Darlington Hoopes
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Darlington Hoopes (September 11, 1896 — September 25, 1989) was a Socialist candidate for President of the United States in the 1952 and 1956 presidential elections.
Hoopes had previously been the Socialist vice presidential candidate in 1944, as the running mate of Norman Thomas, and had also been a chairman of the party. He was a Socialist member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1930 to 1936, at one point being voted "most able legislator" by journalists.[1]
In both the 1952 and 1956 elections, his running mate was Samuel H. Friedman. In 1952 they received 20,065 votes, in 1956 only 2,044. The 1956 election would be the last presidential election the Socialist Party contested until after it broke into three groups in 1972-1973. In 1973 Hoopes joined the reconstituted Socialist Party USA, which resumed fielding presidential candidates and remains a small third party.
[edit] References
- ^ Glenn Fowler, "Darlington Hoopes, Socialist, 93; Twice Party Choice for President", The New York Times, 27 September 1989 (accessed 9 November 2007).
- J. Paul Henderson, Darlington Hoopes: The Political Biography of an American Socialist (2005) ISBN 1-84622-000-9
- Darlington Hoopes on Social Justice (on The History Channel)
- "It's a Free Country", Time Magazine, 1952-09-01. Retrieved on 2006-10-03.
| Preceded by Norman Thomas |
Socialist Party of America Presidential candidate 1952 (lost), 1956 (lost) |
Succeeded by — |
| Preceded by Maynard C. Krueger |
Socialist Party of America Vice Presidential candidate 1944 (lost) |
Succeeded by Tucker P. Smith |
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