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'''Roger MacBride''' ([[August 6]], [[1927]] - [[March 5]], [[1995]]) was the adopted son of Rose Wilder Lane, daughter of Laura Ingalls Wilder, author of the "Little House on the Prairie" series of books. In [[1972]], as a [[Republican Party|Republican]] elector, he cast his vote for the [[Libertarian Party|Libertarian]] candidates [[John Hospers]] and [[Tonie Nathan]]. In [[1976]], he was selected as the Libertarian presidential candidate, with [[David Bergland]] as his running mate.  
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'''Roger L. MacBride''' (August 6, [[1927]]'''&mdash;'''March 5, [[1995]]) was the adopted grandson and protegee of libertarian writer [[Rose Wilder Lane]], daughter of Laura Ingalls Wilder, author of the "Little House on the Prairie" series of books. In [[1972]], as a "faithless" [[Republican Party|Republican]] elector from Virginia, he cast his electoral college vote for the [[Libertarian Party]]'s first national ticket of [[John Hospers]] and [[Tonie Nathan]], also becoming the first person in US history to cast an electoral college vote for a woman. In [[1976]], he was selected as the Libertarian presidential candidate, with [[David Bergland]] as his running mate.
 
In [[1983]], MacBride rejoined the Republican Party, and became a major benefactor of the [[Republican Liberty Caucus]], a group of libertarians working within the Republican Party. In [[1994]], he was elected chair of the RLC, and helped launch the Congressional Liberty Caucus, a group of self-proclaimed libertarians in the House of Representatives. MacBride died in [[1995]] at the age of 67. He was inducted into the [[Hall of Liberty]] posthumously in 2012.
 
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== Campaign Staff==


In [[1983]], MacBride rejoined the Republican Party, and became a major benefactor of the [[Republican Liberty Caucus]], a group of libertarians working within the Republican Party. In [[1994]], he was elected chair of the RLC, and helped launch the Congressional Liberty Caucus, a group of self proclaimed libertarians in the House of Representatives. MacBride died in [[1995]] at the age of 65.
Press secretary: [[C. Ronald Kimberling]]


==State-Level "MacBride for President committees - Staffers and volunteers==


IA: Iowa MacBride for President committee
- [[Dale Roewe]]: Treasurer/fundraiser


==Election results==
==Election results==
<center>'''Election results as a Libertarian candidate'''
 
<table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0">
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
<tr>
|+ 1976 United States Presidential election
<th>Year</th>
|-
<th>Office</th>
! Party!! Name/Running Mate!! Electoral Votes!! Percent !! Votes
<th>Vote total</th>
|-
<th>%</th>
| Democratic || Jimmy Carter / Walter Mondale || 297 || 50.08% || 40,831,881
</tr>
|-
<tr>
| Republican || Gerald Ford / Bob Dole || 240 || 48.01% || 39,148,634
<td>1976</td>
|-
<td align="left">President of the United States</td>
| Independent || Eugene McCarthy / various || 0 || 0.91% || 744,763
<td align="right">173,011</td>
|-
<td align="right">0.21%</td>
| {{party shading/Libertarian}}| Libertarian || {{party shading/Libertarian}}| Roger MacBride / [[David Bergland]] || {{party shading/Libertarian}}|  0 || {{party shading/Libertarian}}| 0.21% || {{party shading/Libertarian}}| 173,819
</tr>
|-
</table>
| American Independent || Lester Maddox / William Dyke || 0 || 0.21% || 170,373
</center>
|-
| American || Thomas Anderson / Rufus Shackelford || 0 || 0.19% || 158,724
|-
| Socialist Workers || Peter Camejo / Willie Mae Reid || 0 || 0.11% || 90,986
|-
| Communist || Gus Hall / Jarvis Tyner || 0 || 0.07% || 58,709
|-
| People's || Margaret Wright / Benjamin Spock || 0 || 0.06% || 49,016
|-
| US Labor || Lyndon LaRouche / R. Wayne Evans || 0 || 0.05% || 40,018
|-
| Various || All Others || 0 || 0.09% || 75,119
|}
 
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MacBride Poster 1976-1.jpg
MacBride Poster 1976-2.jpg
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{{start box}}
{{start box}}
{{succession box|
{{succession box|
  before=[[John Hospers]]|
  before=[[John Hospers]]|
  title=[[Libertarian Party]] [[Libertarian Party US presidential election results|Presidential candidate]]|
  title=[[Libertarian Party]] [[Libertarian Party US presidential election results|Presidential candidate]]|
  years=[[1976]] (lost)|
  years=[[1976]]|
  after=[[Ed Clark]]
  after=[[Ed Clark]]
}}
}}
{{end box}}
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[[Category:1927 births|MacBride, Roger]]
 
[[Category:1995 deaths|MacBride, Roger]]
[[Category:1976 Candidates]]
[[Category:U.S. Libertarian Party presidential nominees|MacBride, Roger]]
[[Category:1978 Candidates for Presidential Nomination]]
[[Category:Early National Party Members]]
[[Category: Party Activists from the 1970s]]
[[Category: Virginia Party Activists]]
[[Category: Award Recipients]]
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