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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | Preston Parks |
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Somerville, Tennessee , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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Unknown
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Modifed | Chronicler
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| Info | Preston Parks was a member of Tennessee’s Democratic Party.
He was appointed as one of their state Electors early in the election year. Before the election, members of the Democratic Party split off and formed the States Rights party.
Parks ran for Elector on both the Democratic and the States' Rights tickets and was elected.
Parks vowed before the election to vote for Senator Strom Thurmond, the States Rights Party candidate instead of Harry Truman. Another Elector also made the same pledge but ended up voting for Truman.
Thurmond, who gathered less than 3% of the popular vote, received a total of 39 Electoral votes. These votes came from Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, and South Carolina.
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