| Roger Lea MacBride | |
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| Election date November 2, 1976 |
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| Running mate | David Bergland |
| Opponent(s) | Jimmy Carter (D) Gerald Ford (R) Eugene McCarthy (I) Lester Maddox (AI) Thomas J. Anderson (A) |
| Incumbent | Gerald Ford (R) |
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| Born | August 6, 1929 March 5, 1995 (aged 65) |
| Political party | Libertarian |
| Profession | lawyer, television producer |
Roger Lea MacBride (6 August 1929 - 5 March 1995) was a U.S. lawyer, political figure, and television producer. The Libertarian Party is a United States political party founded on December 11 1971 The United States presidential election of 1976 followed the resignation of President Richard M Events 1570 - A Tidal wave in the North Sea devastates the coast from Holland to Jutland, killing more than 1000 Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. David P Bergland received the United States Libertarian Party 's nomination for the 1984 presidential election. James Earl "Jimmy" Carter Jr (born October 1 1924 was the thirty-ninth President of the United States, serving from 1977 to 1981 and the recipient of the 2002 The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr (July 14 1913 December 26 2006 was the thirty-eighth President of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977 and the fortieth Vice President Eugene Joseph "Gene" McCarthy ( March 29, 1916 – December 10, 2005) was an American Politician, Poet, and a In Politics, an independent is a Politician who is not Affiliated with any Political party. Lester Garfield Maddox ( September 30, 1915 – June 25, 2003) was an American Democratic Party politician who was The American Independent Party is a California Political party. Thomas Jefferson Anderson ( November 10, 1910 - August 30 2002) was a conservative author farmer and candidate for the U Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr (July 14 1913 December 26 2006 was the thirty-eighth President of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977 and the fortieth Vice President Events 1538 - Bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian moves from Antioch with an army of 90000 to attack the Sassanid Empire, in a Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 The Libertarian Party is a United States political party founded on December 11 1971 A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law as an attorney, Counsel or Solicitor; a person The primary role of a television producer is to control all aspects of production ranging from show idea development and cast hiring to shoot supervision and fact-checking Events 1538 - Bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian moves from Antioch with an army of 90000 to attack the Sassanid Empire, in a Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A politician (from Greek " Polis " is an individual who is involved in influencing public decision making through the influence of Politics or a person The primary role of a television producer is to control all aspects of production ranging from show idea development and cast hiring to shoot supervision and fact-checking He was the presidential nominee of the Libertarian Party in the 1976 election. The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by The Libertarian Party is a United States political party founded on December 11 1971 The United States presidential election of 1976 followed the resignation of President Richard M
Macbride, who was listed in the New York Social Register, was the treasurer of the Republican Party of Virginia in 1972 and one of the party's electors when Richard Nixon won the popular vote for his second term as President of the United States. In many Governments a treasurer is the person responsible for running the Treasury. The Republican Party of Virginia (RPV is based in Richmond in the Commonwealth of Virginia. MacBride, however, voted for the candidates of the Libertarian Party.
He became the first presidential elector to cast a vote for a woman when, in the presidential election of 1972, he voted for the Libertarian Party candidates John Hospers for President and Theodora Nathan for Vice President. The Electoral College consists of 538 popularly elected representatives who formally select the President and Vice President of the United States. The United States presidential election of 1972 was waged on the issues of radicalism and the Vietnam War. John Hospers (born 9 June 1918) is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Southern California. Theodora Nathalia "Tonie" Nathan (born 9 February 1923) is the first woman to have received an electoral vote in a United States presidential The Vice President of the United States is the first person in the presidential line of succession, becoming the new President of the United States upon the death MacBride went on to be the Libertarian Party candidate for President in the 1976 election. The United States presidential election of 1976 followed the resignation of President Richard M
MacBride attended Harvard University and was elected to the Vermont Legislature as a Republican. The Vermont General Assembly is the legislative body of the U After casting his famous electoral vote in 1972, he instantly became a hero to the fledgling Libertarian Party, which had only begun the previous year. As the Libertarian presidential candidate in 1976, he achieved ballot access in 32 states; he and his running mate, David Bergland, received 173,011 popular votes but no electoral votes. David P Bergland received the United States Libertarian Party 's nomination for the 1984 presidential election. The Electoral College consists of 538 popularly elected representatives who formally select the President and Vice President of the United States.
He scored another first in 1976 when he became the first U. S. Presidential candidate to pilot his own plane, a DC3 based at the Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport in Virginia. Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport is a public Airport located 8 miles (12 km) north of Charlottesville, in Albemarle County, Virginia The Commonwealth of Virginia ( is an American state His plane was known as the "No Force One. "
After the 1976 election, he attempted to found a news magazine like "Atlas" which surveys and translates newspapers published in other lands. The magazine was not successful, and shortly thereafter he sold his home "Esmont House" and left the state.
MacBride rejoined the Republican Party in 1983 and helped establish the Republican Liberty Caucus, a group promoting libertarian principles within the Republican Party. The Republican Liberty Caucus is a political action organization dedicated to promoting the ideals of individual rights limited government and free enterprise within the Republican Libertarianism is a term used by a broad spectrum of political philosophies which prioritize individual Liberty and seek to minimize or even abolish the He chaired this group in 1994.
MacBride called himself "the adopted grandson" of writer and political theorist Rose Wilder Lane, the daughter of writer Laura Ingalls Wilder, and as such laid claim to the substantial Ingalls-Wilder's literary estate, including the "Little House on the Prairie" franchise. This is a list of political philosophers, including some who may be better known for their work in other areas of philosophy Rose Wilder Lane (b December 5 1886, De Smet, Dakota Territory – d Laura Ingalls Wilder ( February 7, 1867 – February 10, 1957) was an American Author, who wrote the Little House series Little House on the Prairie is a children's book by Laura Ingalls Wilder that was published in 1935 He is the author of record of three additional "Little House" books, and began the "Rocky Ridge Years" series, describing the Ozark childhood of Rose Wilder Lane. He also co-produced the 1970s television series Little House on the Prairie. Little House on the Prairie is an American one-hour dramatic Television program that aired on the NBC network from September 11 1974 to
Controversy came after MacBride's death in 1995, when the local library in Mansfield, Missouri, contended that Wilder's original will gave her daughter ownership of the literary estate for her lifetime only, all rights to revert to the Laura Ingalls Wilder Library after her death. Mansfield is a city in Wright County, Missouri, United States. The ensuing court case was settled in an undisclosed manner, but MacBride's heirs retained the rights.
| Preceded by John Hospers |
Libertarian Party Presidential candidate 1976 (lost) |
Succeeded by Ed Clark |