Ed Clark
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Ed Clark was the Libertarian Party candidate for President of the United States in 1980. He won 921,128 popular votes or 1.1% of the national vote, which is still the Libertarian Party's best showing in the popular vote in a Presidential election. (Their best showing in the electoral vote was in 1972 when a Nixon elector from Virginia cast his vote instead for the Libertarian candidate).) Clark's support was strongest in some western states, such as Alaska (11.7%), Montana (2.7%), Wyoming (2.6%), and Oregon (2.2%). In Alaska he actually finished third, ahead of John Anderson.