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The first '''[[Libertarian Party]] National Convention''' was held June 15 - 18, {{Event|year=1972|event=Event}} in Denver, Colorado. | The first '''[[Libertarian Party]] National Convention''' was held June 15 - 18, {{Event|year=1972|event=Event}} in Denver, Colorado. The original dates selected had tentatively been June 4-7, 1972. The convention was open to all Libertarian Party members at a cost of $25. There were 89 delegates in attendance representing 23 states. The original [[Statement of Principles]] was adopted unanimously at this convention. | ||
==Presidential and Vice-Presidential Nomination== | |||
[[John Hospers]] was chosen as the Presidential nominee on the first ballot by a three-to-one margin over his only competitor, [[James Byan]] of Oregon. Other candidates were nominated, but declined. | |||
[[Tonie Nathan]] was chosen as the Vice-Presidential nominee with a large margin over her only competitor, [[Diana Amsden]], the temporary chair of the [[Libertarian Party of New Mexico]]. | |||
Following the nominations, a motion was made to make them unanimous, which failed. However, a resolution was later brought by those that voted against this motion expressing their support for the ticket. This resolution passed unanimously.<ref>[[LP News 1972 June Issue 7]]</ref> | |||
The ticket went one to receive an electoral college vote cast by faithless elector [[Roger McBride]] of Virginia making [[Tonie Nathan]] the first woman and the first Jewish person to ever receive an electoral college vote. | |||
==Tentative Agenda== | ==Tentative Agenda== | ||