of the Three-Headed Presidential Nominee, 1888.
A caricature of 1888 Presidential nominees conjoins Grover Cleveland, Benjamin Harrison and Clinton Fisk, the Prohibition Party candidate, into a three-headed politician.
Prohibition Party Campaign Buttons and Badge, ca. 1888-1924.
A collection of campaign buttons track Prohibition Party candidates from 1888 until 1924.
Left Column, top to bottom:
Fisk & Brooks, 1888 |
Right Column, top to bottom: Chafin & Watkins, 1908 |