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Benjamin Calvin Bubar, Jr. (June 17, 1917 — May 15, 1995), better known as Ben Bubar, was an ordained minister who actively supported the temperance movement. He was a life-long politician and was, in 1938, the youngest person ever to win election to the Maine House of Representatives. June 17 is the 168th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (169th in leap years), with 197 days remaining. ... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... May 15 is the 135th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (136th in leap years). ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... See also minister (government) and minister (diplomacy) In Christian churches, a minister is a man or woman who serves a congregation or participates in a role in a parachurch ministry; such persons can minister as a Pastor, Preacher, Bishop, Chaplain, Deacon or Elder. ... A cartoon from Australia ca. ... Maines house of Representatives is part of the states legislature, the lower house, the other chamber being the Senate. ...


Bubar was the Prohibition Party candidate for the presidency of the United States in 1976 and 1980. The party has run candidates every year since 1876. Bubar was the last Prohibition Party candidate to have had political experience before running for the presidency. The Prohibition Party is a political party in the United States. ...


His sister Rachel Bubar Kelly was the party's vice presidential candidate in 1996 as the running mate of Earl F. Dodge who had formerly been Bubar's running mate. Rachel Bubar Kelly (November 22, 1922 — January 14, 2002) was the Prohibition Party candidate for United States Vice President in the 1996 presidential election as the running mate of Earl F. Dodge. ... -1... Earl Farwell Dodge (b. ...


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Temperance organizations (that is, organizations in the temperance movement) of the United States played an essential role in bringing about ratification of the Eighteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution establishing national prohibition of alcohol. ...

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Ben Bubar Biography

Preceded by:
E. Harold Munn		 Prohibition Party Presidential candidate
1976 (lost), 1980 (lost)		 Succeeded by:
Earl F. Dodge

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Ben Bubar's first campaign more than doubled the number of states where Prohibition was on the ballot, from four to nine.
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