Andrew Pulley
American politician
Intro | American politician | |
Places | United States of America | |
is | Politician | |
Work field | Politics | |
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Birth | 5 May 1951 | |
Age | 73 years |
Andrew Pulley (born May 5, 1951) is a former American politician who ran as Socialist Workers Party (SWP) candidate for Vice President of the United States in 1972; at the time he was twenty years old, making him ineligible under the United States Constitution. Along with presidential candidate Linda Jenness, he received 52,799 votes. At the time he ran he was a civil rights movement supporter, steel mill worker and Vietnam War U.S. Army veteran who'd opposed the war. He ran for Mayor of Chicago, Illinois in 1978 and then was the SWP candidate for president in 1980, when he received 40,105 votes.