Louis Fisher

Louis Fisher was the Socialist Labor Party of America candidate for United States President in the 1972 Presidential election.

Politics career

Fisher ran for Governor of Illinois twice unsuccessfully. In 1944, he ran for Secretary of State of Illinois. He ran for Senator from Illinois four times: in 1956, 1960, 1968, 1970.
During the 1972 Presidential election Fisher represented the Socialist Labor Party of America as candidate for the United States President. Genevieve Gunderson ran for vice-president as his running mate. Fisher was reportedly "the party's top vote-getting presidential candidate."
He was also a political scholar and staunch opponent of the line-item veto.