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'''Benjamin Calvin Bubar, Jr.''' (June 17, 1917 – May 15, 1995 in [[Blaine, Maine|Blaine]], [[Maine]]), better known as '''Ben Bubar''', was an ordained [[Minister (Christianity)|minister]] who actively supported the [[temperance movement]]. He was a life-long politician and in 1938, turning 21 on election day, was, at the time, the youngest person ever to win election to the [[Maine House of Representatives]].
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'''Benjamin Calvin Bubar Jr.''' (June 17, 1917 – May 15, 1995), also known as '''Ben Bubar''', was an ordained minister who was the youngest person ever to win election to the [[Maine House of Representatives]] at age twenty-one and served as the [[Prohibition Party]]'s presidential candidate in 1976 and 1980 and was the last elected official to do so until [[James Hedges]] in 2016.
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.


==Life==
His sister [[Rachel Bubar Kelly]] was the party's [[United States Vice President|vice presidential candidate]] in 1996 as the running mate of [[Earl F. Dodge]] who had formerly been Bubar's running mate.


Benjamin Calvin Bubar Jr. was born on June 17, 1917, in Blaine, Maine to [[Benjamin Bubar Sr.]] and Mary Louise Heal. His father was the first ordained [[United Baptist]] minister in Maine and was active in politics. His father served as a member of the [[Maine House of Representatives]], ran as an independent candidate in the [[1936 Maine gubernatorial election|1936 gubernatorial election]] receiving 5,862 votes, and was a speaker at [[Ku Klux Klan in Maine|Ku Klux Klan]] rallies. On February 14, 1946, he married Virginia Ireland, with whom he had two children. He moved to [[China, Maine]] in 1952, and began working for the [[Christian Civic League of Maine|Maine Christian Civic League]] where he would serve as superintendent from 1954 to 1984.<ref>{{Cite news |date=February 8, 1936 |title=Ben J. Bubar Is Candidate For Governor |page=1 |work=[[Bangor Daily News]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/101060203/the-bangor-daily-news/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220505083259/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/101060203/the-bangor-daily-news/ |archive-date=May 5, 2022 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=February 8, 1936 |title=Bubar |page=2 |work=[[Bangor Daily News]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/101060217/the-bangor-daily-news/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220505083426/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/101060217/the-bangor-daily-news/ |archive-date=May 5, 2022 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.prohibitionists.org/history/Ben_Bubar_Bio.htm |title=Ben Bubar Prohibition Presidential Candidate in 1976 and 1980 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191016171423/http://prohibitionists.org/History/Ben_Bubar_Bio.htm |archive-date=16 October 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="book">{{cite book |last=Smallwood |first=Frank |date=1983 |title=The Other Candidates: Third Parties in Presidential Elections |publisher=[[University Press of New England]]}}</ref>
==See also==
*[[Temperance organizations]]


Bubar ran for a seat in the state house in the 1938 election, despite not being able to vote as his twenty-first birthday was three days after the primary election, as a member of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]]. He and his three friends were critical of the incumbent, who was sixty years old, and drew straws to decide who should run against him with Bubar winning. He won in the election becoming the youngest person to serve in the state legislature and served from 1939 to 1945. He was serving as the chair of the [[board of selectmen]] in his area by 1945. He created a weekly newspaper in [[Mars Hill, Maine]], and later sold it.<ref name="book" />
==Sources==

*[http://www.prohibitionists.org/History/Ben_Bubar_Bio.htm Ben Bubar Biography]
Bubar's father and grandfather had been members of the [[Prohibition Party]] and Bubar Sr. cast his first vote for a Prohibitionist candidate. Bubar joined the party in the 1950s. During the [[1976 United States presidential election|1976]] and [[1980 United States presidential election|1980 presidential elections]] he was the National Statesman Party's{{efn|The name of the Prohibition Party at the time.}} presidential nominee with chairman [[Earl Dodge]] as his vice presidential running mate and is the most recent nominee to receive over 10,000 votes. He was on the ballot in fourteen states in the 1976 election and campaigned in all of them, but was only on the ballot in eight states in the 1980 election and did not actively campaign due to a lack of funds. He criticized Dodge's leadership of the party and blamed him for its decreased support in presidential elections due to his mismanagement of funds and possible theft which would eventually result in him being ousted as chairman in 2003.<ref name="book" /><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.alcoholproblemsandsolutions.org/ben-bubar-prohibition-party-national-candidate/ |title=Ben Bubar: Prohibition Party National Candidate |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191215052638/https://www.alcoholproblemsandsolutions.org/ben-bubar-prohibition-party-national-candidate/ |archive-date=15 December 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Bubar died on May 15, 1995, in Waterville, Maine from a heart attack after suffering from [[Parkinson's disease]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=May 17, 1995 |title=Benjamin Bubar |page=5 |work=The Dispatch |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40832072/the_dispatch/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220505082643/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40832072/the-dispatch/ |archive-date=May 5, 2022 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

