American Vegetarian Party facts for kids
The American Vegetarian Party was a political group in the United States. It was formed on July 28, 1947. This happened at the Commodore Hotel in New York City, New York. About 500 people started the party. These people were attending a meeting of the American Naturopathic Association. The party wanted to promote vegetarianism. They also wanted to run candidates for president. They nominated people for President and Vice-President in several elections. However, they never became a major political party. They did not try hard to get on election ballots. They also did not get official recognition from election officials.
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Running for President
The American Vegetarian Party nominated candidates for president and vice-president. They did this in several national elections. Here are some of the people they chose:
1948 Election
- John Maxwell was chosen as the presidential candidate. He was born in England. This meant he could not be president of the U.S.
- Symon Gould was the vice-presidential candidate.
1952 Election
- Daniel J. Murphy became the presidential candidate.
- Originally, Herbert C. Holdridge was chosen. But he decided to step down in October. Daniel J. Murphy took his place.
- Symon Gould was again the vice-presidential candidate.
1956 Election
- Herbert M. Shelton was the presidential candidate.
- Symon Gould was the vice-presidential candidate.
1960 Election
- Symon Gould was the presidential candidate.
- Christopher Gian-Cursio was the vice-presidential candidate.
1964 Election
- Symon Gould was nominated for president. However, he passed away in 1963.
- Abram Wolfson was the vice-presidential candidate.
