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'''Earl Farwell Dodge, Jr.''' (December 24, 1932 – November 7, 2007) was an American politician who served as the Prohibition Party's chairman and presidential candidate from the ] to ] and later ran with the nomination of his own faction during the ]. |
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'''Earl Farwell Dodge Jr.''' (December 24, 1932 – November 7, 2007) was an American politician who served as the ]'s chairman and presidential candidate from the ] to ] and later ran with the nomination of his own faction during the ]. |
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==Life== |
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Earl Farwell Dodge, Jr. was born on December 24, 1932, to Earl Farwell and Dorothy May Harris in Malden, Massachusetts. He attened school until the ninth grade and on July 20, 1951, he married Barbara Regan.<ref name="dodge life" /> In 1952, the joined the ] after attending a rally hosted by future Prohibition vice-presidential nominee Mark R. Shaw. |
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Earl Farwell Dodge Jr. was born on December 24, 1932, to Earl Farwell and Dorothy May Harris in ]. He attended school until the tenth grade and on July 20, 1951, he married Barbara Regan.<ref name="dodge life" /> In 1952, he joined the ] after attending a rally hosted by future Prohibition vice-presidential nominee Mark R. Shaw.<ref name="dodge life 2"/> |
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From 1958 to 1962, he served as the co-chairman of the Prohibition Party under ]. In 1979, he was selected to served as the chairman of the National Statesman Party, which the Prohibition Party had changed its name to in 1977, and served until 2003. In addition to his work with the Prohibition Party, Dodge was active in various other temperance organizations, as well as the ], and in several political memorabilia collecting organizations. In his later years, Dodge began to make a living producing political items. |
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From 1953 to 1956, he served as the executive secretary of the Massachusetts Prohibition Party and ran for Massachusetts Secretary of State in 1956. In 1956, he moved to Indiana and from 1958 to 1961, he served as the chairman of the Indiana Prohibition Party and ran for Indiana's second congressional district in 1960. From 1961 to 1962, he lived in ]. From 1962 to 1966, he worked for the National Christian Citizens Committee and ran for the United States Senate.<ref name="dodge life 2"/> |
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From 1958 to 1962, he served as the co-chairman of the Prohibition Party under ]. In 1967, he was appointed to the Kalamazoo Community Relations Board and served until 1970. In 1974, he was appointed to the Colorado State Elections Advisory Board. In 1979, he was selected to serve as the chairman of the National Statesman Party, which the Prohibition Party had changed its name to in 1977, and served until 2003.<ref name="dodge life 2"/> |
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He also ran for the governorship of Colorado with the Prohibition nomination in every election from 1974 to 1994 except for in 1990. In 1990, he ran in Colorado's ] while his daughter, Karen J. Thiessen, ran for state Treasurer, his son, Calvin G. Dodge, ran for Secretary of State, and Calvin's wife, Elsi, ran for the regent of Colorado University.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/47760781/the-daily-sentinel/ |title=Prohibition Party a family affair for Dodges |date=October 16, 1990 |work=The Daily Sentinel |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200331235155/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/47760781/the-daily-sentinel/ |archive-date=March 31, 2020 |page=20 |via=]}}</ref> |
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===Presidential=== |
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During the ] and ] he was given the vice-presidential nomination of the Prohibition Party.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.prohibitionists.org/history/votes/body_votes.html |title=Prohibition presidential/vice-presidential candidates|publisher=prohibitionists.org}}</ref> |
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On June 24, 1983, forty five delegates voted to give Dodge the presidential nomination in ], for the ] and on January 3, 1984, he suffered a heart attack, but recovered.<ref name="dodge life">{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/47668222/the-bismarck-tribune/ |title=Prohibitionsts pick candidate |date=June 25, 1983 |work=The Bismarck Tribune |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200330162621/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/47668222/the-bismarck-tribune/ |archive-date=March 30, 2020 |page=17 |via=]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/47668603/st-cloud-times/ |title='Dry' Party names presidential hopeful; wants bottle banned |date=June 25, 1983 |work=St. Cloud Times |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200330162843/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/47668603/st-cloud-times/ |archive-date=March 30, 2020 |page=17 |via=]}}</ref><ref name="dodge life 2">{{Cite news |url=http://www.prohibitionists.org/history/bios/dodge/dodge.html |title=Earl F(arwell) Dodge, our Presidential candidate in 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996 and 2000 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200401005525/http://www.prohibitionists.org/history/bios/dodge/dodge.html |archive-date=April 1, 2020}}</ref> He appeared on the ballots in North Dakota, New Mexico, Kansas, Arkansas, and Colorado and as a ] in Ohio and received 4,236 votes.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/national.php?year=1984&minper=0&f=0&off=0&elect=0 |title=1984 Presidential General Election Results}}</ref> |
