Andre Marrou | |
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Member of the Alaska House of Representatives from the 5th (Seat B) district | |
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Template:Nowrap | Milo H. "Doc" Fritz |
Template:Nowrap | Claude E. "Swack" Swackhammer |
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Born | Andre Verne Marrou December 4, 1938 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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See also[]
References[]
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 2.0 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 4.0 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "1992 Presidential General Election Results". US Election Atlas. http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/national.php?year=1992. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
External links[]
- About
- Andre Marrou at Our Campaigns.
- Short notes on members of the 1962 MIT class
- Audio / video
- Larry King Interview of Andre Marrou in 1992, part 1
- Larry King Interview of Andre Marrou in 1992, part 2
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