Ellen McCormack
Ellen McCormack | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | Eleanor Rose Cullen September 15, 1926 The Bronx, New York, U.S. |
| Died | March 27, 2011 (aged 84) Avon, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Political party | Right to Life |
| Other political affiliations | Democratic |
| Spouse |
Francis J. McCormack
(m. 1949; died 1993) |
| Children | 4 |
Ellen Cullen McCormack (September 15, 1926 – March 27, 2011)[1][2] was an American politician who was a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1976.
Early life
On September 15, 1926 Eleanor Rose Cullen was born in The Bronx borough of New York City to Irish immigrants William and Ellen Cullen.[3] In 1949 she married Francis J. McCormack after meeting him at a dance and would have four children with him.[4]
Career
On July 14, 1975, McCormack filed with the Federal Election Commission to run in the 1976 presidential primary, and formally announced her candidacy at a news conference in Boston, Massachusetts, on November 16.[5] She was the first woman to receive federal matching funds, which she received $244,125 in, and appeared on the ballot in twenty states.[6][7] She ran on an exclusively pro-life platform and won no primaries, but had her name placed into nomination and received 22 votes from delegates at the 1976 Democratic National Convention, and engaged in a debate that also included future President Jimmy Carter.
During the 1980 presidential election she ran as the presidential nominee of the New York State Right to Life Party with Carroll Driscoll as her running mate. They received 32,327 votes.
She had been a chairwoman of the New York Right to Life Party, and was their candidate for Lieutenant Governor of New York in 1978.
Later life
On March 27, 2011 she died in an assisted -living facility in Avon, Connecticut after a long period with a heart ailment which originated during one of her pregnancies.[8]
References
- ^ "Uproar over Abortion". Time. February 16, 1976. Retrieved January 20, 2008.
Ellen McCormack, 49, a housewife from Merrick, N.Y., is running hard in the Democratic primary...
- ^ Durkin, Erin (March 28, 2011). "Two-time presidential candidate Ellen McCormack dies at 84". New York Daily News. Retrieved March 28, 2011.
- ^ "Ellen McCormack dies at 84; antiabortion presidential candidate". April 2, 2011.
- ^ "She may spoil Reagan's chances". Daily News. July 6, 1980. p. 221. Archived from the original on December 15, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Begins Campaign 1976". The Town Talk. November 16, 1975. p. 49. Archived from the original on August 14, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Ellen McCormack becomes first woman to receive federal funds for presidential race". National Constitution Center. Archived from the original on August 14, 2020.
- ^ "Federal matching funds". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. January 16, 1977. p. 12. Archived from the original on August 14, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Right to Life presidential candidate McCormack, 84". Daily News. March 28, 2011. p. 26. Archived from the original on December 15, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
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