Symon Gould

Symon Gould
American Vegetarian Party candidate for
President of the United States
Election date
November 8, 1960
Running mate Chistopher Gian-Cursio
Opponent(s) Richard Nixon (R),
John F. Kennedy (D)
Personal details
Died November 24, 1963
Citizenship United States of America
Political party American Vegetarian Party

Symon Gould (died November 24, 1963) was the founder of the American Vegetarian Party, formed in 1948. He was their candidate for President of the United States in the 1960 and 1964 presidential elections.

Gould was also secretary of the Vegetarian Society of New York, and a promoter of Herbert M. Shelton's American Natural Hygiene Society (Iacobbo 158, 161).

He was a bibliophile, rare book dealer, and director of the American Library Service.[1][2]

Gould had also been the founder of the International Film Arts Guild in New York City. According to one account, he edited the American print of the silent film Nosferatu.[3] Gould is credited with boosting the "art house theater" (or "little cinema") movement by his screenings at the Cameo Theatre in New York (Melnick and Fuchs 2004:69).

Notes

  1. "POLITICAL NOTES: Also Running". Time. September 6, 1948.
  2. "THIRD PARTIES: It's a Free Country". Time. September 1, 1952.
  3. Skal, David J. (2004). Hollywood Gothic : The Tangled Web of Dracula from Novel to Stage to Screen. New York: Faber and Faber. p. 149. ISBN 0-571-21158-5.

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Preceded by
Herbert M. Shelton
American Vegetarian Party Presidential candidate
1960 (lost), 1964 (lost)
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Daniel J. Murphy
American Vegetarian Party Vice Presidential candidate
1952 (lost), 1956 (lost)
Succeeded by
Chistopher Gian-Cursio
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