Norman Thomas

Submitted by sfr on Tue, 2020-03-10 08:14
Character Key Number: 
3460
Display Name: 
Norman Thomas
Sort Name: 
Thomas, Norman
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?: 
No
Biography: 

Norman Thomas was a Presbyterian minister by training, one of the country's most famous pacifists during the First World War, and the six-time presidential candidate of the Socialist Party of America, 1928-1948. According to the character named Dad in The Mansion, the members of Goodyhay's unorthodox congregation "like as not would have voted for Norman Thomas even ahead of [Franklin] Roosevelt" (300).

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