White House communications director under President Ronald Reagan, paleoconservative advisor to multiple presidents prominent commentator and co-founder of The American Conservative Republican presidential candidate in 19 Reform Party nominee for president in 2000 White House Communications Director Pat Buchanan Supreme Court justice known as a leading exponent of originalism and textualism Presidential candidate (1988 Libertarian Party nominee, 2008 Republican candidate, 2012 Republican candidate) who promoted a libertarian agenda within the Republican Party Served as president of the John Birch Society Member, United States House of Representatives from Kansas (1979 - 1983)Īmbassador to the United Nations under Ronald ReaganĪttorney General during the Reagan Administrationġ996 Republican vice presidential nominee known for his support of supply-side economics and urban renewal Known for his principal role in the Red Scare of the 1950s Republican senator who helped get the Civil Rights Act passed Dewey's running mate in the 1944 presidential election Politicians, office holders, and jurists įirst chairman of the Senate Republican Policy Committee Phyllis Schlafly speaking at CPAC 2011 NameĪnti-communist defender of Senator Joseph McCarthyĮditor of the Books, Arts and Manners section of National ReviewĪuthor, television host, and founder of National ReviewĪctivist and founder of Concerned Women for AmericaĪuthor, columnist, professor, and economist at the Hoover InstitutionĪuthor, columnist, and economics professorįounder and President of Turning Point USA, author and political commentator Likewise European liberals, such as Friedrich Hayek, were called conservatives when they came to America, which puzzled Hayek. Positions that are called conservative after 1932, were typically called "liberal" (i.e. Entries on the list must have achieved notability after 1932, the beginning of the Fifth Party System. The list also includes political parties, organizations and media outlets which have made a notable impact on conservatism in the United States. The following list is made up of prominent American conservatives from the public and private sectors. The recent movement is based in the Republican Party, though some Democrats were also important figures early in the movement's history.
American conservatism is a broad system of political beliefs in the United States characterized by respect for American traditions, republicanism, support for Judeo-Christian values, moral absolutism, free markets and free trade, anti-communism, individualism, advocacy of American exceptionalism, and a defense of Western culture from the threats, whether real or perceived, posed by anarchism, communism, socialism, liberalism, authoritarianism, and moral relativism.
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