HONOR

Just for fun, the Alfalfa Club leadership nominates a presidential candidate every year (not just election years). The candidate is required to deliver an acceptance speech at the event.

The Stassen Society honors Harold E. Stassen and all the Club's other unusccessful candidates for President of the United States on the Alfalfa Party ticket. [...] Gov. Stassen (1907-2001) ran unsuccessfully for President of the United States nine times between 1944 and 1992, and a tenth time on the Alfalfa Party ticket. The motto "Veni, vidi, defici" loosely translates as "I came, I saw, I lost."

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Spiro T. Agnew	Politician	9-Nov-1918	17-Sep-1996	US Vice President, 1969-73
Norman Augustine	Business	27-Jul-1935		CEO of Martin Marietta, 1996-97
Howard Baker	Government	15-Nov-1925		Reagan's Chief of Staff, 1987-88
Alben W. Barkley	Politician	24-Nov-1877	30-Apr-1956	US Vice President, 1949-53
Lloyd Bentsen, Jr.	Politician	11-Feb-1921	23-May-2006	US Senator, Treasury Secretary
George H.W. Bush	Head of State	12-Jun-1924		41st US President, 1989-93
George W. Bush	Head of State	6-Jul-1946		43rd US President, 2001-09
Prescott Bush	Politician	15-May-1895	8-Oct-1972	US Senator from Connecticut, 1952-63
James F. Byrnes	Politician	2-May-1882	9-Apr-1972	US Secretary of State, 1945-47
Everett Dirksen	Politician	4-Jan-1896	7-Sep-1969	US Senator from Illinois, 1951-69
Pete Domenici	Politician	7-May-1932		US Senator from New Mexico, 1973-2009
Glen E. Edgerton	Military	17-Apr-1887	1956	Canal Zone Governor, 1940-44
Tom Foley	Politician	6-Mar-1929		Speaker of the House, 1989-95
Barry Goldwater	Politician	1-Jan-1909	29-May-1998	US Senator from Arizona, 1953-65, 1969-87
Alexander Haig	Government	2-Dec-1924	20-Feb-2010	US Secretary of State, 1981-82
Howell Heflin	Politician	19-Jun-1921	29-Mar-2005	US Senator from Alabama, 1979-97
Henry "Scoop" Jackson	Politician	31-May-1912	1-Sep-1983	US Senator from Washington, 1953-83
Robert H. Jackson	Judge	13-Feb-1892	9-Oct-1954	US Supreme Court Justice, 1941-54
Vernon Jordan	Business	15-Aug-1935		Advisor to Bill Clinton
Joseph Lieberman	Politician	24-Feb-1942		US Senator from Connecticut
Trent Lott	Politician	9-Oct-1941		US Senator from Mississippi, 1989-2007
Dick Lugar	Politician	4-Apr-1932		US Senator from Indiana
John McCain	Politician	29-Aug-1936		US Senator from Arizona
Ben McKelway	Journalist	2-Oct-1895	1976	Editor, The Washington Star
Richard M. Nixon	Head of State	9-Jan-1913	22-Apr-1994	37th US President, 1969-74
John Lord O'Brian	Government	14-Oct-1874	1974	Prominent antitrust lawyer
Sandra Day O'Connor	Judge	26-Mar-1930		US Supreme Court Justice, 1981-2006
Ronald Reagan	Head of State	6-Feb-1911	5-Jun-2004	40th US President, 1981-89
Donald Regan	Government	21-Dec-1918	10-Jun-2003	US Secretary of the Treasury, 1981-85
Dan Rostenkowski	Politician	2-Jan-1928	11-Aug-2010	Congressman from Illinois, 1959-95
Alan Simpson	Politician	2-Sep-1931		US Senator from Wyoming, 1979-97
Harold Stassen	Politician	13-Apr-1907	4-Mar-2001	Perennial presidential candidate
Ted Stevens	Politician	18-Nov-1923	10-Aug-2010	US Senator from Alaska, 1968-2009
Robert S. Strauss	Diplomat	19-Oct-1918		US Ambassador to Russia, 1991-92
Jack Valenti	Business	5-Sep-1921	26-Apr-2007	Presidential advisor, headed the MPAA
James Wolfensohn	Business	1-Dec-1933		World Bank president, 1995-2005

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