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Line 31: − ==Hall of Fame==+ − Conservative scholar Clinton Rossiter<ref> Rossiter, "The Giants of American Conservatism," ''American Heritage'' 1955 6(6): 56-59, 94-96, online in [[EBSCO]]</ref> names [[Alexander Hamilton]], [[John Adams]], [[John Marshall]], [[Daniel Webster]], [[John C. Calhoun]], [[Elihu Root]], and [[Theodore Roosevelt]] to the "Conservative's Hall of Fame,'' with John Adams as the greatest of American conservatives. − − ===Presidents=== − Periodically a conservative has been elected president of the United States. The most prominent conservative presidents include: − * [[John Adams]] (1797-1801) − * [[Thomas Jefferson]] (1801-09) − * [[John Quincy Adams]] (1825-29) − * [[Abraham Lincoln]] (1861-65) − *[[Grover Cleveland]](Followed Classical Liberlaism) (1885-1889, 1893-1897) − *[[William McKinley]] (1897-1901) − *[[Theodore Roosevelt]](1901-1909) − *[[William Howard Taft]] (1909-1913) − *[[Warren G. Harding]] (1921-1923) − *[[Calvin Coolidge]] (1923-1929) − *[[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] (1953-1961) − *[[Ronald Reagan]] (1981-1989) − *[[George W. Bush]] (2001-2009) (with respect to taxes, Supreme Court nominations, and national security) − − The most prominent conservative Congresses have been: − − *The 80th Congress (elected in 1946) − *The 104th Congress (elected in 1994) − − ===Movement=== − [[Movement conservatives]] are those who accept the logic of conservatism across-the-board, and stand up for its powerful principles despite liberal ridicule. Movement conservative activists include: − *[[Phyllis Schlafly]], opposed [[ERA]] − *[[Jesse Helms]], Senator, specialist in foreign policy − *[[Pat Buchanan]], TV commentator − *[[Jerry Falwell]], religion − *[[Michele Bachmann]], columnist − *[[Ann Coulter]], columnist − *[[Rush Limbaugh]], radio − *[[Michelle Malkin]], commentator − *[[Glenn Beck]], TV commentator − ===Key leaders=== − *[[Barry Goldwater]] - 1964 Republican candidate, lost to liberal Democrat [[Lyndon Johnson]] but revived the conservative movement inside the GOP − *[[Russell Kirk]] - Theorist & intellectual − *[[Irving Kristol|Irving]] and [[William Kristol]] - Notable [[neoconservatives]] − *[[Margaret Thatcher]] - British prime minister between 1979 and 1990, held similar views as Reagan − *[[Milton Friedman]] - Chicago-school [[libertarian]] economist, influential during Reagan administration; leader of the [[Chicago School of Economics]]
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* A strong national defense
* A strong national defense
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==US Voters==
==US Voters==