Earl Dodge | |
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Born |
Earl Farwell Dodge, Jr. December 24, 1932 Revere, Massachusetts |
Died | November 7, 2007 Denver International Airport |
(aged 74)
Cause of death | cardiac arrhythmia |
Nationality | American |
Known for | Perennial candidate for President of the United States |
Political party | Prohibition Party |
Earl Farwell Dodge, Jr. (December 24, 1932 – November 7, 2007) was a long-term temperance movement leader and a politician of the Prohibition Party, from the U.S. state of Colorado.
Dodge was born in Revere, Massachusetts on December 24, 1932, and joined the Prohibition Party at age 19. He was appointed Chairman of the Prohibition Party in 1979 while the party was operating under the name of the National Statesmen Party; the party name was re-instated following the 1980 election.
In addition to his work with the Prohibition Party, Dodge was active in various other temperance organizations, as well as the Right to life movement, and in several political memorabilia collecting organizations. In his later years, Dodge began to make a living producing political items.
The following is a list of his candidacies:
Dodge was waiting to board a flight en route from Denver International Airport to Pennsylvania, when he suddenly collapsed. Doctors confirmed it was cardiac arrhythmia. He died on November 7, 2007.