August Gillhaus
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August Gillhaus was the Socialist-Labor Party candidate for President in 1908 and for Vice President in 1912 and 1916.
In 1908, Gillhaus was substituted for the original nominee, Morris (“Morrie”) R. Preston, a miner who was arrested on murder charges during a citywide strike in Goldfield, Nevada, in 1907. Gillhaus and his running mate, Donald L. Munro of Virginia, received 14,029 votes. In 1912, as the VP candidate on the ticket with Arthur Elmer Reimer, Gillhaus got 29,213 votes. In 1916, again running with Reimer, the two got 14,670 votes. He was the Socialist Labor candidate for Lieutenant Governor of New York in 1918; and the Socialist Labor candidate for New York state attorney general in 1930.
Gillhaus' date of death and burial place are unknown.
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