Christian Party (United States, 1930s)

The Christian Party was an American fascist political party which was founded by William Dudley Pelley in 1935.^[2] He chose 16 August 1935 as the Christian Party's founding date, because it was a so-called "pyramid date".^[3] The party can be considered the political wing of Pelley's paramilitary organization, the Silver Legion of America. It ran with Pelley as its candidate for the 1936 presidential campaign^[4] (Willard Kemp, commander of the Silver Legion in Southern California,^[5] was the vice presidential candidate). Pelley gained just 1,600 votes in the election.^[6] The party quickly vanished after the United States entered World War II. The party’s ideology was blended with a variety of occult beliefs held by Pelley.^[7]

Christian Party
Leader	William Dudley Pelley
Founder	William Dudley Pelley
Founded	August 16, 1935 (1935-08-16)
Dissolved	circa 1939
Headquarters	Asheville, North Carolina, U.S
Paramilitary wing	Silver Legion of America
Ideology	American fascism Christian fascism Occult fascism[1]
Colors	Silver