William Frederick Varney (October 1, 1884 - December 13, 1960 Rockville Centre

Rockville Centre, New York

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, Nassau County, New York

Nassau County, New York

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) was an American politician.

Life

He was the son of Rev. F. W. Varney (d. 1933).

He ran on the Prohibition

Prohibition Party

The Prohibition Party is a political party in the United States best known for its historic opposition to the sale or consumption of alcoholic beverages. It is the oldest existing third party in the US. The party was an integral part of the temperance movement...

 ticket in the United States presidential election, 1928

United States presidential election, 1928

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. He received 20,106 popular votes.

In 1934, he ran on the Law Preservation

Law Preservation Party

The Law Preservation Party was a New York State regional political party of the 1930s, which supported the continuance of Prohibition in the United States....

 ticket for Governor of New York

Governor of New York

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, but polled only 20,449 votes and the party lost its automatic ballot access

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.

Besides, he ran several times for other offices, including the New York State Senate

New York State Senate

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, the United States Congress

United States Congress

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, and Mayor of Rockville Centre, but was always defeated.