1955 Prohibition National Convention

1955 1956 Prohibition Disc Prohibition Party.svg September 1955 Camp Mack Milford, Kosciusko County, Indiana Enoch A. Holtwick Illinois Herbert C. Holdridge California later replacedHoldridge was later replaced on the ticket by Edwin M. Cooper 1951 1959 William Langer of North Dakota ~300 1 The 1955 Prohibition National Convention was held in September 1955 at Camp Mack in Milford in Kosciusko County, Indiana. It nominated Enoch A. Holtwick of Illinois for president and Herbert C. Holdridge of California for vice president. Logistics The convention was held in early September 1955 at Camp Mack in Milford, a town in the Van Buren Township of Kosciusko County, Indiana.Prohibition Party May Back Langer Candidacy https://www.newspapers.com/image/1325311449 Illinois State Register INS Newspapers.com subscription July 6, 2026 August 30, 1955 The state of Indiana was a regular location for the party's conventions. Indianapolis had been the site of the 1888, 1904, 1932, 1943, and 1951 conventions. Winona Lake (near to Milford) had previously hosted the 1947 convention, and after 1955 was the site of the party's convention again in 1959 convention.White Terry Winona Lake And The Anti-Liquor Movement https://timesuniononline.com/stories/winona-lake-and-the-anti-liquor-movement,278929 Times-Union June 29, 2026 en April 5, 2026Prohibition Party National Convention Sites https://www.prohibitionists.org/old%20site/sites.htm Prohibitionists.org June 29, 2026 Approximately 300 delegates attended the convention. thumb|William Langer delivered the keynote address Enoch A. Holtwick served as presiding officer during the convention.Greenville Man Considered Nominee for President https://www.newspapers.com/image/88598623 Newspapers.com subscription Herald and Review July 4, 2026 6 August 27, 1963 The keynote address was delivered by William Langer, Republican U.S. senator from North Dakota. Nominations thumb|x175px|Herbert C. Holdridge (photographed in 1943) was nominated at the convention for vice president, but was later replaced on the ticket Ahead of the convention, many delegates indicated an interest in nominating Langer. The convention selected its nominees on September 6. For president, it nominated Enoch Holtwick of Illinois,Prohibition Party Plans Its Campaign https://www.newspapers.com/image/107791456 Newspapers.com subscription The Courier-Journal at Newspapers.com July 6, 2026 11 September 8, 1955 and nominated Herbert C. Holdridge for vice president.Prohibition Party Names Candidates; Enoch A. Holtwich Seeks Presidency https://www.newspapers.com/image/95888584 The Franklin Evening Star INS Newspapers.com subscription July 6, 2026 4 September 7, 1955The New York Times, "Prohibition Slate Set", September 8, 1955, pg 26 After Holdridge distributed strongly anti-President Eisenhower pamphlets on the floor of the 1956 Republican National Convention, he was replaced as Prohibition vice presidential nominee by Edwin M. Cooper.The New York Times, "Only Three Questions Left", August 20, 1956, pg 8 Platform At the convention, the party adopted a new platform. The platform retained the party's traditional temperance stance opposing the consumption of alcoholic beverages. The 1955 platform advocated that increased educational standards be created, arguing that they would lead to lower drinking rates. The platform also urged for the psychiatric treatment of alcoholics, and called for the end of the legalized sale of whisky. Beyond this, the platform also notably opposed universal military training. The platform avoided use of the word "prohibition" except as a proper noun to refer to the party itself. This was due to its view that the term had come to be "much misunderstood". However, the platform still was rooted in temperance, with the party still seeking to abolish the liquor industry. The platform included a denunciation of what it called, "the highly capitalized, strongly organized and socially irresponsible liquor industry, and called for, "removing the causes of drinking.Prohibition Party Names Its Ticket https://www.newspapers.com/image/249369407 Newspapers.com subscription Palladium-Item The Associated Press July 16, 2026 3 September 7, 1955 The platform opposed the Reserve Forces Act of 1955 (compulsory reserve forces plan adopted in Congress). It called for all weapons of mass annihilation to be outlawed. It called for the immediate granting of statehood to Alaska and Hawaii. It also called for farm surpluses to be shared in order to address global hunger. Party chairman vote At the convention, E. Harold Munn was elected as the national chairman of the party without any opposition.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/47784796/the-south-bend-tribune/ Party Names Candidates September 4, 1959 The South Bend Tribune live https://web.archive.org/web/20200401124620/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/47784796/the-south-bend-tribune/ April 1, 2020 22 Newspapers.com Notes References Category:Prohibition National Conventions Prohibition National Convention Prohibition National Convention prohibition national convention Category:United States presidential nominating conventions in Indiana prohibition Category:Political party leadership elections in the United States