Rare Babson U.S. President Moorman V.P. 1940 New Prohibition Party Poster

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Rare Babson U.S. President Moorman V.P. 1940 New Prohibition Party Poster:
$56.00

Rare Babson U.S. President Moorman V.P. 1940 New Prohibition Party PosterWe are offering a rare original camapaign poster for the New Prohibition Party\'s Presidential and Vice Presidential Candidates in the 1940 United States election. Sight size: 11-1/2\" x 19-1/2\". Framed size: 13\" x 21-1/2\". They received 57,903 votes, or 0.1% of the popular vote. Roger Babson of Massachusetts most likely was the richest man ever to run on the Prohibition ticket. At his death, in 1967, he was worth some $50,000,000. Not a Party regular, his religious convictions persuaded him to come to the party in the late 1930s and offer his services as a candidate. Babson was then at the peak of his career as a financial wizard, and he was well-received everywhere he went. Edgar Moorman was an Illinois businessman. Babson and Moorman were credited with changing the philosophical emphasis of the Prohibition Party from progressive to conservative, but the change was neither abrupt nor clear-cut. The party platform continued to include progressive planks, and still does, but the party leadership has chosen more and more to emphasize conservative planks. From a collection of Prohibition and Temperance memorabilia, offered here for the first time.