Stephen Emery was an American subway dispatcher and political activist from

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. He was twice the vice-presidential nominee of the

Socialist Labor Party of America The Socialist Labor Party (SLP)"The name of this organization shall be Socialist Labor Party". Art. I, Sec. 1 of thadopted at the Eleventh National Convention (New York, July 1904; amended at the National Conventions 1908, 1912, 1916, 1920, 1924 ...

in 1948 and 1952. Running alongside Edward A. Teichert in 1948, the SLP ticket received 29,244 votes in 22 states. Four years later in 1952, Emery was nominated alongside

Eric Hass Eric Hass (March 4, 1905 – October 2, 1980) was a four-time Socialist Labor candidate for President of the United States. Life Hass was of German and Danish ancestry, and was born in Lincoln, Nebraska in 1905. He died of a heart attack in ...

. Hass/Emery received 30,406 votes. In April 1970, Emery was nominated to be the SLP's candidate for Governor of New York. At the time of nomination, he lived in

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, New York City. He won 3,963 votes to finish in last place among six candidates.

Published works

Stephen Emery, member of the Socialist Labor Party of America Letter to Albert Einstein
The Weekly People, 1949

References

Year of birth missing Year of death missing People from Queens, New York Socialist Labor Party of America politicians from New York (state) 1948 United States vice-presidential candidates 1952 United States vice-presidential candidates Socialist Labor Party of America vice presidential nominees Politicians from New York City {{NewYork-politician-stub