Christian Party (United States, 1930s)

The Christian Party was an American fascist political party which was founded by William Dudley Pelley in 1935.[1] He chose 16 August 1935 as the Christian Party's founding date, because it was a so-called "pyramid date".[2] The party can be considered the political wing of Pelley's paramilitary organization, the Silver Legion of America. It ran with Pelley as its candidate for the 1936 presidential campaign[3] (Silver Legion member Willard Kemp was the vice presidential candidate). Pelley gained just 1,600 votes in the election.[4] The party quickly vanished after the United States entered World War II.

There is also a current Christian Party that was founded in 2009 by a group of self-described "Christian Constitutionalist patriots"[5] in Mobile, Alabama.

References
  1. Barkun, Michael (1997). Religion and the Racist Right: The Origins of the Christian Identity Movement. UNC Press Books. p. 91. ISBN 9780807846384.
  2. Scott Beekman: William Dudley Pelley – A Life in Right-Wing Extremism and the Occult, Syracuse (NY): Syracuse University Press 2005, p. 113.
  3. Schultz, Will. William Dudley Pelley (1885-1965). Retrieved February 4, 2020. {{cite encyclopedia}}: |work= ignored (help)
  4. Beekman, Scott (October 31, 2006). "Pelley, William Dudley". American National Biography (online ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1501310. (subscription required)
  5. "Youth Church, Youth Ministry, Worship Services- Waxahachie, TX". www.christianpartyonline.com. Retrieved 2019-07-12.
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