1st Libertarian Presidential Nominee John Hospers Dies At 93
LOS ANGELES (AP) — John Hospers -- the Libertarian Party's first presidential candidate -- has died.
The party says on its website Hospers died Sunday in Los Angeles. He was 93.
Running on a platform of limited government and individual rights, Hospers and vice presidential nominee Theodora Nathan were on the ballot in two states in 1972 and received 3,671 votes and a single electoral vote. The election sent Richard Nixon to the White House for a second term.
Hospers taught philosophy at the University of Southern California.
According to his website, he was born in Pella, Iowa, near Des Moines, and earned a doctorate at Columbia University.
The Libertarian Party was founded in Colorado in 1971.
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