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{{Infobox State Representative
{{Infobox Person
|name=Andre Verne Marrou
|name = Andre Verne Marrou
|state_house=Alaska
|name-first = Andre
|district=05-B
|name-last = Marrou
|term_start=[[January 3]] [[1985]]
|image = Marrou-1988-Richmond.jpg
|term_end=[[January 3]] [[1987]]
|office = 5th District
|predecessor=[[Milo Fritz]]
|title = Alaska House of Representatives
|successor=[[Mike Navarre]]
|term-start = 1985
|candidate2=[[United States presidential election, 1988|Vice President of the United States]]
|term-end = 1987
|term_start2=[[November 8]] [[1988]]
|alongside =  
|runningmate2=[[Ron Paul]]
|predecessor = Milo Fitz
|opponent2=[[Dan Quayle]] ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]])<br>[[Lloyd Bentsen]] ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]])<br>[[James Stockdale]] ([[Non-partisan|I]])
|successor = Claude Swackhammer
|incumbent2=[[George H. W. Bush]] ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]])
|office2 =  
|candidate3=[[United States presidential election, 1992|President of the United States]]
|title2 =  
|term_start3=[[November 4]] [[1992]]
|term-start2 =  
|runningmate3=[[Nancy Lord]]
|term-end2 =  
|opponent3=[[Bill Clinton]] (D)<br>[[George H. W. Bush]] (R)<br>[[Ross Perot]] ([[Non-partisan|I]])<br>[[Bo Gritz]] ([[Populist Party#Populist Party (right-wing)|Populist]])
|alongside2 =  
|incumbent3=[[George H. W. Bush]] (R)
|predecessor2 =  
|birth_date={{birth date and age|1938|12|4}}
|successor2 =  
|birth_place=[[Texas]], [[United States]]
|birth-date = {{Birth date and age|1938|12|4}}
|party=[[USLP|Libertarian]]
|birth-place = Nixon, Texas, USA
|education=[[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] (1962)
|education = Massachusetts Institute of Technology
|military =
|occupation = Politician
|residence =
|party = [[Libertarian Party|Libertarian]]
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'''Andre Verne Marrou''' (born [[December 4]] [[1938]]) is an [[US|American]] political figure, affiliated with the [[USLP|Libertarian Party]].
'''Andre Verne Marrou''' (b. December 4, 1938) is a former elected Libertarian in the Alaska state legislature and the Libertarian Party's 1992 presidential nominee. He was [[Ron Paul]]'s running mate in the 1988 presidential race.


Born in [[Nixon, Texas]], he graduated from the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] in 1962.
After an extended absence from party activities, he publicly endorsed [[Gary Earl Johnson|Gary Johnson]] in 2012 at the [[Libertarian Party of Texas|LPTexas]] state convention. <ref>{{cite web |url = https://independentpoliticalreport.com/2012/06/1992-libertarian-presidential-candidate-andre-marrou-gives-speech-to-texas-lp-convention-full-transcript-follows/ |title = 1992 Libertarian Presidential Candidate Andre Marrou addresses Texas LP Convention; full transcript follows |publisher = Independent Political Report |access-date = September 20, 2019 }}</ref>


One of twelve Libertarians to be elected to a state legislature, Marrou served in the [[Alaska House of Representatives]] for one term, from 1984 to 1986.
==Candidate==


