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Liberty just ran an article (Related) written by John Hospers, one of the founding members of the Libertarian Party and our first presidential candidate. Here's a snippet:
Political activist David Nolan founded the Libertarian Party of Colorado in 1971, in a meeting in his living room in Colorado Springs with his associate Pip Boyles. Later he sent letters to a few hundred people who had shown interest in a nationwide get-together of libertarians and the possibility of organizing a national party. He invited all members of this undefined group to meet on a June weekend in 1972 in the Radisson Hotel in Denver - an ordinary middle-class hotel, with a big ballroom in which meetings could be held. Nolan had no idea how many people would show up. Fewer than a hundred people did.I had attended some meetings of the recently formed California Libertarian Party in Los Angeles - just a few dozen of us who met to discuss issues. We were encouraged that a national meeting was being organized, and some Californians were among those assembled in Denver the following June. Bill Susel, who had got me into the California Libertarian Party, insisted that I make the trip to Denver too. On arrival, I found that the interests of the group varied considerably, but we shared a contagious enthusiasm for the task. Anyone visiting the Radisson Hotel today could have no conception of the atmosphere of excitement and anticipation that pervaded the ballroom during the convention.
Hospers also provided some insight into how he received an electoral vote in his race for president:
It was quite a surprise, of course, and we kept the secret. On the appointed day in December, Spiro Agnew as vice-president fulfilled his constitutional duty by announcing the results of the election - the votes for Nixon, then the votes for McGovern, and then, apparently to his own surprise, he read, "and one electoral vote for John Hospers as president and Theodora Nathan as vice-president" (of course, he didn't know her nickname, Tonie).For those of you interested in the history of the libertarian movement or the Libertarain Party, it's a must read.
Posted by Stephen Gordon at May 8, 2007 11:35 AM
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