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'''Andre V. Marrou''' (born December 4, [[1938]]) is an [[United States|American]] political figure, affiliated with the [[Libertarian Party|United States Libertarian Party]].
|name=Andre Verne Marrou
|state_house=Alaska
|district=05-B
|term_start=[[January 3]] [[1985]]
|term_end=[[January 3]] [[1987]]
|predecessor=[[Milo Fritz]]
|successor=[[Mike Navarre]]
|candidate2=[[United States presidential election, 1988|Vice President of the United States]]
|term_start2=[[November 8]] [[1988]]
|runningmate2=[[Ron Paul]]
|opponent2=[[Dan Quayle]] ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]])<br>[[Lloyd Bentsen]] ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]])<br>[[James Stockdale]] ([[Non-partisan|I]])
|incumbent2=[[George H. W. Bush]] ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]])
|candidate3=[[United States presidential election, 1992|President of the United States]]
|term_start3=[[November 4]] [[1992]]
|runningmate3=[[Nancy Lord]]
|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]])
|incumbent3=[[George H. W. Bush]] (R)
|birth_date={{birth date and age|1938|12|4}}
|birth_place=[[Texas]], [[United States]]
|party=[[USLP|Libertarian]]
|education=[[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] (1962)
}}
'''Andre Verne Marrou''' (born [[December 4]] [[1938]]) is an [[US|American]] political figure, affiliated with the [[USLP|Libertarian Party]].
 
Born in [[Nixon, Texas]], he graduated from the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] in 1962.
 
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.


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>
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In the [[U.S. presidential election, 1992|1992 election]], Marrou was the party's presidential nominee, receiving 291,627 votes (0.28%).
He graduated from the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] in [[1962]].


==References==
One of the few Libertarian candidates to be elected to a state legislature, Marrou served in the [[Alaska House of Representatives]] for one term, from [[1985]] to [[1987]]. He was the party's vice-presidential nominee in the [[U.S. presidential election, 1988|1988 election]], garnering 432,179 votes (0.5%) on a ticket with [[Ron Paul]], and its presidential nominee in the [[U.S. presidential election, 1992|1992 election]], receiving 291,627 votes (0.28%).
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==External links==
== External links ==
*[http://alumweb.mit.edu/classes/1962/techrev/9903.html Short notes on members of the 1962 MIT class]
*[http://alumweb.mit.edu/classes/1962/techrev/9903.html Short notes on members of the 1962 MIT class]


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[[Category:United States presidential candidates, 1992]]
[[Category:People from San Antonio, Texas]]


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