James Hedges | |
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Tax Assessor for Thompson Township, Fulton County, Pennsylvania | |
In office 2002–2007 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Iowa City, Iowa, U.S. | May 10, 1938
Died | March 4, 2024 Hagerstown, Maryland, U.S. | (aged 85)
Political party | Prohibition Party |
James "Jim" Hedges (born May 10, 1938 ― March 4, 2024) was a Prohibition activist and former Tax Assessor for Thompson Township, Fulton County, Pennsylvania. He held the distinction as the only individual to be elected to public office from the Prohibition Party in the 21st century, and the first since 1959.
Hedges ran for President of the United States of America in the 2016 presidential election.
He died in Hagerstown, Maryland, on March 4, 2024, at the age of 85.[1]