Conservatives in the United States

For the concept, see Conservatism

Conservatives in the United States have many different political ideas about how individuals and government should act. The people listed below are, or were, regarded as conservatives.

Conservative thinkers and leaders

These are some important conservatives in America:

Politicians President John Adams (1735–1826) Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton (1757–1802) Senator John C. Calhoun (1782–1850) President Grover Cleveland (1837–1908) President Teddy Roosevelt (1858–1919) Senator Robert A. Taft (1889–1953) Senator Barry Goldwater (1909–1998) President Ronald Reagan (1911–2004) Vice-President Dick Cheney (b.1941) Representative Newt Gingrich (b.1943) President George W. Bush (b.1946) Judges Chief Justice John Jay (1745–1829) Chief Justice William Rehnquist (1924–2005) Associate Justice Antonin Scalia (b.1936) Judge Robert Bork (b.1927)

Economists Milton Friedman (1912–2006) Russell Kirk (1918–1994) Irving Kristol (b.1920) Alan Greenspan (b.1926) Writers and intellectuals Ayn Rand (1905–1982) William F. Buckley, Jr. (1925–2008) Robert Nozick (1938–2002) Pat Buchanan (b.1938) Media personalities Rush Limbaugh (b.1951) Financial supporters Charles G. Koch (b. 1935) David H. Koch (b. 1940) Think tanks Cato Institute Heritage Foundation

Gallery

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  John Adams, famous conservative

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  William F. Buckley, Jr.

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  Barry Goldwater

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  Mr. Newt Gingrich

Relevant pages

• Conservatism

Other web sites

In the U.S.

• The Heritage Foundation, generally considered world's most influential conservative think tank.
• ReaganConservatives.us, promoting traditional conservative beliefs in politics and faith.
• Project for a New American Century, neoconservative think tank.
• National Review magazine, influential conservative political magazine.
• Townhall.com, conservative news, information, and commentary.
• Chronicles magazine.
• FirstThings.com.
• The American Conservative magazine.
• "The Leadership Institute".

Other sources

• "The Origins of the Modern American Conservative Movement," Heritage Foundation.
• "Conservative Predominance in the U.S.: A Moment or an Era?", 21 experts from the U.S. and abroad, ponder the future of conservatism.
• Dictionary of the History of Ideas: Conservatism at the University of Virginia.