Joseph Brandon

Joseph Brandon
 			
Senator of Delaware 			
Term: March 4, 1815 - March 5, 1817			
Preceded By: James A. Bayard 			
Succeeded By: Nicholas Van Dyke 			
Representative from Delaware 			
Term: March 4, 1807 - March 4, 1809			
Preceded By: James A. Bayard 			
Succeeded By: Nicholas Van Dyke 			
Personal Details 			
Born: November 20, 1736 			
Death: March 5, 1817 (80) 			
State: Delaware 			
Party: Patriot 			
Joseph Brandon was a United States Senator and Representative, also known as a perennial candidate for President and Vice President.
==Political Career==
Joseph Brandon began his political career in 1794-96 during the rise of the Patriot Party under Amon Gus. Brandon had been a journalist, and under the new party he was a dedicated anti-semite and racist.
=== 1804 Presidential Campaign ===
Joseph Brandon had been a journalist for many years before this, but with the ending of slavery coming to a head, Joseph Brandon fought viciously to end it. After being able to unify the party with Harry Gus, Brandon emerged as the clear leader, and he was eventually nominated as their first ever Presidential Nominee in the Presidential Election of 1804. Brandon failed to inspire the masses, and would lost the election by a wide margin, not even winning 1% in the popular vote.
=== House of Representatives ===
In 1806 Brandon ran for the first Delaware House Seat, narrowly beating out Nicholas Van Dyke and winning the seat. Brandon would leave the seat in 1809 when he didn't run in the 1808-09 House Elections to run in the Presidential Election of 1808.
=== 1808 Presidential Campaign ===
After a merger with the Dixiecrat Party in 1805, the Patriots gained a lot of new southern support. Brandon was once again selected, and in the scheme of it all he campaigned on the end to Reconstruction and the compensation to slave owners. Brandon once again lost the election, but this time gained ~3% of the popular vote.
=== Senate ===
Under the split of the regular vote by the Democrats and Republicans in Delaware, Brandon won the Senate Election in Delaware, becoming one of the few Patriot Senators. Brandon would serve in this position until his death in 1817.
=== 1816 Presidential Campaign ===
In 1816 the 79 year old Joseph Brandon was once again selected as the Presidential Candidate for the Patriot Party in the Presidential Election of 1816 with major sway from the Gus Family. The Patriots had garnered a boos following the economic depression of the prior Democratic Presidency, but even then they were unable to win, garnering ~19% of the popular vote, and 25 Electors. Getting third place in a split election, Brandon moved on to the Contingent Election in 1817, only gaining 3 states support, Brandon lost the Election.
== Personal Life ==
Joseph Brandon was born in Dover, Delaware on November 20, 1736. Brandon was a Journalist for most of his life, writing on and off from 1777 until 1815. Brandon died on March 5, 1817, a day after the inauguration of John Quincy Adams, reportedly calling it a "crying shame" the day before his death.