Claude A. Watson

Claude A. Watson (June 26, 1885 – January 1978) was a lawyer, businessman, and minister from Hermon (a neighborhood in Los Angeles, California), who was nationally active in the temperance movement. He was the Prohibition Party candidate for vice-president of the United States in 1936 and was the party's presidential candidate in both 1944 and 1948.

A certified pilot, Watson was the first American presidential candidate in history to fly his own airplane and flew over 16,000 miles campaigning.

See also

• Temperance organizations

References

• Brief biography of Claude A. Watson
• Sky Writing
• Hermon, California

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Name	Watson, Claude A.
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Short description	American politician
Date of birth	June 26, 1885
Place of birth
Date of death	1978
Place of death