Darlington Hoopes
Darlington Hoopes | |
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| Chairman of the Socialist Party of America | |
| In office 1946–1968 | |
| Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives | |
| In office 1931–1937 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 11, 1896 Harford County, Maryland, U.S. |
| Died | September 25, 1989 (aged 93) Sinking Spring, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Political party | Socialist Party of America Socialist Party USA |
| Education | University of Wisconsin School of Agriculture |
Darlington Hoopes (September 11, 1896 – September 25, 1989)
start in 1936 stop in 1939
Early life[edit]
Darlington Hoopes was born on September 11, 1896, in LaVale, Maryland, to Quaker parents. He graduated from the George School in 1913, and attended the University of Wisconsin School of Agriculture. In 1921, he was admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar Association. He married Hazelette Miller, with whom he had three children.[1][2][3]
Career[edit]
Hoopes ran to be the Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in Berks County, Pennsylvania, with the Socialist nomination in 1927, 1929, and 1957.[4][5][6][7][8] From 1928 to 1932, he served as Assistant City Solicitor of Reading and then as City Solicitor of Reading from 1936 to 1940.[1] He served as the Socialist nominee for Governor of Pennsylvania during the 1946 elections.[9]
Hoopes became a member of the Socialist Party of America in 1914.[1] During the 1920s he served as secretary of the Socialist Party of Pennsylvania.[10] Hoopes served as a member of the national Socialist executive committee during the 1930s.[11] Hoopes was selected to serve as the chairman of the Socialist Party of America's 1934 national convention by a vote of 69 to 61 against George E. Roewer.[12] He served as chairman of the Socialist Party of America from 1946 to 1968.[13] Hoopes joined the Socialist Party USA in 1973.[14]
Pennsylvania House of Representatives[edit]
Hoopes won election to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1930, with the Socialist nomination alongside fellow Socialist Lilith M. Wilson. Hoopes and Wilson were the first third party delegation to serve in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives since 1917.[1][15] During the 1930 campaign Hoopes had been arrested for attempting to conduct a political meeting without a permit, but the charges against him were later dropped.[16][17] He was reelected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1932 and 1934.[18][19]
Presidential and vice-presidential campaigns[edit]
On June 4, 1944, Hoopes was selected by unanimity to serve as the vice-presidential running mate to Norman Thomas, who was seeking the presidency for the fifth time.[20] The Thomas and Hoopes presidential ticket placed fourth in the general election and received 79,019 votes.[21]
During the 1948 presidential election Hoopes was nominated for the vice-presidential nomination by the Socialist Party of Pennsylvania.[22] However, Tucker P. Smith won the party's vice-presidential nomination at the national convention.[23]
On May 5, 1952, the Socialist Party of Massachusetts endorsed Hoopes for the Socialist Party of America's presidential nomination and Robin Myers for the vice-presidential nomination.[24] Hoopes was won the party's presidential nomination by an unanimous vote after his two opponents dropped out and Samuel H. Friedman was selected by unanimity to serve as his vice-presidential running mate.[25] Hoopes was selected to serve as the party's presidential nominee after Thomas announced that he would not seek the party's presidential nomination again.[26] During the campaign Hoopes spent $150 and in the general election he placed sixth after receiving 20,203 votes.[27][28]
Hoopes and Friedman were selected to serve as the party's presidential and vice-presidential nominees during the 1956 presidential election. However, the sixty delegates to the Socialist Party of America's national convention to not spend large amounts of money or effort on campaigning for president and would instead seek write-in votes for Hoopes and Friedman.[29] In the general election he placed tenth after receiving 2,128 votes.[30] Hoopes' 1956 presidential campaign was the last conducted by the Socialist Party of America before its dissolution in the 1970s.[14]
Later life[edit]
From 1957 to 1962, he served as president of the Pennsylvania Equal Rights Council. He also served as president of the Berks County Bar Association from 1961 to 1962.[1] On September 25, 1989, Hoopes died in a nursing home from natural cases in Sinking Spring, Pennsylvania.[27][1]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "Darlington Hoopes, Socialist, 93; Twice Party Choice for President". The New York Times. September 27, 1989. Archived from the original on October 13, 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "DARLINGTON HOOPES". Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Archived from the original on October 13, 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Today's Birthday". The Morning Herald. September 11, 1956. p. 14. Archived from the original on October 13, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Leave Judgeships Open". Reading Times. April 26, 1927. p. 1. Archived from the original on October 13, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Judge of the Court of Common Pleas". Reading Times. November 8, 1927. p. 1. Archived from the original on October 13, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Socialists Appear To Have Made Clean Sweep at City Hall". Reading Times. November 9, 1927. p. 1. Archived from the original on October 13, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "1929 Judgeship". Reading Times. July 15, 1929. p. 2. Archived from the original on October 13, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Qualifies As Socialist Candidate For Bench". The Plain Speaker. September 4, 1957. p. 2. Archived from the original on October 13, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "State Socialists Name Candidate for Governor". The Pittsburgh Press. February 11, 1946. p. 9. Archived from the original on October 13, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Insurgent Drive On In State Now". The Times-Tribune. July 15, 1924. p. 1. Archived from the original on October 13, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Hoopes Offers Broad Program". Reading Times. June 2, 1934. p. 2. Archived from the original on October 13, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Hoopes Named National Head By Socialists". Sunday News. June 2, 1934. p. 2. Archived from the original on October 13, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Darlington Hoopes papers [microform]". Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Archived from the original on October 13, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 14.0 14.1 "The Ghost of William Penn: Darlington Hoopes - "It Can Be Done!"". Daily Times. August 7, 2012. Archived from the original on October 13, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Socialists Are Only 3rd Party In House". Reading Times. November 12, 1930. p. 11. Archived from the original on October 13, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Ass't City Solitictor of Reading Is Arrested By Allentown Police". The Morning Call. October 12, 1930. p. 5. Archived from the original on October 13, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Socialist Discharged By Municipal Court". The Morning Call. October 14, 1930. p. 11. Archived from the original on October 13, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Reelected in 1932". The Morning Call. November 10, 1932. p. 18. Archived from the original on October 13, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Hoopes and Wilson Reelected". Reading Times. November 7, 1934. p. 11. Archived from the original on October 13, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Norman Thomas Heads Socialist Ticket 5th Time". The Mercury. June 5, 1944. p. 2. Archived from the original on October 13, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "1944 presidential election". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Archived from the original on October 13, 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Pa. Socialists Nominate Professor For President". York Daily Record. February 16, 1948. p. 2. Archived from the original on October 13, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Norman Thomas Again Heads Socialist Ticket". The Daily Republican. May 10, 1948. p. 8. Archived from the original on October 13, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Hoopes Is Indorsed". The Philadelphia Inquirer. May 6, 1952. p. 9. Archived from the original on October 13, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Socialists' Presidential Choice Is Reading Man". The Daily Gazette. June 2, 1952. p. 3. Archived from the original on October 13, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Darlington Hoopes Socialist Choice For President". Daily American. June 3, 1952. p. 1. Archived from the original on October 13, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 27.0 27.1 "Darlington Hoopes, Socialist politician". Lancaster New Era. September 27, 1989. p. 1. Archived from the original on October 13, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "1952 presidential election". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Archived from the original on October 13, 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Socialists Nominate Hoopes, Friedman". The Times-Tribune. June 11, 1956. p. 24. Archived from the original on October 13, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "1952 presidential election". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Archived from the original on October 13, 2020. Unknown parameter
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