Andrew N. Johnson

Andrew Nathan Johnson (1876–1959) was a Methodist minister. He was born in Jackson County, Kentucky and attended Asbury College in Wilmore.{{cite web|title=Andrew Nathan Johnson|url=http://www.prohibitionists.org/History/Andrew_Johnson_bio.html|accessdate=4 February 2012}}

An ardent advocate for prohibition, in 1944 Johnson was the Prohibition Party's nominee for Vice-President of the United States.{{cite web|title=Our Campaigns|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=76866|work=Johnson, Andrew N.|accessdate=4 February 2012}}{{cite news|title=Ballots Close; Teetotalers Under Line|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9qMRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=RukDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3999,7296&dq=andrew+johnson+1944+prohibition+party&hl=en|accessdate=4 February 2012|newspaper=Eugene Register-Guard|date=3 September 1944}} The Party, meeting in Indianapolis November 1943 originally named Floyd C. Carrier as its vice presidential candidate.{{cite news|title=Prohibition Party Names Candidates|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=thkqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2IUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5980,1384265&dq=prohibition-party+1944&hl=en|accessdate=4 March 2012|newspaper=Schenectady Gazette|date=November 13, 1943}} At the time of the nomination, Carrier was serving as general secretary for the American Temperance Society. He subsequently dropped out of the campaign because of health problems.{{cite book|last=Storms|first=Roger C.|title=Partisan Prophets: a history of the Prohibition Party 1854-1972|year=1972|publisher=National Prohibition Foundation|pages=51|url=https://archive.org/stream/PartisanProphetsAHistoryOfTheProhibitionParty1854-1972/prohibition#page/n2/mode/1up}} Johnson was added by the party's executive committee to replace him.{{cite web|title=Prohibition Party|url=http://www.enotes.com/topic/Prohibition_Party|work=(See Table)|publisher=eNotes|accessdate=4 March 2012}} Johnson and Claude Watson, the party's presidential nominee, actively campaigned throughout the election cycle and were on the ballot in 27 states for the 1944 general election. They received a total of 74,758 votes.{{cite book|last=Storms|first=Roger C.|title=Partisan Prophets: a history of the Prohibition Party 1854-1972|year=1972|publisher=National Prohibition Foundation|pages=52|url=https://archive.org/stream/PartisanProphetsAHistoryOfTheProhibitionParty1854-1972/prohibition#page/n2/mode/1up}}