1. Theodora Nathalia "Tonie" Nathan was an American radio producer, television producer, and political activist.
17 Facts About Tonie Nathan
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Tonie Nathan was the first woman to receive an electoral vote in a United States presidential election.
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Tonie Nathan was the 1972 vice presidential nominee of the Libertarian Party and running mate of John Hospers, when Roger MacBride, a Republican elector from Virginia, cast the historic vote as a faithless elector.
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Tonie Nathan operated her own insurance agency, a music publishing firm and a decorating service in the Los Angeles area before moving to Eugene, Oregon.
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Tonie Nathan earned a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Oregon in 1971.
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Tonie Nathan produced and occasionally hosted a daily talk show on KVAL-TV in Eugene.
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At the first presidential nominating convention of the Libertarian Party in 1972, Tonie Nathan was nominated by the convention delegates to run for vice president with presidential candidate John Hospers, chairman of the philosophy department at the University of Southern California.
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Tonie Nathan consented to have her name put forward for the Libertarian vice-presidential nomination in the 1976 presidential election, though she did not actively campaign for the position.
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Tonie Nathan ran against Democrat Bill Dwyer in the 1992 Oregon State Senate election to represent Oregon's 21st House district.
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In 1990 Tonie Nathan ran as a Libertarian candidate for the US House of Representatives for Oregon's 4th congressional district.
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Tonie Nathan ran unsuccessfully for the Oregon State Senate in 1992 and 1998.
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Tonie Nathan was a founding member and former vice chair of the Libertarian Party, as well as a founding member and former president of the Association of Libertarian Feminists.
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Tonie Nathan was a speaker at the 2012 Libertarian National Convention, where she announced Gary Johnson as the 2012 Libertarian Party presidential nominee.
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Tonie Nathan was originally a Democrat until one of her sons, Paul, gave her some writings by Ayn Rand.
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Tonie Nathan attended the party's first national convention in 1972 in Colorado as an interested observer and freelance writer, but was ultimately asked to join the party's national ticket as a running mate.
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Tonie Nathan was married to Charles "Chuck" Tonie Nathan, an ASCAP composer who wrote top-ten hit songs in the 1950s.
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Tonie Nathan died on March 20,2014, at the age of 91 from Alzheimer's disease.