American Third Party Presidential Candidates

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1. Which party is the granddaddy of all third parties, having fielded a candidate for President in every election since its formation in 1869? Libertarian Prohibition Party Progressive Socialist

2. Which party held the first national political convention? Republican Anti-Mason Prohibition Whig

3. Besides Teddy Roosevelt and Millard Fillmore (who as ex-Presidents can be considered special cases), which third party candidate polled the highest percentage of the national popular vote? Robert M. LaFollette in 1924 Ross Perot in 1992 George Wallace in 1968 John Anderson in 1980

4. Which party finished fourth in both 1992 and 1996 after the Republican, Democratic, and Ross Perot's Independent or Reform party? Green Party Prohibition Party Libertarian Party Natural Law Party

5. Eugene V. Debs ran for President 5 times as the candidate of which party? Socialist Progressive Greenback Prohibition

6. In 1893, Debs founded the nation's largest labor union, by organizing the workers in which industry? textile coal mining steel railroad

7. Where was Debs when he ran for President for the last time in 1920? in prison in a nursing home in the hospital in Canada

8. Who won 5 States as the Populist Party candidate in 1892? Teddy Roosevelt William Jennings Bryan James B. Weaver Eugene V. Debs

9. Who ran as the Free Soil candidate in 1848? Henry Clay Martin Van Buren Daniel Webster James K. Polk

10. There have been 45 elections since the popular vote was first tabulated in 1824. In how many of those 45 elections did the presence of third-party candidates prevent the top candidate from receiving at least 50 percent of the vote? 18 11 14 8

11. Teddy Roosevelt's Progressive Party was known by what nickname during the 1912 campaign? Bull Moose conservation trust-busters salamander

12. Which State did Robert M. Lafollette win when he ran as the Progressive Party candidate in 1924? Oregon Minnesota Wisconsin Kansas

13. How many States did Strom Thurmond win as the States Rights Party candidate in 1948? none 2 7 4

14. How many States did George Wallace win in 1968? 8 3 none 5

15. Ralph Nader was the candidate in 2000 of which party? Natural Law Party Libertarian Party Constitution Party Green Party