Herman Preston Faris (December 25, 1858 – March 20, 1936) was an American businessman and politician who served as treasurer of the Prohibition National Committee, twice as the Prohibition Party candidate for governor of Missouri, and was the party's presidential candidate during the 1924 presidential election.
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| Born | Herman Preston Faris December 25, 1858 Bellefontaine, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | March 20, 1936 (aged 77) Deepwater, Missouri, U.S. |
| Political party | Prohibition |
| Other political affiliations | Republican (before 1884) |
| Spouse(s) | Adda Winters Sallie A. Lewis |
| Children | 5 |
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Life
editHerman Preston Faris was born on December 25, 1858, in Bellefontaine, Ohio to Samuel D. Faris and Sarah Plumber Finks and his family later moved to Lawrence, Kansas.[1] He later moved to Clinton, Missouri in 1867, he would temporarily leave it for Colorado in the 1870s and returned, where he became a successful banker, but suffered financial difficulties shortly before his death. In 1889 he married Adda Winters and later had five children with her and in 1911 he married Sallie A. Lewis.[2]
In 1884, he left the Republican Party and joined the Prohibition Party and afterwards he became active in electoral politics with his running for secretary of state, governor four times, and senator twice. During the 1920 presidential election he ran for the Prohibition Party's vice presidential nomination, but was defeated by D. Leigh Colvin with 108 delegates to 47 delegates. In 1924, he was given the Prohibition Party's presidential nomination with 82 delegates against A.P. Gouttey's 40 and used the slogan "Be Fair With Faris" and received 55,951 votes.[3] During the 1928 presidential election he supported Herbert Hoover and campaigned for him in Texas due to Al Smith's anti-prohibition stances and had expected the Prohibition Party to give its nomination to Hoover rather than to William F. Varney.[4][5]
On March 20, 1936, Faris suffered either a heart attack or a stroke before crashing his car off a bridge at age 77.[6]
Electoral history
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Democratic | Alexander A. LeSueur | 261,301 | 50.12% | ||
| Republican | F. W. Mott | 236,855 | 45.43% | ||
| Labor | Boswell Fox | 18,769 | 3.60% | ||
| Prohibition | Herman P. Faris | 4,399 | 0.84% | ||
| Total votes | '521,324' | '100.00%' | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Lon Vest Stephens | 351,062 | 52.88% | +3.90% | |
| Republican | Robert E. Lewis | 307,729 | 46.35% | +2.85% | |
| Prohibition | Herman P. Faris | 2,588 | 0.39% | -0.24% | |
| National Democratic | J. McDowell Trimble | 1,809 | 0.27% | +0.27% | |
| Socialist Labor | Louis C. Fry | 757 | 0.11% | +0.11% | |
| Total votes | '663,945' | '100.00%' | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Herbert S. Hadley | 355,932 | 49.73% | +3.68% | |
| Democratic | William S. Cowherd | 340,053 | 47.51% | -3.22% | |
| Socialist | William L. Garver | 14,505 | 2.03% | +0.32% | |
| Prohibition | Herman P. Faris | 4,169 | 0.58% | -0.29% | |
| Populist | William A. Dillon | 1,058 | 0.15% | -0.27% | |
| Total votes | '715,717' | '100.00%' | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Clement C. Dickinson | 17,858 | 52.24% | -0.99% | |
| Republican | Louis T. Dunaway | 9,093 | 26.60% | -17.11% | |
| Progressive | G. A. Theilmann | 6,788 | 19.86% | +19.86% | |
| Prohibition | Herman P. Faris | 448 | 1.31% | -0.17% | |
| Total votes | '34,187' | '100.00%' | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Arthur M. Hyde | 722,020 | 54.25% | +5.89% | |
| Democratic | John M. Atkinson | 580,726 | 43.64% | -5.01% | |
| Socialist | Marvin M. Aldrich | 19,489 | 1.46% | -0.39% | |
| Prohibition | Herman P. Faris | 3,974 | 0.30% | -0.21% | |
| Farmer–Labor | Vaughn Hickman | 3,003 | 0.23% | +0.23% | |
| Socialist Labor | Edward G. Middlecoff | 1,620 | 0.12% | ||
| Total votes | '1,330,832' | '100.00%' | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Harry B. Hawes | 506,015 | 51.30% | -0.79% | |
| Republican | George Henry Williams | 470,654 | 47.71% | -0.20% | |
| Prohibition | Herman P. Faris | 7,540 | 0.76% | +0.76% | |
| Socialist | Robert D. Morrison | 1,807 | 0.18% | +0.18% | |
| Socialist Labor | William Wesley Cox | 464 | 0.05% | +0.05% | |
| Total votes | '986,480' | '100.00%' | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Bennett Champ Clark | 1,017,046 | 63.26% | +11.96% | |
| Republican | Henry Kiel | 575,174 | 35.78% | -11.93% | |
| Socialist | Robert D. Morrison | 11,441 | 0.71% | +0.53% | |
| Prohibition | Herman P. Faris | 3,147 | 0.20% | -0.56% | |
| Communist | Julius Pollack | 533 | 0.03% | +0.03% | |
| Socialist Labor | Karl Oberheu | 417 | 0.03% | -0.02% | |
| Total votes | '986,480' | '100.00%' | |||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "H. P. Faris Killed". Henry County Democrat. 26 March 1936. p. 1. Archived from the original on 20 December 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Remarkable Life". Henry County Democrat. 26 March 1936. p. 6. Archived from the original on 20 December 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Faris, Ex-Prohi Candidate For President, Dies in Crash". The Star Press. 21 March 1936. p. 3. Archived from the original on 20 December 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Supports Hoover". The Sedalia Democrat. 22 March 1936. p. 6. Archived from the original on 20 December 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Richardson, Darcy G. (2008). "Others: Fighting Bob La Follette and the Progressive Movement: Third-party ..." ISBN 9780595481262.
- ^ "Herman P.Faris Dies In Crash". The Owensboro Messenger. 21 March 1936. p. 1. Archived from the original on 20 December 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "MO Secretary of State 1888". 24 March 2009.
- ^ "MO Governor 1896". 14 August 2007.
- ^ "MO Governor 1908". 14 August 2007.
- ^ "MO District 6 1912". 21 November 2009.
- ^ "MO Governor 1920". 14 August 2007.
- ^ "MO US Senate 1926". 20 July 2005.
- ^ "MO US Senate 1932". 16 October 2017.
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