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During the 1988 presidential election he was given the party's presidential nomination again and appeared on the ballot in Arkansas, Tennessee, New Mexico, and Colorado and received 8,002 votes.<ref name="dodge life 3" /> During the 1992 presidential election he appeared on the ballot in Arkansas, Tennessee, and New Mexico and only received 961 votes.<ref name="dodge life 3">{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/47848060/the-napa-valley-register/ |title=Anti-alcohol only part of prohibition |date=October 2, 1992 |work=The Napa Valley Register |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200402142209/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/47848060/the-napa-valley-register/ |archive-date=April 2, 2020 |page=16 |via=]}}</ref> During the 1996 presidential election he appeared on the ballot in Colorado, Arkansas, Tennessee, and Utah and received 1,298 votes.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/47850210/the-miami-herald/ |title=Who's Running And Where |date=October 23, 1996 |work=The Miami Herald |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200402143917/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/47850210/the-miami-herald/ |archive-date=April 2, 2020 |page=151 |via=]}}</ref> |
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During the ] and ] he was given the vice-presidential nomination of the Prohibition Party. On June 24, 1983, forty five delegates voted to give Dodge the presidential nomination in Mandan, North Dakota.<ref name="dodge life">{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/47668222/the-bismarck-tribune/ |title=Prohibitionsts pick candidate |date=June 25, 1983 |work=The Bismarck Tribune |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200330162621/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/47668222/the-bismarck-tribune/ |archive-date=March 30, 2020 |page=17 |via=]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/47668603/st-cloud-times/ |title='Dry' Party names presidential hopeful; wants bottle banned |date=June 25, 1983 |work=St. Cloud Times |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200330162843/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/47668603/st-cloud-times/ |archive-date=March 30, 2020 |page=17 |via=]}}</ref> |
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From June 28 to 30, 1999, around thirty delegates attended the national convention in ], and nine voted to give Dodge the presidential nomination against eight voting for Gary R. Van Horn and the vice-presidential nomination to W. Dean Watkins.<ref name="dodge life 2"/><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/47818072/lancaster-new-era/ |title=Prohibitionists congregate in Bird-in-Hand |date=July 2, 1999 |work=Lancaster New Era |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200401222730/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/47818072/lancaster-new-era/ |archive-date=April 1, 2020 |page=10 |via=]}}</ref> He attempted to win the ] presidential nomination to receive ballot access in Utah, but was defeated by ] presidential nominee ] and in the general election he only appeared on the ballot in Colorado and received 208 votes.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/47818510/the-daily-herald/ |title=Colorado man enters race for president |date=March 20, 2000 |work=The Daily Herald |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200401223425/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/47818510/the-daily-herald/ |archive-date=April 1, 2020 |page=3 |via=]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=34618 |title=UT US President - IAP Primary}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/national.php?year=2000&minper=0&f=0&off=0&elect=0 |title=2000 Presidential General Election Results}}</ref> |
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During his tenure as chairman of the party Dodge was criticized by members for his financial actions. He avoided paying the Social Security tax on money earned through his involvement in the Prohibition Party by ] it through the National Prohibition Foundation.<ref name="dodge life"/> During Earl Higgerson's ten years as treasurer Dodge refused to allow him to see the party's account books, donor lists, sign checks, or know of actions taken by Dodge on his account.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.alcoholproblemsandsolutions.org/earl-dodge-perennial-prohibition-party-candidate/ |title=Earl Dodge (Perennial Prohibition Party Candidate) |first=Prof. David J. |last=Hanson|year=2019|publisher=Alcohol Problems and Solutions|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200402145115/https://www.alcoholproblemsandsolutions.org/earl-dodge-perennial-prohibition-party-candidate/ |archive-date=April 2, 2020}}</ref> In 1999, he sold the party's headquarters for $119,500 saying that he would use the money to build one on his property, but was alleged to have kept the money for himself and moved the party's headquarters to a tool shed.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2013/6/13/1215754/-The-hilarious-travails-of-the-Prohibition-nbsp-Party |title=The hilarious travails of the Prohibition Party |date=June 13, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200331112252/https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2013/6/13/1215754/-The-hilarious-travails-of-the-Prohibition-nbsp-Party |archive-date=March 31, 2020}}</ref> |
