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Upton Sinclair

Socialist

Picture of Upton Sinclair
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Date Party Office Votes Result
11-02-1920 Socialist CD-10 20439 Loss
11-07-1922 Socialist Senate1 56982 Loss
11-02-1926 Socialist Governor 45972 Loss
11-04-1930 Socialist Governor 50480 Loss
11-06-1934 Democratic Governor 879537 Loss
Website: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upton_Sinclair
 

Candidate Biography:

Upton Beall Sinclair Jr.
Born: September 20, 1878 in Baltimore, Maryland
Married: Miss Meta H. Fuller, Mary Craig Kimbroughwith, Mary Elizabeth Willis
Child: David
Died: November 25, 1968 in Buckeye, Arizona

1906: [Socialist] Candidacy for Congress [New Jersey] (Lost; 3%)
1920s: Founder, California chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union
1928: Candidate for U.S. Presidential Elector (Lost)