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'''Rutherford Losey Decker''' (May 27, 1904&nbsp;– September 21, 1972)<ref>https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/99309906</ref> was a [[United States]] [[politician]], a longtime member and a [[POTUS|Presidential]] nominee of [[Prohibition Party]] in [[1960 United States presidential election|1960]], and the President of the [[National Association of Evangelicals]] from 1946 to 1948.<ref>[http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/decker.html Political Graveyard]</ref>
'''Rutherford Losey Decker''' (May 27, 1904 – September 21, 1972) was an American politician who was a longtime member and a [[POTUS|Presidential]] nominee of [[Prohibition Party]] in [[1960 United States presidential election|1960]], and the president of the [[National Association of Evangelicals]] from 1946 to 1948.<ref>[http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/decker.html Political Graveyard]</ref>


Decker was born in [[Elmira, New York]].<ref name="prohibitionists">[http://www.prohibitionists.org/History/Rutherford_Decker_bio.html Prohibitionists]</ref> He was a missionary at the [[American Baptist Home Mission Society]], and preached in [[Fort Morgan, Colorado]] and in [[Denver, Colorado]].<ref name="prohibitionists"/> He also preached at the Temple Baptist Church in [[Kansas City, Missouri]], until he retired in the 1960s.<ref name="prohibitionists"/><ref>[http://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=4201 Our Campaigns]</ref>
Decker was born in [[Elmira, New York]].<ref name="prohibitionists">[http://www.prohibitionists.org/History/Rutherford_Decker_bio.html Prohibitionists]</ref> He was a missionary at the [[American Baptist Home Mission Society]], and preached in [[Fort Morgan, Colorado]] and in [[Denver, Colorado]].<ref name="prohibitionists"/> He also preached at the Temple Baptist Church in [[Kansas City, Missouri]], until he retired in the 1960s.<ref name="prohibitionists"/><ref>[http://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=4201 Our Campaigns]</ref>
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Decker and Munn finished fifth with 46,203 (0.07%) votes (and not one electoral vote). Munn succeeded Decker as a presidential nominee in 1964. They appeared on ballots in 11 states: [[Alabama]], [[Delaware]], [[Michigan]], [[California]], [[Massachusetts]], [[Texas]], [[Tennessee]], [[New Mexico]], [[Kansas]], [[Indiana]] and [[Montana]]. Decker and Munn did not receive over 1% of the vote in any of these states.
Decker and Munn finished fifth with 46,203 (0.07%) votes (and not one electoral vote). Munn succeeded Decker as a presidential nominee in 1964. They appeared on ballots in 11 states: [[Alabama]], [[Delaware]], [[Michigan]], [[California]], [[Massachusetts]], [[Texas]], [[Tennessee]], [[New Mexico]], [[Kansas]], [[Indiana]] and [[Montana]]. Decker and Munn did not receive over 1% of the vote in any of these states.

He died in September 1972 at the age of 68.<ref>[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/99309906 FindAGrave: Rutherford Losey Decker]</ref>


==Electoral history==
==Electoral history==
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===United States presidential election, 1960===
===United States presidential election, 1960===
* [[John F. Kennedy]]/[[Lyndon B. Johnson]] (D) - 34,226,731 (49.72%) and 303 electoral votes (22 states carried)
* [[John F. Kennedy]]/[[Lyndon B. Johnson]] (D) - 34,226,731 (49.72%) and 303 electoral votes (22 states carried)
* [[Richard Nixon]]/[[Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.]] (R) - 34,108,157 (49.55%) and 219 electoral votes (26 states carried)
* [[Richard Nixon]]/[[Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.]] (R) - 34,108,157 (49.55%) and 219 electoral votes (26 states carried)
* [[Harry F. Byrd|Harry Byrd]]/[[Strom Thurmond]]/[[Barry Goldwater]] (ID) - 15 electoral votes (unpledged electors from [[Mississippi]], half of unpledged electors from [[Alabama]] and [[faithless elector]] from [[Oklahoma]]; Thurmond won 14 electoral votes for V.P., Goldwater one. Byrd all 15 for President)
* [[Harry F. Byrd|Harry Byrd]]/[[Strom Thurmond]]/[[Barry Goldwater]] (ID) - 15 electoral votes (unpledged electors from [[Mississippi]], half of unpledged electors from [[Alabama]] and [[faithless elector]] from [[Oklahoma]]; Thurmond won 14 electoral votes for V.P., Goldwater one. Byrd all 15 for President)
* [[Eric Hass]]/[[Georgia Cozzini]] (Socialist Labor) - 47,522 (0.07%)
* [[Eric Hass]]/[[Georgia Cozzini]] (Socialist Labor) - 47,522 (0.07%)
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Latest revision as of 21:38, 25 November 2024

Rutherford Losey Decker (May 27, 1904 – September 21, 1972) was an American politician who was a longtime member and a Presidential nominee of Prohibition Party in 1960, and the president of the National Association of Evangelicals from 1946 to 1948.[1]

Decker was born in Elmira, New York.[2] He was a missionary at the American Baptist Home Mission Society, and preached in Fort Morgan, Colorado and in Denver, Colorado.[2] He also preached at the Temple Baptist Church in Kansas City, Missouri, until he retired in the 1960s.[2][3]

A lifelong resident of Missouri, he was nominated for President with party chairman Earle Harold Munn as his running-mate.

Decker and Munn finished fifth with 46,203 (0.07%) votes (and not one electoral vote). Munn succeeded Decker as a presidential nominee in 1964. They appeared on ballots in 11 states: Alabama, Delaware, Michigan, California, Massachusetts, Texas, Tennessee, New Mexico, Kansas, Indiana and Montana. Decker and Munn did not receive over 1% of the vote in any of these states.

He died in September 1972 at the age of 68.[4]

Electoral history

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United States presidential election, 1960

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References

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  1. ^ Political Graveyard
  2. ^ a b c Prohibitionists
  3. ^ Our Campaigns
  4. ^ FindAGrave: Rutherford Losey Decker
Preceded by President of the National Association of Evangelicals
1946–1948 		Succeeded by
Party political offices
Preceded by Prohibition Party Presidential nominee
1960 (lost) 		Succeeded by


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