Rutherford Losey Decker (May 27, 1904 – September 21, 1972) was an American politician who was a longtime member and aPresidential nominee ofProhibition Party in1960, and the president of theNational Association of Evangelicals from 1946 to 1948.[1]
Decker was born inElmira, New York.[2] He was a missionary at theAmerican Baptist Home Mission Society, and preached inFort Morgan, Colorado and inDenver, Colorado.[2] He also preached at the Temple Baptist Church inKansas City, Missouri, until he retired in the 1960s.[2][3]
A lifelong resident ofMissouri, he was nominated for President with party chairmanEarle Harold Munn as hisrunning-mate.
Decker and Munn finished fifth with 46,203 (0.07%) votes (and not one electoral vote). Munn succeeded Decker as a presidential nominee in 1964. They appeared on ballots in 11 states:Alabama,Delaware,Michigan,California,Massachusetts,Texas,Tennessee,New Mexico,Kansas,Indiana andMontana. Decker and Munn did not receive over 1% of the vote in any of these states.
He died in September 1972 at the age of 68.[4]
| Preceded by | President of the National Association of Evangelicals 1946–1948 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | Prohibition PartyPresidential nominee 1960 (lost) | Succeeded by |
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