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 |
| Died | March 5, 1995 (aged 65) |
| Party | Republican (before 1972, 1980s–1995) Libertarian (1972–1980s) |
| Spouse | Susan Ford |
| Children | 1 |
| Alma mater | Princeton University Harvard University |
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Roger Lea MacBride (August 6, 1929 – March 5, 1995) was an American lawyer, political figure, and writer. After working as a lawyer early in his career, he inherited the estate of Laura Ingalls Wilder. He edited and published additional Wilder materials and later wrote a Rose Years spin‑off series set in the Little House on the Prairie universe. He initiated the development of its television adaptation.
In politics, MacBride served a single term as a Republican member of the Vermont House of Representatives in the 1960s. When serving as a Republican presidential elector in Virginia in 1972, he defected from his pledged vote and became a faithless elector, casting a vote for the Libertarian Party's inaugural ticket of John Hospers for president and Tonie Nathan for vice president. Four years later, the party nominated him as their presidential candidate.