Donald L. Munro

Donald Lon Munro (July 14, 1857 – September 29, 1919) was an American politician from Pennsylvania. In 1908, Munro was the vice-presidential nominee of the Socialist Labor Party of America. He was the running mate of August Gillhaus of New York. The pair were on 15 state ballots and received 14,031 votes.[1]

Donald L. Munro, candidate of the Socialist Labor Party for Vice-President of the United States in 1908.

Prior to running for vice-president, Munro was the SLP nominee in Pennsylvania for Supreme Court Judge. He was from coal mining town of DuBois, Pennsylvania.[2]

References

"VOTE FOR PRESIDENTIAL AND VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES OF THE SOCIALIST LABOR PARTY". Internet Archive. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
Courts, Pennsylvania. (1899). The District Reports of Cases Decided in All the Judicial Districts of the State of Pennsylvania. H. W. Page. pp. 604–. Retrieved 28 December 2015.

(← 1904) 1908 United States presidential election (→ 1912)

Republican Party
(Convention)

Nominees	President: William Howard Taft Vice President: James S. Sherman
Other candidates	Philander C. Knox Charles W. Fairbanks Robert M. La Follette Joseph B. Foraker L. M. Shaw

Democratic Party
(Convention)

Nominees	President: William Jennings Bryan Vice President: John W. Kern
Other candidates	George Gray John Albert Johnson

Third-party and independent candidates
Socialist Party	Nominee: Eugene V. Debs VP nominee: Ben Hanford
Prohibition Party	Nominee: Eugene W. Chafin VP nominee: Aaron S. Watkins
Independence Party	Nominee: Thomas L. Hisgen VP nominee: John Temple Graves
Populist Party	Nominee: Thomas E. Watson VP nominee: Samuel Williams

Other 1908 elections: House
Senate

Socialist Labor Party of America
National Secretaries	Van Patten - Schneider - Vogt - Rosenberg - Gretsch - Kuhn - Bohn - Augustine - Petersen - Karp - Bills
Presidential tickets	1892, Wing/Matchett 1896, Matchett / Maguire 1900, Malloney / Remmel 1904, Corregan/Cox 1908, Gillhaus/Munro 1912, Reimer/Gillhaus 1916, Reimer/Harrison 1920, Cox/Gillhaus 1924, Johns/Reynolds 1928, Reynolds/Crowley 1932, Reynolds/Aiken 1936, Aiken/Emil Teichert 1940, Aiken/Orange 1944, Edward Teichert/Albaugh 1948, Edward Teichert/Emery 1952, Hass/Emery 1956, Hass/Cozzini 1960, Hass/Cozzini 1964, Hass/Blomen 1968, Blomen/Taylor 1972, Fisher/Gunderson 1976, Levin/Blomen
Related topics	Daniel De Leon De Leonism History of the socialist movement in the United States New Yorker Volkszeitung Socialist Trade and Labor Alliance The People newspaper Workingmen's Party of the United States

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