Gene Amondson

Gene Amondson, (October 15, 1943 – July 20, 2009) was a landscape painter, woodcarver, minister, lecturer and Prohibition activist who was the 2004 United States presidential candidate for one faction of the Prohibition Party and the nominee of the party in 2008. Amondson grew up in Washington and attended Warner Pacific College in Portland, Oregon, where he graduated with a BS in zoology. He was raised as a Republican and his brother served as a... more

Gene Amondson, (October 15, 1943 – July 20, 2009) was a landscape painter, woodcarver, minister, lecturer and Prohibition activist who was the 2004 United States presidential candidate for one faction of the Prohibition Party and the nominee of the party in 2008. Amondson grew up in Washington and attended Warner Pacific College in Portland, Oregon, where he graduated with a BS in zoology. He was raised as a Republican and his brother served as a member of the Oregon State Senate. Amondson was a member of the Church of God, and as a minister reenacted the Billy Sunday sermon entitled the Sermon Against Alcohol. Amondson was divorced and has four children. He was invited as a guest on Oprah after sending a letter to the show about singles in Seattle. The show received high ratings and was repeated four times. Amondson resided on Vashon Island in Washington. In 2004 Amondson began his first campaign for president of the United States. He was nominated as the candidate by one faction... less