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John Pierce St. John ( February 25 , 1833 - August 31 , 1916 ) was an American politician during the 19th Century . Born in Brookville, Indiana , he served as a colonel in the Union Army during the American Civil War . St. John served in the Kansas State Senate in 1873 and was the Republican Governor Of Kansas from 1879 to 1883 . Active in the Temperance Movement , he successfully promoted a prohibition Amendment to that state's Constitution . He was the Prohibition Party candidate for President Of The United States in the 1884 Election . He received 147,482 votes (about 1.5%) on a ticket with William Daniel . Election was won by Stephen Grover Cleveland of the Democratic Party . St. John was also surpassed by two other unsuccesful candidates:
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