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Christian Party | |
|---|---|
| Leader | William Dudley Pelley |
| Founder | William Dudley Pelley |
| Founded | August 16, 1935 (1935-08-16) |
| Dissolved | circa 1939 |
| Headquarters | Asheville,North Carolina, U.S |
| Paramilitary wing | Silver Legion of America |
| Ideology | American fascism Christian fascism Occult fascism[1] |
| Colors | Silver |
TheChristian Party was an Americanfascist political party which was founded byWilliam Dudley Pelley in 1935.[2] He chose 16 August 1935 as the Christian Party's founding date, because it was a so-called "pyramid date".[3] The party can be considered the political wing of Pelley'sparamilitary organization, theSilver Legion of America. It ran with Pelley as its candidate for the1936 presidential campaign[4] (Willard Kemp, commander of the Silver Legion inSouthern California,[5] was the vice presidential candidate). Pelley gained just 1,600 votes in the election.[6] The party quickly vanished after theUnited States enteredWorld War II. The party's ideology was blended with a variety ofoccult beliefs held by Pelley.[7]
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