Ira Landrith

Rev. Dr. Ira Landrith (1865 – 11 October 1941) was an American Presbyterian minister and temperance activist. He was the Prohibition Party's nominee for vice president in 1916. He and his running mate Frank Hanly received 221,302 votes (1.19%). A known orator, Landrith was part of the Flying Squadron of America, which traveled the United States advocating for temperance.^[1]

References

↑ "Ira Landrith Biography". Retrieved 29 May 2015.

United States presidential election, 1916

Democratic Party
Convention

Nominee	Woodrow Wilson

VP nominee	Thomas R. Marshall

Republican Party
Convention

Nominee	Charles Evans Hughes

VP nominee	Charles W. Fairbanks

Candidiates:	John W. Weeks Elihu Root Charles W. Fairbanks Albert B. Cummins Theodore E. Burton

Third party and independent candidates

Socialist Party

Nominee	Allan L. Benson

VP nominee	George Ross Kirkpatrick

Prohibition Party

Nominee	Frank Hanly

VP nominee	Ira Landrith

Other 1916 elections: House
Senate

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