The Constitution Party was a conservative third party in the United States

United States

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, founded in 1952. For the 1952 presidential election

United States presidential election, 1952

The United States presidential election of 1952 took place in an era when Cold War tension between the United States and the Soviet Union was escalating rapidly. In the United States Senate, Republican Senator Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin had become a national figure after chairing congressional...

, they nominated Douglas MacArthur

Douglas MacArthur

General of the Army Douglas MacArthur was an American general and field marshal of the Philippine Army. He was a Chief of Staff of the United States Army during the 1930s and played a prominent role in the Pacific theater during World War II. He received the Medal of Honor for his service in the...

 for President

President of the United States

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 and Harry F. Byrd

Harry F. Byrd

Harry Flood Byrd, Sr. of Berryville in Clarke County, Virginia, was an American newspaper publisher, farmer and politician. He was a descendant of one of the First Families of Virginia...

 for Vice-President, without permission from either candidate. The ticket won 17,205 votes (0.03%).

In 1960, the Texas-based Constitution Party nominated retired Marine Corps Brigadier General Merritt B. Curtis

Merritt B. Curtis

Merritt B. Curtis, . Brigadier General, and lawyer who in 1960 ran for President of the United States in Washington with B. N. Miller and vice-president in Texas with Charles L. Sullivan under the Constitution Party banner...

 for President and Curtis B. Dall

Curtis Bean Dall

Curtis Bean Dall was an American stockbroker, Vice-Presidential candidate, author, and the first husband of Anna E. Roosevelt.-Biography:...

for Vice-President.