Matthew Maguire (labor activist)

Matthew Maguire (April 5, 1842 – January 9, 1915) was a New Jersey machinist. In 1896, Maguire was the vice-presidential nominee of the Socialist Labor Party of America. Running on the ticket alongside Charles H. Matchett, the pair were on 20 state ballots and received 36,367 votes. The campaign received more votes than any other SLP ticket until 1944.[1]

References

"VOTE FOR PRESIDENTIAL AND VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES OF THE SOCIALIST LABOR PARTY". Internet Archive. Retrieved 28 December 2015.

Socialist Labor Party of America
National Secretaries	Van Patten - Schneider - Vogt - Rosenberg - Gretsch - Kuhn - Bohn - Augustine - Petersen - Karp - Bills
Presidential tickets	1892, Wing/Matchett 1896, Matchett / Maguire 1900, Malloney / Remmel 1904, Corregan/Cox 1908, Gillhaus/Munro 1912, Reimer/Gillhaus 1916, Reimer/Harrison 1920, Cox/Gillhaus 1924, Johns/Reynolds 1928, Reynolds/Crowley 1932, Reynolds/Aiken 1936, Aiken/Emil Teichert 1940, Aiken/Orange 1944, Edward Teichert/Albaugh 1948, Edward Teichert/Emery 1952, Hass/Emery 1956, Hass/Cozzini 1960, Hass/Cozzini 1964, Hass/Blomen 1968, Blomen/Taylor 1972, Fisher/Gunderson 1976, Levin/Blomen
Related topics	Daniel De Leon De Leonism History of the socialist movement in the United States New Yorker Volkszeitung Socialist Trade and Labor Alliance The People newspaper Workingmen's Party of the United States

(← 1892) 1896 United States presidential election (1900 →)

Republican Party
(Convention)

Nominees	President: William McKinley Vice President: Garret Hobart
Other candidates	Thomas Brackett Reed Matthew Quay Levi P. Morton William B. Allison

Democratic Party
(Convention)
▌Populist · ▌Silver

Nominees	President: William Jennings Bryan Vice President: Arthur Sewall Populist VP nominee: Thomas E. Watson
Other candidates	Richard P. Bland Robert E. Pattison Horace Boies J. C. S. Blackburn Claude Matthews

Third party and independent candidates
National Democratic Party	Nominee: John M. Palmer VP nominee: Simon Bolivar Buckner Other candidates: Edward S. Bragg William F. Vilas Grover Cleveland (incumbent) John G. Carlisle Julius Sterling Morton William Lyne Wilson Henry Watterson
Prohibition Party	Nominee: Joshua Levering VP nominee: Hale Johnson Other candidates: L. C. Hughes Charles E. Bentley
Socialist Labor Party	Nominee: Charles H. Matchett VP nominee: Matthew Maguire
National Party	Nominee: Charles E. Bentley VP nominee: James H. Southgate

Other 1896 elections: House
Senate

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