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The '''1975 Libertarian National Convention''' was held at the Statler-Hilton hotel in New York City. | The '''1975 Libertarian Party National Convention''' was held at the Statler-Hilton hotel in New York City. | ||
Revision as of 16:08, 14 March 2015
The 1975 Libertarian Party National Convention was held at the Statler-Hilton hotel in New York City.
Presidential Nomination
Roger MacBride won the presidential nomination on the first ballot against Kay Haroff of Michigan and Guy Riggs of New York.
After Tonie Nathan, Manny Klausner, and Jim Trotter all failed to secure the vice presidential nomination, David Bergland was literally flown in to serve as a compromise candidate.
Libertarian Executive Committee
Ed Crane was re-elected as national chair without opposition.
Andrea Millen was re-elected as vice chair without opposition
Fran Youngstein was elected as treasurer and Greg Clark as secretary, also without opposition.
Out of a large pool of contenders, the following people were elected to the LNC at-large positions:
- Jim Blanchard of Louisiana
- Ed Clark of California
- John Hathaway of New York
- Richard Kenney of Massachusetts
- Phil Mangler of Maryland
- David Nolan of Colorado
- Bill Susel of California
Regions were also selected. For example, Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana formed Region 5 and selected Martin Jahn of Kentucky and Bill Krebaum of Michigan to represent them.
Platform
Peter McAlpine of Michigan chaired the platform committee and accepted several proposals from Murray Rothbard and Bill Evers. The focus was on increasing the emphasis on civil liberties and foreign non-interventionism.
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