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Chris Cole, 2008 Libertarian nominee for the U.S. Senate in North Carolina [58] Michael Colley, U.S. Navy vice admiral and member of the board of directors of the Libertarian Party [59] Barry Cooper, drug policy reform activist, filmmaker, Libertarian candidate for U.S. House of Representatives in Texas in 2008 and for Texas Attorney General in ...
This article is a list of major figures in the theory of libertarianism, a philosophy asserting that individuals have a right to be free.Originally coined by French anarchist and libertarian communist Joseph Déjacque as an alternative synonymous to anarchism, American classical liberals appropriated the term in the 1950s for their philosophy which asserts that individuals have a right to ...
As of 2024, 22 Libertarians have held state-level office. However, only 10 were elected or re-elected as Libertarians. However, only 10 were elected or re-elected as Libertarians. Since his party switch in May 2023, Vermont state representative Jarrod Sammis is the only Libertarian currently serving in a state legislature, first being elected ...
In May 1955, the term libertarian was first publicly used in the United States as a synonym for classical liberal when writer Dean Russell (1915–1998), a colleague of Leonard Read and a classical liberal himself, proposed the libertarian solution and justified the choice of the word as follows: Many of us call ourselves "liberals."
The porcupine is used to represent libertarianism in the United States because it is a defensive animal that does not harm anyone who leaves it alone and for this reason many right-libertarian groups and publications, including the Free State Project, use the porcupine for a mascot
The past can be quite fascinating.Those of us living in the present find it really interesting what life was like 50, 100, or even a 1,000 years ago. Luckily, we can go almost 200 years to the ...
Pages in category "American libertarians" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 522 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
In 2000, the Arizona Libertarian Party, which had been disaffiliated from the national organization in late 1999, but which controlled the Libertarian ballot line in that state, nominated science fiction author L. Neil Smith and newspaperman Vin Suprynowicz, rather than Browne and Olivier, as its presidential slate. Smith and Suprynowicz polled ...