Earl Dodge
Earl Farwell Dodge, Jr. (December 24, 1932 – November 7, 2007) was a long-term temperance movement leader and a politician of the Prohibition Party, from the U.S. state of Colorado.
Biography
Dodge was born in Revere, Massachusetts on December 24, 1932, and joined the Prohibition Party at age 19. He was appointed Chairman of the Prohibition Party in 1979 while the party was operating under the name of the National Statesmen Party; the party name was re-instated following the 1980 election.
In addition to his work with the Prohibition Party, Dodge was active in various other temperance organizations, as well as the Right to life movement, and in several political memorabilia collecting organizations. In his later years, Dodge began to make a living producing political items.
Campaigns
The following is a list of his candidacies:
1954 – Massachusetts Governor's Council – 5,459 votes
1956 – Massachusetts Secretary of State – 10,030 votes
1958 – Kosciusko County Commissioner, Indiana
1959 - Winona Lake, Indiana Council – 42%
