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Christian Party | |
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| Leader | William Dudley Pelley |
| Founder | William Dudley Pelley |
| Founded | August 16, 1935 |
| Dissolved | circa 1939 |
| Headquarters | Asheville, North Carolina, U.S |
| Paramilitary wing | Silver Legion of America |
| Ideology | Christian fascism |
| Colors | Silver |
The Christian Party was an American fascist political party which was founded by William Dudley Pelley in 1935.[1] He chose 16 August 1935 as the Christian Party's founding date, because it was a so-called "pyramid date".[2] The party can be considered the political wing of Pelley's paramilitary organization, the Silver Legion of America. It ran with Pelley as its candidate for the 1936 presidential campaign[3] (Silver Legion member Willard Kemp was the vice presidential candidate). Pelley gained just 1,600 votes in the election.[4] The party quickly vanished after the United States entered World War II.
- ^ Barkun, Michael (1997). Religion and the Racist Right: The Origins of the Christian Identity Movement. UNC Press Books. p. 91. ISBN 9780807846384.
- ^ Scott Beekman: William Dudley Pelley – A Life in Right-Wing Extremism and the Occult, Syracuse (NY): Syracuse University Press 2005, p. 113.
- ^ Schultz, Will. "William Dudley Pelley (1885-1965)". North Carolina History Project. Retrieved February 4, 2020.
- ^ Beekman, Scott (October 31, 2006). "Pelley, William Dudley". American National Biography (online ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1501310. (subscription required)