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James H. Woertendyke

Prohibition

Date Party Office Votes Result
11-03-1908 Prohibition AD-78 1564 Loss
Website: www.findagrave.com/memorial/157625038/james-howard-woertendyke
 

Candidate Biography:

James Howard Woertendyke
Born: November 1869 in Monmouth, Illinois
Married: Alice Mary Porter (m. 1890, d. 1929)
Died: September 9, 1932 in Tulare Co., CA

1920: [Prohibition] Candidate for Governor of Illinois (Lost; 0.47%)

  • POLITICAL HISTORY: First married couple to have run for partisan office (he in 1908, she in 1912)