Henning A. Blomen (September 28, 1910 â July 14, 1993) was an American political activist and candidate. He was a candidate for United States President of the Socialist Labor Party of America in 1968, and for Vice President in 1964.
Blomen was born in on September 28, 1910, in New Bedford, Massachusetts, the son of Swedish immigrant Gustav A. Blomen and Clara E. (née Magnuson) Blomen. He graduated from Somerville High School. He worked as a shipper and coffee importer, and for more than 25 years was a machine assembler for the Dewey & Almy Chemical Company, a chemical company. On October 16, 1940, he was drafted to serve in World War II.
From 1932 to 1990, Blomen was a member of the Socialist Labor Party of America (SLP). He was also a member of the Industrial Union Party. In 1934, he campaigned for the SLP across Massachusetts. Politicially, he was a De Leonist. He opposed the Vietnam War. He advocated a bloodless revolution, the abolishment of capitalism, and the establishment of a socialist industrial republic.
Blomen was the SLP Presidential Vice Presidential candidate during the 1964 Presidential election, alongside Eric Hass. He was the 1968 Presidential Candidate, alongside Paul Boutelle as his running mate. He ran in the 1968 United States House of Representatives elections, for New Jersey's 2nd congressional district, receiving one vote. He was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Massachusetts fourteen times, including in 1938, 1940, 1942, 1944, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1962, 1966, and 1970.
On February 19, 1969, he married Connie Zimmerman, who went on to be the SLP vice presidential candidate in 1976. He had three children, sons John and David Elwell, and daughter Francis Tripp. In 1990, he entered a nursing home in North Reading, Massachusetts, dying there on July 14, 1993, aged 82.