Matthew Maguire (labor activist)

Matthew Maguire was a New Jersey machinist, who in 1882, proposed to the CLU (Central Labor Union) the creation of the Labor Day holiday to celebrate United States workers. In 1896, Maguire was the vice-presidential nominee of the Socialist Labor Party of America. Running on the ticket alongside Charles H. Matchett, the pair were on 20 state ballots and received 36,367 votes. The campaign received more votes than any other SLP ticket until 1944.^[1]

References

↑ "VOTE FOR PRESIDENTIAL AND VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES OF THE SOCIALIST LABOR PARTY" (PDF). Internet Archive. Retrieved 28 December 2015.

United States presidential election, 1896

Democratic Party
Convention

Nominee	William Jennings Bryan

VP nominee	Arthur Sewall

Candidates	Richard P. Bland Robert E. Pattison Horace Boies Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn Claude Matthews

Republican Party
Convention

Nominee	William McKinley

VP nominee	Garret Hobart

Candidates	Thomas Brackett Reed Matthew Quay Levi P. Morton William B. Allison

Third party and independent candidates

National Democratic Party

Nominee	John M. Palmer

VP nominee	Simon Bolivar Buckner

Candidates	Edward S. Bragg William Freeman Vilas Grover Cleveland John G. Carlisle Julius Sterling Morton William Lyne Wilson Henry Watterson

Prohibition Party

Nominee	Joshua Levering

VP nominee	Hale Johnson

Socialist Labor Party

Nominee	Charles H. Matchett

VP nominee	Matthew Maguire

National Prohibition Party

Nominee	Charles E. Bentley

VP nominee	James Southgate

Other 1896 elections: House
Senate

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