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Aaron Watkins
Personal details
Born

Aaron Sherman Watkins


(1863-11-29)November 29, 1863
Rushsylvania, Ohio, U.S.
DiedFebruary 9, 1941(1941-02-09) (aged 77)
Rushsylvania, Ohio, U.S.
Political partyProhibition

Aaron Sherman Watkins (November 29, 1863 – February 9, 1941), born in Ohio, was a president of Asbury CollegeinKentucky. Before his ordination as a Methodist minister, he practiced law with his brother. He was the grandfather of Prohibition candidate for Vice President of the United States, W. Dean Watkins.

Long dedicated to promoting the temperance movement, Watkins served as Prohibition Party candidate for various political offices. These included:

Watkins received honorary degrees of Bachelor of Science, Master of Science, Doctor of Laws, Doctor of Divinity, Doctor of Humane Letters and Doctor of Philosophy. At the time of his 1920 presidential election, he was working as a professor of science at the Miami Military InstituteinGermantown, Ohio.

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Party political offices
Preceded by

George W. Carroll

Prohibition nominee for Vice President of the United States
1908, 1912
Succeeded by

Ira Landrith

Preceded by

Frank Hanly

Prohibition nominee for President of the United States
1920
Succeeded by

Herman P. Faris


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