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In 2003, he was promoted to chairman ], as a polite way of firing him according to ], and during the 2004 presidential election his faction of the party gave him its presidential nomination at his home in Lakewood, Colorado.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/47671893/south-florida-sun-sentinel/ |title=Candidates teetotally committed to cause |date=September 20, 2004 |work=South Florida Sun Sentinel |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200330172634/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/47671893/south-florida-sun-sentinel/ |archive-date=March 30, 2020 |page=6 |via=]}}</ref> In the general election he appeared on the ballot in ] and received 140 votes. |
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In 2003, members of the party opposed to him met at a condo in Tennessee and promoted him to chairman ], as a polite way of firing him according to ]. During the 2004 presidential election their faction nominated ] under the Concerns of People ballot line while eight delegates{{efn|According to Dodge, 25 delegates were present.<ref name=worst/>}} from his faction of the party gave him its presidential nomination at his home in ].<ref name=worst>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/47723235/the-los-angeles-times/ |title=The Worst Year for Prohibition Since 1933? |date=September 19, 2004 |work=The Los Angeles Times |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200331111302/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/47723235/the-los-angeles-times/ |archive-date=March 31, 2020 |page=17 |via=]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.alcoholproblemsandsolutions.org/prohibition-party-the-oldest-third-party/ |title=Prohibition Party – The Oldest Third Party in U.S.|first=Prof. David J. |last=Hanson|year=2019|publisher=Alcohol Problems and Solutions}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/47671893/south-florida-sun-sentinel/ |title=Candidates teetotally committed to cause |date=September 20, 2004 |work=South Florida Sun Sentinel |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200330172634/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/47671893/south-florida-sun-sentinel/ |archive-date=March 30, 2020 |page=6 |via=]}}</ref> In the general election he appeared on the ballot in ] and received 140 votes while Amondson received 1,944 votes from Colorado and ]. |
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On June 12, 2007, members of his faction from three states met in a church in Arvada, Colorado where they nominated him for president and Howard Lydic, who received the vice-presidential nomination in 2004, for vice-president.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://ballot-access.org/2007/06/13/prohibition-party/ |title=Prohibition Party |date=June 13, 2007 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200330175449/http://ballot-access.org/2007/06/13/prohibition-party/ |archive-date=March 30, 2020}}</ref> On November 7, Dodge was waiting to board a flight en route from ] to ], when he suddenly collapsed due to a ] and was taken to the ] where he died.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.denverpost.com/2007/11/08/presidential-candidate-was-launching-his-7th-run/ |title=Presidential candidate was launching his 7th run |date=November 8, 2007 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200330151920/https://www.denverpost.com/2007/11/08/presidential-candidate-was-launching-his-7th-run/ |archive-date=March 30, 2020}}</ref> Following Dodge's death Howard Lydick worked to unite the two factions of the Prohibition Party behind Gene Amondson before Lydick's own death on August 5, 2008.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://ballot-access.org/2008/03/01/prohibition-party-factions-unite-on-a-single-presidential-candidate/ |title=Prohibition Party Factions Unite on a Single Presidential Candidate |date=March 1, 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200330175218/http://ballot-access.org/2008/03/01/prohibition-party-factions-unite-on-a-single-presidential-candidate/ |archive-date=March 30, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://ballot-access.org/2008/08/28/howard-lydick-dies/ |title=Howard Lydick Dies |date=August 28, 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200330175027/http://ballot-access.org/2008/08/28/howard-lydick-dies/ |archive-date=March 30, 2020}}</ref> |
