Roger MacBride
Roger MacBride | |
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Member of the Vermont House of Representatives | |
In office 1963–1965 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Roger Lea MacBride August 6, 1929 New Rochelle, New York, US |
Died | March 5, 1995 Miami Beach, Florida, US | (aged 65)
Political party | Republican (before 1972, 1980s–1995) Libertarian (1972–1980s) |
Alma mater | Princeton University Harvard University |
Roger Lea MacBride (August 6, 1929 – March 5, 1995) was an American lawyer,
He was co-creator and co-producer of the television series Little House on the Prairie.[3]
Background
MacBride was born in 1929 in
MacBride was a graduate of Princeton University and Harvard Law School.[4]
Law career
MacBride worked for Wall Street law firm White & Case for several years before opening a small practice in Vermont.[4] By the mid-1970s, MacBride had relocated to Virginia and was no longer practicing law full time.[2]
Writing and television producing career
MacBride inherited Lane's estate, which granted him rights to the substantial Ingalls–Wilder
In the 1970s, MacBride co-created the television series Little House on the Prairie and served as a co-producer for the show.[2][7]
Political career
Vermont politics
MacBride was elected to the Vermont House of Representatives in 1962 and served one term.[11] While in the state legislature he proposed the abolition of the state college system.[12]
Running as a Goldwater Republican,[13] he made an unsuccessful bid for the Republican Party nomination for Governor of Vermont in 1964.[10][11][14]
1972 electoral vote
MacBride was the treasurer of the
1976 presidential campaign
After casting his
Republican Liberty Caucus
MacBride rejoined the Republican Party in the 1980s and helped establish the Republican Liberty Caucus, a group promoting libertarian principles within the Republican Party.[7][21] He chaired this group from 1992 until his death in 1995.[22]
Family
MacBride married Susan Ford. They then adopted a baby whom they named Abigail MacBride.[23]
Laura Ingalls Wilder literary estate
MacBride was designated by Rose Wilder Lane as her heir. He gained control of her literary estate on her death in 1968. In 1971 he published The First Four Years. In 1974 he edited and published Laura Ingalls Wilder's letters to her husband Almanzo as West From Home. He later created and produced the Little House on the Prairie television series. He was the credited author of a fictionalized series on the life of Rose Wilder Lane.[23]
Death
MacBride died of heart failure on March 5, 1995.
In an obituary for MacBride, David Boaz wrote: "In some ways he was the last living link to the best of the Old Right, the rugged-individualist, anti-New Deal, anti-interventionist spirit of Rep. Howard Buffett, Albert Jay Nock, H. L. Mencken, Isabel Paterson, and Lane."[16]
Partial bibliography
- Series on the early life of Rose Wilder
- Little House on Rocky Ridge (1993)
- Little Farm in the Ozarks (1994)
- In the Land of the Big Red Apple (1995)
- On the Other Side of the Hill (1995)
- Little Town in the Ozarks (1996)
- New Dawn on Rocky Ridge (1997)
- On the Banks of the Bayou (1998)
- Bachelor Girl (1999)
- A New Dawn for America: the Libertarian Challenge
References
- ^ "Virginian switches his electoral vote". The Free Lance–Star. Associated Press. December 19, 1972. Retrieved July 25, 2012.
- ^ a b c d St. John, Jeffrey (September 30, 1975). "MacBride Plans Campaign". Merced Sun-Star. Retrieved July 25, 2012.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved November 9, 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Saxon, Wolfgang (March 8, 1995) "Roger MacBride, 65, Libertarian And 'Little House' Heir, Is Dead", The New York Times. Retrieved June 15, 2011.
- Ludwig von Mises Institute.
Transcribed from 'Roger MacBride and Rose Wilder Lane: A Libertarian Legacy'
- ^ "Annie Elise Wing Lea 1873–1935". www.cataumetcemetery.org. Retrieved April 16, 2018.
- ^ a b c d Thies, Clifford F. (October 1997). "Cast a Giant Ballot: Roger MacBride Made the Libertarian Party the Most Important Third Party in America". The Freeman. Retrieved July 27, 2012.
- ISBN 9780826210159.
- ISBN 978-1586485726.
- ^ OCLC 750831024.
- ^ a b Lawyer Politicians in Virginia: Roger Lea MacBride (1929–1995), The Political Graveyard. Retrieved July 25, 2012.
- ^ "Roger Lea MacBride '51". Princeton Alumni Weekly. July 7, 2017. Retrieved October 22, 2020.
- ^ Chamberlain, John (September 1, 1964). "A Goldwater Man in Vermont". The Times-News. Retrieved July 25, 2012.
- ^ (1964) Primary Election Results Archived May 18, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, Office of the Vermont Secretary of State. State Archives. Retrieved July 25, 2012.
- ^ a b Adams, Mason; Sluss, Michael (June 13, 2011). "Remembering Virginia's "faithless" elector of 1972". The Roanoke Times. Retrieved July 26, 2012.
- ^ Liberty, March 1995, p. 13.
- Radicals for Capitalism: A Freewheeling History of the Modern American Libertarian Movement. PublicAffairs. pp. 393–95.
- ^ "MacBride's New Book" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on March 30, 2017.
- ^ "Libertarian candidate to visit". Daily News. March 18, 1976. Retrieved July 25, 2012.
- ^ "1976 Presidential General Election Results", Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved July 25, 2012.
- ^ The Republican Liberty Caucus Library, Republican Liberty Caucus: Background and Early History, Retrieved July 26, 2012. Archived June 9, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ The Republican Liberty Caucus, History of our Movement, Retrieved July 26, 2012.
- ^ a b "Roger Lea MacBride". www.liwfrontiergirl.com. Retrieved October 22, 2020.
- ^ Langton, James (November 29, 1999) "Library claims rights to `Little House' books", Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved July 26, 2012.
- ^ Margolis, Rick (June 1, 2001) "Settlement on 'Little House' Books", School Library Journal. Retrieved July 26, 2012. Archived February 29, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
External links
- Roger Lea MacBride at Library of Congress, with 20 library catalog records (previous page of browse report, under 'MacBride, Roger Lea, 1929–' without '1995')
- Interview with Roger Lea MacBride about Little House on Rocky Ridge, All Abut Kids! TV Series #143 (1993)
- Interview with Roger Lea MacBride about The Little Farm in the Ozarks, All About Kids! TV Series #186 (1994)