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  Matchett, Charles Horatio
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NameCharles Horatio Matchett
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Born May 15, 1843
DiedOctober 23, 1919 (76 years)
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InfoMATCHETT, Charles Horatio - labor leader and Socialist Labor Party activist.

Born 5/15/1843 in Needham MA; son of Horatio & Clarissa C. (Batchelder) Matchett.

Boston (MA) High School.

US Navy 1861-1862

Worked in a mercantile business in Chicago IL and in a grocery store in Boston MA.

Inventor, shoe factory worker; carpenter

Relocated to Brooklyn NY; electrician, New York and New Jersey Telephone Company 1886-1919

Candidate for US Vice President (SLP) 1892 on the party's first national ticket

Candidate for delegate to the state constitutional convention (SLP) 1893 - NYT 11/5/1893

Candidate for Governor (SL-NY) 1894

Candidate for Mayor of Brooklyn (SLP) 1895 - NYT 10/29/1895

Candidate for US President (SLP) 1896

Candidate for NYC Council (SLP) 1897

Candidate for Presidential Elector (Social Democratic - NY) 1900 - ran on the Debs ticket rather than the SLP ticket - NYT 11/4/1900

Candidate for associate justice, NY Court of Appeals (Social Democratic Party) 1903 - NYT 10/9/1903; received 12,339 votes in a race with Daniel DeLeon listed as the SLP nominee (4,025); winner was Denis O'Brien (endorsed by Dems and Reps, receiving 296,352 votes) - NYT 12/2/1903

Candidate for chief justice, NY Court of Appeals (Socialist) 1904

Candidate for US House (Socialist-NY) 1910, 1914

Candidate for NYC Alderman (Socialist) 1913 - NYT 12/27/1913

After his retirement in 1919, he moved to 12 Gardner Street, Allston Ma, where he died later that year on 10/23/1919.

James T. Havel, U.S. Presidential Candidates and the Elections, vol. 1, p. 374.

New York Times, 10/26/1919

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  11/02/1915 NY Assembly - Kings 10 Lost 2.26% (-53.04%)
  11/03/1914 NY District 6 Lost 2.22% (-51.61%)
  11/08/1910 NY District 7 Lost 1.48% (-65.86%)
  11/02/1897 New York City Council President Lost 3.05% (-43.31%)
  11/03/1896 US President National Vote Lost 0.26% (-50.75%)
  07/10/1896 US President - SLP Convention Won 60.56% (+28.17%)
  11/05/1895 Brooklyn, NY Mayor Lost 2.76% (-43.31%)
  11/06/1894 NY Governor Lost 1.24% (-51.58%)
  11/08/1892 US Vice President Lost 0.00% (-62.39%)
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