==References==
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==Notes==
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Latest revision as of 22:11, 16 January 2024

Ben Bubar
Member of the Maine House of Representatives
In office
1939–1945
Personal details
Born
Benjamin Calvin Bubar Jr.

(1917-06-17)June 17, 1917
Blaine, Maine, U.S.
DiedMay 15, 1995(1995-05-15) (aged 77)
Waterville, Maine, Maine, U.S.
Political partyProhibition (after 1950s)
Other political
affiliations		Republican (until 1950s)
SpouseVirginia Ireland
Children2
Parent
RelativesRachel Bubar Kelly (sister)

Benjamin Calvin Bubar Jr. (June 17, 1917 – May 15, 1995), also known as Ben Bubar, was an ordained minister who was the youngest person ever to win election to the Maine House of Representatives at age twenty-one and served as the Prohibition Party's presidential candidate in 1976 and 1980 and was the last elected official to do so until James Hedges in 2016.

Life

[edit]

Benjamin Calvin Bubar Jr. was born on June 17, 1917, in Blaine, Maine to Benjamin Bubar Sr. and Mary Louise Heal. His father was the first ordained United Baptist minister in Maine and was active in politics. His father served as a member of the Maine House of Representatives, ran as an independent candidate in the 1936 gubernatorial election receiving 5,862 votes, and was a speaker at Ku Klux Klan rallies. On February 14, 1946, he married Virginia Ireland, with whom he had two children. He moved to China, Maine in 1952, and began working for the Maine Christian Civic League where he would serve as superintendent from 1954 to 1984.[1][2][3][4]

Bubar ran for a seat in the state house in the 1938 election, despite not being able to vote as his twenty-first birthday was three days after the primary election, as a member of the Republican Party. He and his three friends were critical of the incumbent, who was sixty years old, and drew straws to decide who should run against him with Bubar winning. He won in the election becoming the youngest person to serve in the state legislature and served from 1939 to 1945. He was serving as the chair of the board of selectmen in his area by 1945. He created a weekly newspaper in Mars Hill, Maine, and later sold it.[4]

Bubar's father and grandfather had been members of the Prohibition Party and Bubar Sr. cast his first vote for a Prohibitionist candidate. Bubar joined the party in the 1950s. During the 1976 and 1980 presidential elections he was the National Statesman Party's[a] presidential nominee with chairman Earl Dodge as his vice presidential running mate and is the most recent nominee to receive over 10,000 votes. He was on the ballot in fourteen states in the 1976 election and campaigned in all of them, but was only on the ballot in eight states in the 1980 election and did not actively campaign due to a lack of funds. He criticized Dodge's leadership of the party and blamed him for its decreased support in presidential elections due to his mismanagement of funds and possible theft which would eventually result in him being ousted as chairman in 2003.[4][5]

Bubar died on May 15, 1995, in Waterville, Maine from a heart attack after suffering from Parkinson's disease.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Ben J. Bubar Is Candidate For Governor". Bangor Daily News. February 8, 1936. p. 1. Archived from the original on May 5, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Bubar". Bangor Daily News. February 8, 1936. p. 2. Archived from the original on May 5, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Ben Bubar Prohibition Presidential Candidate in 1976 and 1980". Archived from the original on 16 October 2019.
  4. ^ a b c Smallwood, Frank (1983). The Other Candidates: Third Parties in Presidential Elections. University Press of New England.
  5. ^ "Ben Bubar: Prohibition Party National Candidate". Archived from the original on 15 December 2019.
  6. ^ "Benjamin Bubar". The Dispatch. May 17, 1995. p. 5. Archived from the original on May 5, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.

Notes

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  1. ^ The name of the Prohibition Party at the time.
Party political offices
Preceded by Prohibition Party Presidential candidate
1976, 1980 		Succeeded by
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