Claude A. Watson (June 26, 1885 – January 3, 1978) was an American politician, lawyer, businessman, and minister from Hermon, California, who was nationally active in the temperance movement and the Prohibition Party.
He is currently the most recent presidential nominee of the Prohibition party to have received over 100,000 votes.
A certified pilot, Watson was the first American presidential candidate in history to fly his own airplane and flew over 16,000 miles campaigning.
[3][4] In 1936, he was selected as the Prohibition Party vice presidential nominee, was a keynote speaker at the party's 1940 convention, and served as its presidential nominee in 1944 and 1948.
[5] He also served as a Free Methodist pastor and conference superintendent.