Fay Carpenter Swain | |
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| Other names | Princess Running Waters St. Swain Fifi Taft Rockefeller[3] |
Fay Carpenter Swain (born around 1916 in Clark County, Illinois)[4] was a candidate in the 1964 Democratic Party presidential primaries.
She lived in Greenhills, Ohio.[5] She self-identified as being of Cherokee descent.
She received 7,140 votes in Indiana. She was against capital punishment and the Civil Rights Act of 1964.[6]
In 1967 she entered the New Hampshire primary as a peace candidate in the Democratic party.[7] Her first appearance at the New Hampshire primary was with the name Princess St. Swanee Running Water,[2]: 254 but when she returned to enter the primary she was told she would have to use her name Faye Carpenter Swain.[2]: 256 Her participation in the New Hampshire primary was later discussed as a publicity stunt.[8]
Her husband Willy Lee Swain was a World War I veteran.[4]
References
- ^ "Indian princess eyes nomination for presidency". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 1967-10-08. p. 146. Retrieved 2024-04-03.
- ^ a b c Cash, Kevin (1975). Who the hell is William Loeb?. Internet Archive. Manchester, N.H. ; Amoskeag Press. p. 256.
- ^ Freeman, Jo (2023-06-14). We Will Be Heard: Women's Struggles for Political Power in the United States. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 93. ISBN 978-1-4616-4688-4.
- ^ a b ""Colorful Character" Asks Vice Presidency". Boswell News. Jan 23, 1964. p. 2.
- ^ The Pittsburgh Press. The Pittsburgh Press.
- ^ The Telegraph. The Telegraph.
- ^ "Indian princess plans to enter primary in NH". Evening Express. 1967-10-06. p. 3. Retrieved 2024-04-03.
- ^ Langley, Guy (1968-03-09). "Newsmen saw Nixon out front 'way back". Vol. 101, no. 10. Internet Archive. Duncan McIntosh.
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