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  | houseleader = None no members

  | houseleader = None no members

  | senateleader =  No members

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  | foundation = 1992 (called Taxpayers' Party)

  | foundation = 1992 (called U.S.Taxpayers' Party)

  | ideology = <br>[[Conservative|Conservatism]]<br>[[Classical Liberalism]]<br>[[Paleoconservative]]

  | ideology = <br>[[Conservative|Conservatism]]<br>[[Classical Liberalism]]<br>[[Paleoconservative]]

  | fiscalpolicy = Economic Nationalism (Populist Capitalism)

  | fiscalpolicy = Economic Nationalism (Populist Capitalism)

[[Howard Phillips]], a native of [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]], founded the U.S. Taxpayers Party in 1992, with a goal to limit the U.S. government to its constitutional boundaries and to restore civil government to its original principles. In 1999, at its national nominating convention for the 2000 elections, delegates changed name of the party to the "Constitution Party" in the belief that the new name better reflects the party's primary policy approach of enforcing provisions and limitations of the U.S. Constitution. Conservative columnist [[Joseph Sobran]] of [[Virginia]] was the initial vice-presidential nominee, but he withdrew in favor of J. Curtis "Curt" Frazier of [[Missouri]].

[[Howard Phillips]], a native of [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]], founded the U.S. Taxpayers Party in 1992, with a goal to limit the U.S. government to its constitutional boundaries and to restore civil government to its original principles. In 1999, at its national nominating convention for the 2000 elections, delegates changed name of the party to the "Constitution Party" in the belief that the new name better reflects the party's primary policy approach of enforcing provisions and limitations of the U.S. Constitution. Conservative columnist [[Joseph Sobran]] of [[Virginia]] was the initial vice-presidential nominee, but he withdrew in favor of J. Curtis "Curt" Frazier of [[Missouri]].

In 2004, the party nominated [[Michael Peroutka]] for President and the Christian pastor from [[Montana]], [[Chuck Baldwin]], for vice president. Baldwin then emerged in 2016 foremost in the ranks of [[Never Trumper]]s. Baldwin was  nominated in 2008 to head the Constitution Party ticket; he defeated [[Alan Keyes]], the former United Nations Ambassador to the [[United Nations]].<ref>http://www.constitutionparty.com/news.php?aid=751</ref> In 2012 the party nominated former [[U.S. Representative]] [[Virgil Goode]] of Virginia.

In 2004, the party nominated [[Michael Peroutka]] for President and the Christian pastor from [[Montana]], [[Chuck Baldwin]], for vice president. Baldwin was  nominated in 2008 to head the Constitution Party ticket; he defeated [[Alan Keyes]], the former United Nations Ambassador to the [[United Nations]].<ref>http://www.constitutionparty.com/news.php?aid=751</ref> Baldwin emerged in 2016 in the ranks of [[Never Trumper]]s.

 

In 2012 the party nominated former [[U.S. Representative]] [[Virgil Goode]] of Virginia. In 2020, the Party nominated Don Blankenship of West Virginia, with William Mohr of Michigan as its candidate for Vice President. Blankenship had made a strong bid for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in 2018, but was defeated in the primary election after President Trump and Senate Leader Mitch McConnell threw their support behind a rival candidate who went on to lose in the general election. 

== Core Principles ==

== Core Principles ==