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American conservatism [r]: A diverse mix of political ideologies that share support for market economics, some view of American exceptionalism and, generally, decentralization of government; differing views of individual liberties versus enforcement of morality; in opposition to liberalism, socialism and communism; factions include libertarianism, social conservatism, nativism (politics) and neoconservatism ^[e]
Barry Goldwater [r]: (1909-1998) An American politician from Arizona who served as a U.S. Senator and unsuccessfully ran for president in 1964 against incumbent Lyndon Johnson. ^[e]

Bob Bauman [r]: (1937-) Founder of the American Conservative Union; former U.S. Representative (R-Maryland); lost reelection over a gay prostitution incident but is now a GLBT advocate ^[e]
Frank S. Meyer [r]: (1909-1972) American conservative thinker who developed the political philosophy of fusionism, to link the schools of libertarianism and social conservatism ^[e]
John Chamberlain [r]: Add brief definition or description
Jameson Campaigne Sr. [r]: Add brief definition or description
John Ashbrook [r]: (1928-1982) Publisher, American conservative leader, and U.S. Representative (R-Ohio); cofounder of American Conservative Union; archives at Ashland University's Ashbrook Center ^[e]
Katharine St. George [r]: Add brief definition or description
William F. Buckley Jr. [r]: (1926-2008) Among the intellectual deans of American conservatism, noted for erudite if polysyllabic expression; founder of National Review magazine and Young Americans for Freedom; cofounder of American Conservative Union; a devout Catholic, anti-Communism was his core belief and he worked with conservatives of many factions although he and Ayn Rand despised one another ^[e]
L. Brent Bozell Jr. [r]: American conservative writer, brother-in-law of William F. Buckley Jr. and collaborator at National Review; ghostwriter of Barry Goldwater’s Conscience of a Conservative; cofounder of American Conservative Union; "favorite columnist", American Conservative Union ^[e]

David Keene [r]: Chairman, since 1984, of the American Conservative Union; managing associate at the Carmen Group, a lobbying firm; Board of Directors, National Rifle Association; Co-chair, Liberty and Security Committee, Constitution Project; Policy Advisory Committee, Constitution Project; past National Chairman of Young Americans for Freedom; White House and Congressional staff; Fellow at Harvard University’s Institute of Politics, Vanderbilt University’s Freedom Forum; Board of Visitors at Duke University’s Public Policy School ^[e]
Dennis Whitfield [r]: Add brief definition or description Executive Vice President, American Conservative Union
Thomas Winter [r]: Add brief definition or description First Vice Chairman, American Conservative Union
Donald Devine [r]: Vice Chairman of the American Conservative Union; adjunct scholar at the Heritage Foundation; Grewcock Professor of American Values at Bellevue University; former director of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management and senior political consultant for the presidential campaigns of Bob Dole and Steve Forbes ^[e] Second Vice Chairman, American Conservative Union
Jameson Campaigne, Jr. [r]: Add brief definition or description Secretary, American Conservative Union

David Keene [r]: Chairman, since 1984, of the American Conservative Union; managing associate at the Carmen Group, a lobbying firm; Board of Directors, National Rifle Association; Co-chair, Liberty and Security Committee, Constitution Project; Policy Advisory Committee, Constitution Project; past National Chairman of Young Americans for Freedom; White House and Congressional staff; Fellow at Harvard University’s Institute of Politics, Vanderbilt University’s Freedom Forum; Board of Visitors at Duke University’s Public Policy School ^[e]
Donald Devine [r]: Vice Chairman of the American Conservative Union; adjunct scholar at the Heritage Foundation; Grewcock Professor of American Values at Bellevue University; former director of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management and senior political consultant for the presidential campaigns of Bob Dole and Steve Forbes ^[e]
Bob Barr [r]: Add brief definition or description
J. William Lauderback [r]: Add brief definition or description
Lisa De Pasquale [r]: Add brief definition or description