Talk:Parley P. Christensen

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This page appears to have several errors. I am listing some here that I am aware of, so that earlier posters may verify their information.

1) "In 1912, frustrated with his lack of success in Republican politics, Christensen joined the Utah Progressive Party then championing Theodore Roosevelt for President, and was an unsuccessful Progressive candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives. Two years later he was elected to that office as a Progressive, serving one term in the legislature and supporting a number of reforms."

Response. Christiansen was not a candidate for the U.S. House in 1912. Utah elected its two Representatives at large that year. According to Michael J. Dubin, United States Congressional Elections 1788-1997, p. 393, the two Progressive candidates were Stephen H. Love and Lewis Larson. Seven other candidates appeared on the ballot, none of them being Christensen.

I also checked the election of 1914 in case the date was a typographical error. In 1914, Utah elected its two U.S. Representatives by district. The Progressive Party did not field a nominee in the first district. In the second district, the party cross-endorsed James H. Mays, the Democratic nominee. (Dubin, p. 405).

Furthermore, the Biographical Directory of the American Congress does not have a biography of Christensen.

2) Christensen was the Progressive nominee for the U.S. Senate in Illinois in 1926; he won 6,526 votes (0.36%) - Dubin, p. 468.

3) "In 1936 he was an unsuccessful Democratic congressional candidate."

This sentence implies that Christensen appeared on the ballot for the U.S. House in 1936 as the Democratic nominee (or did he lose the primary?). In Dubin's book on pp. 511-512, he does not appear in the results of the 1936 election for U.S. House in California in 1936. California did not have a U.S. Senate race in 1936, so that is not the answer, either. Chronicler3 23:47, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

Confusion and Merger...
I personally have no knowledge of him ever serving in any capacity other than DA and Councilman. I took the biography from OurCampaigns, assuming it was all accurate.

Also, as for a merger... It should go on, because it's the same guy. -- User:Lawrence142002


 * Interesting. I see that Thomas Walker made that entry at OC. TW is usually careful in citing his sources, but in this case the link goes to a webpage with nothing about PPC. Looks like we need to edit that bio, too. Chronicler3 23:10, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

Possibly... I know the original biography was written by a fella who works for a Utah history site or some such thing. I don't know the site, but it can be found with a simple Yahoo search of his name. -- User:Lawrence142002

Photo
The picture of him on the Our Campaigns website is much clearer. Would it be possible to use? -- User:Lawrence142002 —Preceding undated comment added 01:42, 24 September 2011 (UTC).

Reference Error
Not quite sure what the issue is with the reference I cited, i.e. I'm not sure how to fix it. I will provide the link of the reference I'm citing: http://www.npr.org/2011/06/06/136865262/the-5-most-unusual-nominees-for-president-ever Hopefully someone can clear that one up and help me out a bit. -- User:Lawrence142002

Style guidelines for biographies of California public officials
This article has been edited in accordance with the above. 23:54, 8 March 2012 (UTC)

Meeting with Lenin
The article says nothing about his visit to revolutionary Moscow and meeting with Lenin on November 28 1921. http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/photo/1921/052.jpg — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.19.215.195 (talk) 17:22, 29 November 2012 (UTC)
 * You can add the info yourself, or leave a link here where one can find more information. The link above goes only to a photo which may or may not show Christensen and Lenin. GeorgeLouis (talk) 18:12, 29 November 2012 (UTC)

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