Darlington Hoopes (September 11, 1896 — September 29, 1989) was a third-party candidate for President of the United States in the 1952 (in which he won 20,065 votes) and 1956 presidential elections, representing the Socialist Party of America. Both years, his running mate was Samuel H. Friedman. September 11 is the 254th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (255th in leap years). ... 1896 (MDCCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... September 29 is the 272nd day of the year (273rd in leap years). ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The presidential seal was used by President Hayes in 1880 and last modified in 1959 by adding the 50th star for Hawaii. ... Presidential electoral votes by state. ... Presidential electoral votes by state. ... Election poster for Eugene V. Debs, Socialist Party of America candidate for President, 1904 The Socialist Party of America was a socialist political party in the United States, the historic American member party of the Socialist International. ...
He had previously been their vice presidential candidate in 1944, as the running mate of Norman Thomas. Norman Mattoon Thomas (November 20, 1884 - December 19, 1968) was a leading American socialist, pacifist, and six-time presidential candidate for the Socialist Party of America. ...
Hoopes had also been a Chairman of the party, and a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. The Pennsylvania House of Representatives is one of two co-equal houses of the Pennsylvania General Assembly, the legislature of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. ...
Further reading
J. Paul Henderson, Darlington Hoopes: The Political Biography of an American Socialist (2005) ISBN 1846220009
Smedley Darlington's younger brother, Richard Darlington, bought the Ercildoun Seminary in 1861 and operated it successfully until it was destroyed by a tornado in 1877.
Josiah Hoopes' doctor, Dr. Charles E. Woodward (1846/01/04- ??), was born in Marshallton, attended Westtown Boarding School and the College of Pharmacy of Philadelphia, and began to practice medicine in West Chester in 1874.
Josiah Hoopes served as the recording secretary of the Chester County Agricultural Society from 1874-1888 (JJ: His mother died in 1887; father died in 1888).
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