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David Leigh Colvin (January 28, 1880[1] – September 7, 1959) was an American politician and member of the Prohibition Party and the Law Preservation Party.
He attended the American Temperance University and Ohio Wesleyan University before going on to study law at the University of California, University of Chicago, and Columbia University.
He ran for U.S. Senator from New York in 1916 and 1932, for Mayor of New York City in 1917, for Vice President of the United States in 1920, for U.S. Representative from New York in 1922, and for President of the United States in 1936.
Colvin was Chairman of the Prohibition National Committee from 1926 to 1932.
See also
- Temperance organizations
References
- ^ David Leigh Colvin (1913). The Bicameral Principle in the New York Legislature. Columbia University. p. 193.
Party political offices Preceded by
Ira LandrithProhibition Party Vice Presidential candidate
1920 (lost)Succeeded by
Marie C. BrehmUnited States presidential election, 1936 Democratic Party
ConventionRepublican Party
ConventionNominee: Alf Landon
VP nominee: Frank Knox
Candidiates: William Borah · Stephen A. Day · Lester J. Dickinson · Warren Green · Frank Knox · Earl Warren · Frederick SteiwerThird party and independent candidates Prohibition Party Socialist Party of America Union Party Independents and other candidates: Other 1936 elections: House · Senate Categories:- 1880 births
- 1959 deaths
- Columbia University alumni
- Law Preservation Party politicians
- New York Prohibitionists
- Ohio Wesleyan University alumni
- People from Clark County, Ohio
- People from Manhattan
- Prohibition Party (United States) presidential nominees
- University of California alumni
- University of Chicago alumni
- United States presidential candidates, 1936
- United States vice-presidential candidates, 1920
- New York politician stubs
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