Ellen McCormack

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Ellen McCormack
Personal details
Born
Eleanor Rose Cullen

(1926-09-15)September 15, 1926
The Bronx, New York, U.S.
DiedMarch 27, 2011(2011-03-27) (aged 84)
Avon, Connecticut, U.S.
Political partyRight to Life
Other political
affiliations		Democratic
Spouse
Francis J. McCormack
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(m. 1949; died 1993)​
Children4

Ellen Cullen McCormack (September 15, 1926 – March 27, 2011)[1][2] was an American politician who was a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1976.

Early life

On September 15, 1926, Eleanor Rose Cullen was born in The Bronx borough of New York City, to Irish immigrants William and Ellen Cullen.[3] In 1949, she married Francis J. McCormack, after meeting him at a dance, and had four children with him.[4]

Career

On July 14, 1975, McCormack filed with the Federal Election Commission to run in the

anti-abortion platform, and won no primaries, but had her name placed into nomination and received 22 votes from delegates at the 1976 Democratic National Convention, and engaged in a debate that also included future President Jimmy Carter
.

During the 1980 presidential election, she ran as the presidential nominee of the New York State Right to Life Party, with Carroll Driscoll as her running mate. They received 32,327 votes.

She had been a chairwoman of the

1978
.

Later life

On March 27, 2011, she died in an assisted-living facility in Avon, Connecticut, after a long period with a heart ailment which originated during one of her pregnancies.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Uproar over Abortion". Time. February 16, 1976. Archived from the original on March 27, 2009. Retrieved January 20, 2008. Ellen McCormack, 49, a housewife from Merrick, N.Y., is running hard in the Democratic primary...
  2. ^ Durkin, Erin (March 28, 2011). "Two-time presidential candidate Ellen McCormack dies at 84". New York Daily News. Retrieved March 28, 2011.
  3. ^ "Ellen McCormack dies at 84; anti-abortion presidential candidate". April 2, 2011.
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  6. ^ "Ellen McCormack becomes first woman to receive federal funds for presidential race". National Constitution Center. Archived from the original on August 14, 2020.
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