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'''Roger MacBride''' ( | {{Infobox Person | ||
|name = Roger MacBride | |||
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|birth-date = August 6, 1927 | |||
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|death-date = {{Death date and age|1995|3|5|1927|8|6}} | |||
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|education = Princeton University <br> Harvard University | |||
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|occupation = television producer, lawyer | |||
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|party = Republican (prior to 1972, 1983-1995) <br>[[Libertarian Party|Libertarian]] (1972-1983) | |||
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'''Roger L. MacBride''' (August 6, [[1927]]'''—'''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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Button MacBride-Bergland Vote-Libertarian B&W.png | |||
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== Campaign Staff== | |||
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== | ||
{| class="wikitable" border="1" | |||
|+ 1976 United States Presidential election | |||
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! Party!! Name/Running Mate!! Electoral Votes!! Percent !! Votes | |||
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| Democratic || Jimmy Carter / Walter Mondale || 297 || 50.08% || 40,831,881 | |||
|- | |||
| Republican || Gerald Ford / Bob Dole || 240 || 48.01% || 39,148,634 | |||
|- | |||
| Independent || Eugene McCarthy / various || 0 || 0.91% || 744,763 | |||
|- | |||
| {{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 | |||
|- | |||
</ | | American Independent || Lester Maddox / William Dyke || 0 || 0.21% || 170,373 | ||
|- | |||
| 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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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]] | years=[[1976]]| | ||
after=[[Ed Clark]] | after=[[Ed Clark]] | ||
}} | }} | ||
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[[Category: | [[Category:1976 Candidates]] | ||
[[Category: | [[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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