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Marrou in 1988. Photo by Marc Montoni. Courtesy Wikimedia Commons.

Andre Marrou
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Member of the Alaska House of Representatives
from the 5th (Seat B) district
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January 14, 1985 – January 19, 1987
Template:Nowrap Milo H. "Doc" Fritz
Template:Nowrap Claude E. "Swack" Swackhammer
Personal details
Born Andre Verne Marrou
December (1938-12-04) 4, 1938 (age 85)
Nixon, Texas, United States
Political party Libertarian

Andre Verne Marrou (born December 4, 1938) is an American political figure, affiliated with the Libertarian Party. He was that party's presidential nominee in 1992 and its vice-presidential nominee in 1988. He was elected to the Alaska House of Representatives in 1984.

Background[]

Born in Nixon, Texas, Marrou graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1962.[1] He is the brother of American television news personality and Judge Chris Marrou.[2]

Political campaigns[]

Alaska House of Representatives[]

Marrou first ran for the Alaska House of Representatives in 1982, placing second in a three-way race. He was then elected to the House in 1984.[3] One of twelve Libertarians to be elected to a state legislature, Marrou served for one term, from 1985 to 1987.[1] Running for reelection in 1986, he would lose to Claude E. "Swack" Swackhammer, a former Alaska State Trooper.[4] Marrou left Alaska following his 1986 defeat and moved to Las Vegas, Nevada, where he worked as a real estate broker.[4]

1988 vice-presidential campaign[]

Marrou was the Libertarian vice-presidential nominee in the 1988 election;[4] on the ballot in 46 states and the District of Columbia,[5] U.S. Congressman Ron Paul and Marrou placed third in the popular vote with 432,179 votes (0.5%),[6] behind George H.W. Bush and Michael Dukakis.[7] Paul and Marrou were kept off the ballot in Missouri (due to what the St. Louis Post-Dispatch called a "technicality") and received votes there only when written in.[8]

1992 presidential campaign[]

In the 1992 election, Marrou was the Libertarian presidential nominee.[9][10] In the New Hampshire primary of that year, he polled the highest vote total in Dixville Notch, New Hampshire, the first town in the state to report results .[2][11] In the general election, he and running mate Nancy Lord were on the ballot in all 50 states and DC, and received 290,087 votes (0.28%).[12]

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References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Keightley, Sarah Y. (October 2, 1992). "80 Listen as Alumnus Marrou Brings Libertarian Presidential Campaign to MIT". The Tech. http://tech.mit.edu/V112/N46/marrou.46n.html. Retrieved May 8, 1992.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Marrou outpolls competitors in first town to report results". San Antonio Express-News. Associated Press. February 18, 1992. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SAEC&p_theme=saec&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F2230A6D51686DB&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM. Retrieved May 8, 2012.
  3. Scandling, Bruce (January 7, 1985). "Marrou puts Libertarian stamp on bills". Anchorage Daily News. Associated Press. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=L2geAAAAIBAJ&sjid=MskEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1011,3642139&dq=andre-marrou+libertarian&hl=en. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Cross, Sue (February 23, 1988). "Marrou hits trail again". Anchorage Daily News. Associated Press. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZAciAAAAIBAJ&sjid=YqcEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2367,3220891&dq=andre-marrou+libertarian&hl=en. Retrieved May 8, 2012.
  5. Rosenthal, Andrew (October 17, 1988). "Now for a Real Underdog: Ron Paul, Libertarian, for President". New York Times. Archived from the original on 29 March 2008. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0712FB3E5C0C748DDDA90994D0484D81. Retrieved March 21, 2008.
  6. Will, George F (February 18, 2007). "A Cheerful Anachronism". LibertyPost.org. http://www.libertypost.org/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=177422&Disp=41&Trace=on. Retrieved March 17, 2008.
  7. "1988 VOTE: The Final Word". New York Times. December 12, 1988. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DEEDB103AF93AA15751C1A96E948260&n=Top%2fReference%2fTimes%20Topics%2fPeople%2fP%2fPaul%2c%20Ron. Retrieved March 21, 2008.
  8. Nugent, Franklin M. (November 7, 1988). "If You Don't Like Bush Or Dukakis". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. p. 3C. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SL&p_text_direct-0=0EB3294736B1152B&p_field_direct-0=document_id. Retrieved March 22, 2008.
  9. Walsh, Edward (September 1, 1991). "Libertarian Party Nominates Real Estate Broker for Run at a Million Votes". The Washington Post via HighBeam Research Template:Subscription required. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-1082708.html. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
  10. O'Donnell, Maureen (October 7, 1992). "To Libertarian, Less Is More". Chicago Sun-Times via HighBeam Research Template:Subscription required. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4133531.html. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
  11. Publicover, Matthew S. (February 19, 1992). "At least Marrou can claim Dixville Notch". The Telegraph. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QYNKAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5pMMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6370,3797381&dq=andre+marrou+dixville+notch+new+hampshire&hl=en. Retrieved May 8, 2012.
  12. "1992 Presidential General Election Results". US Election Atlas. http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/national.php?year=1992. Retrieved May 6, 2012.

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