He was the party's vice-presidential nominee in the [[U.S. presidential election, 1988|1988 election]]; on the ballot in 46&nbsp;states and the [[District of Columbia]],<ref name=1988nytimes>{{cite web|url=http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0712FB3E5C0C748DDDA90994D0484D81|title=Now for a Real Underdog: Ron Paul, Libertarian, for President|date=1988-10-17|work=[[New York Times]]|accessdate=2008-03-21|author=Rosenthal, Andrew}}</ref> [[U.S. Congress]]man [[Ron Paul]] and Marrou placed third in the [[popular vote]] with 432,179&nbsp;votes (0.5%),<ref name=will>{{cite news|title=A Cheerful Anachronism|url=http://www.libertypost.org/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=177422&Disp=41&Trace=on|author=[[George Will|Will, George F]]|date=2007-02-18|accessdate=2008-03-17|work=[[Newsweek]]}}</ref> behind [[George H.W. Bush|Bush]]-[[Dan Quayle|Quayle]] and [[Michael Dukakis|Dukakis]]-[[Lloyd Bentsen|Bentsen]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DEEDB103AF93AA15751C1A96E948260&n=Top%2fReference%2fTimes%20Topics%2fPeople%2fP%2fPaul%2c%20Ron|title=1988 VOTE: The Final Word|date=1988-12-29|work=[[New York Times]]|accessdate=2008-03-21}}</ref> Paul and Marrou were kept off the ballot in [[Missouri]], and received votes there only when [[written in]], due to what the ''[[St. Louis Post-Dispatch]]'' called a "technicality".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SL&p_text_direct-0=0EB3294736B1152B&p_field_direct-0=document_id|title=If You Don't Like Bush Or Dukakis|date=1988-11-07|work=[[St. Louis Post-Dispatch]]|accessdate=2008-03-22|author=Nugent, Franklin M.|page=3C}}</ref>
[[File:Button 1992 Marrou.png|thumb|right]]
[[File:Button Marrou-v-Others 1992.png|thumb|right]]


In the [[U.S. presidential election, 1992|1992 election]], Marrou was the party's presidential nominee, receiving 291,627 votes (0.28%).
* Alaska House of Representatives Seat B, 5th district 1982, 1984 (elected), and 1986
* Vice-President 1988
* [[Marrou/Lord 1992 Campaign|US President 1992]]
 
==Public Office==
* Alaska House of Representatives 1985-1987
 
==Presidential Election Year Fundraising==
<ref>http://www.fec.gov/press/summaries/2016/tables/presidential/TopPresEle.pdf</ref>
{| class="wikitable" border="1" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="0"
|- style="color:black;background:#BFBFAF"
!align=center|1992
!align=center|Total<br>Receipts
|-
| January
| align=right|43,278
|-
| February
| align=right|66,844
|-
| March
| align=right|48,558
|-
| April
| align=right|31,491
|-
| May
| align=right|29,230
|-
| June
| align=right|53,979
|-
| July
| align=right|42,351
|-
| August
| align=right|27,181
|-
| September
| align=right|69,835
|-
| Oct 1 - Oct 14
| align=right|53,633
|-
| Oct 15 - Nov 23
| align=right|79,558
|-
| Nov 24 - Dec 31
| align=right|5,325
|-
!bgcolor=#BFBFAF|1992 Total
!align=right|551,263
|-
|}
 
===Results===
 
{| class="wikitable"
|+ 1992 United States Presidential Election
|-
! Party !! Candidate/Running Mate !! Electoral Votes !! Percent !! Votes
|-
| Democratic || Bill Clinton / Al Gore || 370 || 43.01% || 44,909,806
|-
| Republican || George H. W. Bush / Dan Quayle || 168 || 37.45% || 39,104,550
|-
| Independent || Ross Perot / James Stockdale || 0 || 18.91% || 19,743,821
|-
| {{party shading/Libertarian}}| Libertarian || {{party shading/Libertarian}}| Andre Marrou / [[Nancy Lord]] || {{party shading/Libertarian}}|  0 || {{party shading/Libertarian}}| 0.28% || {{party shading/Libertarian}}| 291,627
|-
| America First || James Bo Gritz / Cyril Minett || 0 || 0.10% || 107,014
|-
| New Alliance || Lenore Fulani / Maria Munoz || 0 || 0.07% || 73,652
|-
| US Taxpayers || Howard Phillips / Albion Knight || 0 || 0.04% || 43,400
|-
| Natural Law || John Hagelin / V. Tompkins || 0 || 0.04% || 38,780
|-
| Various || All Others || 0 || 0.11% || 115,501
|}
 
==Organizations==
* Elections, [[Alaska Libertarian Party|Alaska LP]] c. 1983
* [[Alaskans for a Competitive Economy]] c. 1983
 