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On June 12, 2007, members of his faction from three states met in a church in ], where they nominated him for president and Howard Lydick, who received the vice-presidential nomination in 2004, for vice-president.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://ballot-access.org/2007/06/13/prohibition-party/ |title=Prohibition Party |date=June 13, 2007 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200330175449/http://ballot-access.org/2007/06/13/prohibition-party/ |archive-date=March 30, 2020}}</ref> On November 7, Dodge was waiting to board a flight en route from ] to ], when he suddenly collapsed due to ] and was taken to the ] where he died.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.denverpost.com/2007/11/08/presidential-candidate-was-launching-his-7th-run/ |title=Presidential candidate was launching his 7th run |date=November 8, 2007 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200330151920/https://www.denverpost.com/2007/11/08/presidential-candidate-was-launching-his-7th-run/ |archive-date=March 30, 2020}}</ref> Following Dodge's death Howard Lydick worked to unite the two factions of the Prohibition Party behind Gene Amondson before Lydick's own death on August 5, 2008.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://ballot-access.org/2008/03/01/prohibition-party-factions-unite-on-a-single-presidential-candidate/ |title=Prohibition Party Factions Unite on a Single Presidential Candidate |date=March 1, 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200330175218/http://ballot-access.org/2008/03/01/prohibition-party-factions-unite-on-a-single-presidential-candidate/ |archive-date=March 30, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://ballot-access.org/2008/08/28/howard-lydick-dies/ |title=Howard Lydick Dies |date=August 28, 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200330175027/http://ballot-access.org/2008/08/28/howard-lydick-dies/ |archive-date=March 30, 2020}}</ref> |
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Earl Farwell Dodge Jr. was born on December 24, 1932, to Earl Farwell and Dorothy May Harris in Malden, Massachusetts. He attended school until the tenth grade and on July 20, 1951, he married Barbara Regan. In 1952, he joined the Prohibition Party after attending a rally hosted by future Prohibition vice-presidential nominee Mark R. Shaw.
From 1953 to 1956, he served as the executive secretary of the Massachusetts Prohibition Party and ran for Massachusetts Secretary of State in 1956. In 1956, he moved to Indiana and from 1958 to 1961, he served as the chairman of the Indiana Prohibition Party and ran for Indiana's second congressional district in 1960. From 1961 to 1962, he lived in Denver, Colorado. From 1962 to 1966, he worked for the National Christian Citizens Committee and ran for the United States Senate.
He also ran for the governorship of Colorado with the Prohibition nomination in every election from 1974 to 1994 except for in 1990. In 1990, he ran in Colorado's Senate election while his daughter, Karen J. Thiessen, ran for state Treasurer, his son, Calvin G. Dodge, ran for Secretary of State, and Calvin's wife, Elsi, ran for the regent of Colorado University.
On June 24, 1983, forty five delegates voted to give Dodge the presidential nomination in Mandan, North Dakota, for the 1984 presidential election and on January 3, 1984, he suffered a heart attack, but recovered. He appeared on the ballots in North Dakota, New Mexico, Kansas, Arkansas, and Colorado and as a write-in candidate in Ohio and received 4,236 votes.
During the 1988 presidential election he was given the party's presidential nomination again and appeared on the ballot in Arkansas, Tennessee, New Mexico, and Colorado and received 8,002 votes. During the 1992 presidential election he appeared on the ballot in Arkansas, Tennessee, and New Mexico and only received 961 votes. During the 1996 presidential election he appeared on the ballot in Colorado, Arkansas, Tennessee, and Utah and received 1,298 votes.
From June 28 to 30, 1999, around thirty delegates attended the national convention in Bird-in-Hand, Pennsylvania, and nine voted to give Dodge the presidential nomination against eight voting for Gary R. Van Horn and the vice-presidential nomination to W. Dean Watkins. He attempted to win the Independent American Party presidential nomination to receive ballot access in Utah, but was defeated by U.S. Taxpayers' Party presidential nominee Howard Phillips and in the general election he only appeared on the ballot in Colorado and received 208 votes.
During his tenure as chairman of the party Dodge was criticized by members for his financial actions. He avoided paying the Social Security tax on money earned through his involvement in the Prohibition Party by laundering it through the National Prohibition Foundation. During Earl Higgerson's ten years as treasurer Dodge refused to allow him to see the party's account books, donor lists, sign checks, or know of actions taken by Dodge on his account. In 1999, he sold the party's headquarters for $119,500 saying that he would use the money to build one on his property, but was alleged to have kept the money for himself and moved the party's headquarters to a tool shed.
In 2003, members of the party opposed to him met at a condo in Tennessee and promoted him to chairman emeritus, as a polite way of firing him according to James Hedges. During the 2004 presidential election their faction nominated Gene Amondson under the Concerns of People ballot line while eight delegates from his faction of the party gave him its presidential nomination at his home in Lakewood, Colorado. In the general election he appeared on the ballot in Colorado and received 140 votes while Amondson received 1,944 votes from Colorado and Louisiana.