Richard Congress was a candidate forUnited States President of theSocialist Workers Party. He was one of three candidates the party had that year, the others beingAndrew Pulley andClifton DeBerry.Matilde Zimmermann was thevice presidential candidate on all three tickets.
Congress was on the ballot inOhio, where he received 4,029 votes. Congress was also mentioned in aUnited States Supreme Court decision concerningballot access,Anderson v. Celebrezze, 460 U.S. 780 (1983).
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| Preceded by | Socialist Workers Party nominee for President of the United States 1980 | Succeeded by |