==External Links==
* [http://bbs.bapho.net/bbs/h-drive/texts/file/nol-chal.txt Nolan's Challenge], a questionnaire prior to the 1987 national convention
* [http://alumweb.mit.edu/classes/1962/techrev/9903.html Short notes] on members of the 1962 MIT class
* [http://100years.akleg.gov/bio.php?id=1268 Andre Marrou at ''100 Years of Alaska's Legislature'']
* [https://www.c-span.org/person/?andremarrou Andre Marrou] in C-Span video archives
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqMhWHxF_ko Larry King TV interview with Andre Marrou, 1992, pt 1] Interview part 1 of 2.
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAiDZGwzkXI Larry King TV interview with Andre Marrou, 1992, pt 2] Interview part 2 of 2.
 
==Speeches==
*Marrou spoke at a [[Protest 1992 Presidential Debate Access for Marrou|1992 protest outside the presidential debates]].


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://alumweb.mit.edu/classes/1962/techrev/9903.html Short notes on members of the 1962 MIT class]
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Latest revision as of 03:48, 5 November 2022

Andre Verne Marrou
Marrou-1988-Richmond.jpg
Alaska House of Representatives
5th District
1985—1987
Predecessor: Milo Fitz
Successor: Claude Swackhammer
Personal Details
Birth: (1938-12-04) December 4, 1938 (age 86)
Nixon, Texas, USA
Education: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Occupation: Politician
Party: Libertarian
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Andre Verne Marrou (b. December 4, 1938) is a former elected Libertarian in the Alaska state legislature and the Libertarian Party's 1992 presidential nominee. He was Ron Paul's running mate in the 1988 presidential race.

After an extended absence from party activities, he publicly endorsed Gary Johnson in 2012 at the LPTexas state convention. [1]

Candidate

Button 1992 Marrou.png
Button Marrou-v-Others 1992.png
  • Alaska House of Representatives Seat B, 5th district 1982, 1984 (elected), and 1986
  • Vice-President 1988
  • US President 1992

Public Office

  • Alaska House of Representatives 1985-1987

Presidential Election Year Fundraising

[2]

1992 Total
Receipts
January 43,278
February 66,844
March 48,558
April 31,491
May 29,230
June 53,979
July 42,351
August 27,181
September 69,835
Oct 1 - Oct 14 53,633
Oct 15 - Nov 23 79,558
Nov 24 - Dec 31 5,325
1992 Total 551,263

Results

1992 United States Presidential Election
Party Candidate/Running Mate Electoral Votes Percent Votes
Democratic Bill Clinton / Al Gore 370 43.01% 44,909,806
Republican George H. W. Bush / Dan Quayle 168 37.45% 39,104,550
Independent Ross Perot / James Stockdale 0 18.91% 19,743,821
Libertarian Andre Marrou / Nancy Lord 0 0.28% 291,627
America First James Bo Gritz / Cyril Minett 0 0.10% 107,014
New Alliance Lenore Fulani / Maria Munoz 0 0.07% 73,652
US Taxpayers Howard Phillips / Albion Knight 0 0.04% 43,400
Natural Law John Hagelin / V. Tompkins 0 0.04% 38,780
Various All Others 0 0.11% 115,501

Organizations

External Links

Speeches

References

  1. ↑ "1992 Libertarian Presidential Candidate Andre Marrou addresses Texas LP Convention; full transcript follows". Independent Political Report. https://independentpoliticalreport.com/2012/06/1992-libertarian-presidential-candidate-andre-marrou-gives-speech-to-texas-lp-convention-full-transcript-follows/. 
  2. ↑ http://www.fec.gov/press/summaries/2016/tables/presidential/TopPresEle.pdf


Preceded by:
Ron Paul		 Libertarian Party Presidential candidate
1992		 Succeeded by:
Harry Browne
Preceded by:
Jim Lewis		 Libertarian Party Vice Presidential candidate
1988		 Succeeded by:
Nancy Lord


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