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US President - PRB Convention
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| Office | President |
| Honorific | President - Abbr: President |
| Type | Prohibition Primary Election |
| Filing Deadline | January 01, 1952 - 12:00pm Central |
| Polls Open | November 13, 1951 - 06:00am Central |
| Polls Close | November 15, 1951 - 08:00pm Central |
| Term Start | January 20, 1953 - 12:00pm |
| Term End | January 20, 1957 - 12:00pm |
| Contributor | Chronicler |
| Last Modified | Chronicler January 11, 2005 07:46pm |
| Data Sources | Proceedings of the Prohibition Party National Convention; New York Times 11/13 and 16/1951. |
| Description |
This national convention was held in the First Baptist Church House in Indianapolis IN. Before the convention, party leaders approached Douglas MacArthur, who was not interested in running for President. Of the 116 delegate votes, 39 came from IN. Although Hamblen won the nomination on the first ballot, the vote without IN would have been Holtwick 40, Hamblen 36. Nominees: Stuart Hamblen CA for President, Enoch A. Holtwick IL for Vice-President. Holtwick was nominated for VP unanimously on the first ballot (all 116 votes). He was a history professor at Greenville College.
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