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''not to be confused with [[John Ashcroft]]''

''not to be confused with [[John Ashcroft]]''

'''John Milan Ashbrook''' (1928-1982) was a leading [[conservative]] in the 1960s and 1970s as a member of the [[House of Representatives]].  He challenged and ran against [[President]] [[Richard Nixon]] in the 1972 presidential primary, paving the way for fellow [[conservative]] [[Ronald Reagan]]'s more successful challenge of incumbent President [[Gerald Ford]] in the 1976 primary.

'''John Milan Ashbrook''' (1928-1982) was a leading [[movement conservative]] in the 1960s and 1970s as a member of the [[House of Representatives]].  He challenged and ran against [[President]] [[Richard Nixon]] in the 1972 presidential primary, paving the way for fellow [[conservative]] [[Ronald Reagan]]'s more successful challenge of incumbent President [[Gerald Ford]] in the 1976 primary.

A veteran of the [[U.S.]] [[Navy]], he worked upon graduation of law school for the Johnstown Independent, a weekly newspaper that he father, also a [[Congressman]], had founded in 1884.  That gave him publicity to be elected in 1956 as a Republican to the [[Ohio]] General Assembly.  He served it for two yaerd before being elected to [[Congress]] in 1960, where he served 22 years without interruption.  He was one of the founders of the [[American Conservative Union]] and served as its chairman from 1966 to 1971.  He was also one of the founders of the draft [[Barry Goldwater]] movement in 1963.<ref>http://www.ashbrook.org/about/ashbrook.html</ref>

A veteran of the [[U.S.]] [[Navy]], he graduated from [[Harvard University]] and then Ohio State law school.<ref>https://ashbrook.org/about/john-ashbrook/</ref>  He worked upon graduation of law school for the Johnstown Independent, a weekly newspaper that he father, also a [[Congressman]], had founded in 1884.  That gave him publicity to be elected in 1956 as a Republican to the [[Ohio]] General Assembly.  He served it for two yaerd before being elected to [[Congress]] in 1960, where he served 22 years without interruption.  He was one of the founders of the [[American Conservative Union]] and served as its chairman from 1966 to 1971.  He was also one of the founders of the draft [[Barry Goldwater]] movement in 1963.<ref>http://www.ashbrook.org/about/ashbrook.html</ref>

John Ashbrook is best known for challenging [[Richard Nixon]] in the 1972 presidential primary.  In Ashbrook's announcement of his candidacy for president, he listed how Nixon had betrayed his campaign promises in 1968 and was governing like a [[liberal]] rather than like a [[conservative]]:<ref>http://www.4president.org/speeches/johnashbrook1972announcement.htm</ref>

John Ashbrook is best known for challenging [[Richard Nixon]] in the 1972 presidential primary.  In Ashbrook's announcement of his candidacy for president, he listed how Nixon had betrayed his campaign promises in 1968 and was governing like a [[liberal]] rather than like a [[conservative]]:<ref>http://www.4president.org/speeches/johnashbrook1972announcement.htm</ref>