Talk:Claude A. Watson
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The source of this Wikipedia entry is "Temperance Movemnt Groups and Leaders in the U.S.," from which the material in bold was taken. Omission of this source reference has now been corrected.David Justin 19:04, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
Claude A. Watson was a lawyer, businessman, and minister from Hermon ( a neighborhood in Los Angeles, California ), who was nationally active in the temperance movement. He was the Prohibition Party candidate for vice-president of the United States in 1936 and was the party's presidential candidate in both 1944 and 1948.
A certified pilot, Watson was the first U.S. presidential candidate in history to fly his own airplane and flew over 16,000 miles campaigning.
