US History/Contents/Third Parties

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[edit] Third Parties of the United States

Though the United States government is overwhelmingly based on a two-party system, there have been times in history when minor third parties have rose to prominence and affected the government.

	Party	Presidential Candidates, if any	Number of Votes for candidate	Notes
1	Anti-Masonic	William Wirt, Ironically a former Mason
2	Prohibition Party	1872 - James Black & John Russell 1876 - Green Clay Smith & Gideon T. Stewart 1880 - Neal Dow & Henry A. Thompson 1884 - John Saint John & William Daniel 1888 - Clinton B. Fisk & John A. Brooks 1892 - John Bidwell & James B. Cranfill 1896 - Joshua Levering & Hale Johnson 1900 - John G. Woolley & Henry B. Metcalf 1904 - Silas C. Swallow & George W. Carroll 1908 - Eugene W. Chafin & Aaron S. Watkins 1912 - Eugene W. Chafin & Aaron S. Watkins 1916 - Frank Hanly & Ira Landrith 1920 - Aaron Watkins & D. Leigh Colvin 1924 - Herman P. Faris & Marie C. Brehm 1928 - William F. Varney & James A. Edgerton 1932 - William D. Upshaw & Frank S. Regan 1936 - D. Leigh Colvin & Claude A. Watson 1940 - Roger Babson & Edgar V. Moorman 1944 - Claude A. Watson & Andrew Johnson 1948 - Claude A. Watson & Dale H. Learn 1952 - Stuart Hamblen & Enoch A. Holtwick 1956 - Enoch A. Holtwick & Edwin M. Cooper 1960 - Rutherford Decker & E. Harold Munn 1964 - E. Harold Munn & Mark R. Shaw 1968 - E. Harold Munn & Rolland E. Fisher 1972 - E. Harold Munn & Marshall E. Uncapher 1976 - Benjamin C. Bubar & Earl F. Dodge 1980 - Benjamin C. Bubar & Earl F. Dodge 1984 - Earl Dodge & Warren C. Martin 1988 - Earl Dodge & George Ormsby 1992 - Earl Dodge & George Ormsby 1996 - Earl Dodge & Rachel Bubar Kelly 2000 - Earl Dodge & W. Dean Watkins 2004 - Earl Dodge & Howard Lydick, Gene Amondson & Leroy Pletten
3	Green Party	Ralph Nader - 1996, 2000 David Cobb - 2004
4	Libertarian Party	Harry Browne - 1996, 2000 Michael Badnarik - 2004
5	Workers World Party	Gloria La Riva Monica Moorehead
6	Socialist Workers Party	Farrell Dobbs Fred Halstead Linda Jenness Róger Calero
7	Jefferson Republican Party