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Socialist Party Presidential Tickets

Election year Result Nominees
President Vice President
1904 lost Journalist and orator
Eugene V. Debs		 Journalist
Benjamin Hanford
1908 lost
1912 lost Mayor of Milwaukee
Emil Seidel
1916 lost Newspaper Editor
Allan L. Benson		 Political Activist
George R. Kirkpatrick
1920 lost Journalist and orator
Eugene V. Debs		 Civil Liberties Lawyer
Seymour Stedman
1924 lost Wisconsin Senator
Robert M. La Follette		 Montana Senator
Burton K. Wheeler
1928 lost Pacifist
Norman Thomas		 Trade Unionist
James H. Maurer
1932 lost
1936 lost Dairy farmer
George A. Nelson
1940 lost Economics Professor
Maynard C. Krueger
1944 lost Former Pennsylvania Representative
Darlington Hoopes
1948 lost Economics Professor
Tucker P. Smith
1952 lost Former Pennsylvania Representative
Darlington Hoopes		 Journalist
Samuel H. Friedman
1956 lost
  • 1900– Eugene V. Debs and Job Harriman (87,945 votes, 0.6%)
  • 1904– Eugene V. Debs and Benjamin Hanford (402,810 votes, 3.0%)
  • 1908– Eugene V. Debs and Ben Hanford (420,793 votes, 2.8%)
  • 1912– Eugene V. Debs and Emil Seidel (901,551 votes, 6.0%)
  • 1916– Allan L. Benson and George R. Kirkpatrick (590,524 votes, 3.2%)
  • 1920– Eugene V. Debs and Seymour Stedman (913,693 votes, 3.4%)
  • 1924– endorsed Progressive Party candidates Robert M. La Follette, Sr. and Burton K. Wheeler (4,831,706 votes, 16.6%, on Progressive, Socialist, and other ballot lines)
  • 1928– Norman Thomas and James H. Maurer (267,478 votes, 0.7%)
  • 1932– Norman Thomas and James H. Maurer (884,885 votes, 2.2%)
  • 1936– Norman Thomas and George A. Nelson (187,910 votes, 0.4%)
  • 1940– Norman Thomas and Maynard C. Krueger (116,599 votes, 0.2%)
  • 1944– Norman Thomas and Darlington Hoopes (79,017 votes, 0.2%)
  • 1948– Norman Thomas and Tucker P. Smith (139,569 votes, 0.3%)
  • 1952– Darlington Hoopes and Samuel H. Friedman (20,065 votes, <0.1%)
  • 1956– Darlington Hoopes and Samuel H. Friedman (2,044 votes, <0.1%)

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