Most libertarian candidate in the major party primaries

[Phony Moderate]

1948:

D - N/A

R - Robert Taft

1952:

D - Adlai Stevenson

R - Robert Taft

1956:

D - Adlai Stevenson

R - N/A

1960:

D - Wayne Morse

R - N/A

1964:

D - N/A

R - Barry Goldwater

1968:

D - Eugene McCarthy

R - Harold Stassen

1972:

D - George McGovern

R - Pete McCloskey

1976:

D - Jerry Brown

R - Gerald Ford

1980:

D - Jerry Brown

R - Lowell Weicker

1984:

D - George McGovern

R - Harold Stassen

1988:

D - Gary Hart

R - Harold Stassen

1992:

D - Jerry Brown

R - George H.W. Bush

1996:

D - Bill Clinton

R - Richard Lugar

2000:

D - Bill Bradley

R - John McCain

2004:

D - Dennis Kucinich

R - N/A

2008:

D - Mike Gravel

R - Ron Paul

[tpfkaw]

Not including candidates who dropped out prior to the start of the primaries:

2008: D Mike Gravel, R Ron Paul
2004: D Dennis Kucinich
2000: D Bill Bradley, R Steve Forbes
1996: R Pat Buchanan
1992: D Jerry Brown, R Pat Buchanan
1988: D Gary Hart, R Jack Kemp or Pat Robertson
1984: D George McGovern
1980: D Jerry Brown, R Ronald Reagan
1976: D Jerry Brown, R Ronald Reagan (lean)
1972: D Eugene McCarthy, R Pete McCloskey
1968: D Eugene McCarthy, R Ronald Reagan
1964: R Barry Goldwater
1960: D Wayne Morse, R Barry Goldwater
1956: D Adlai Stevenson
1952: D Richard Russell Jr., R Robert Taft
1948: D Richard Russell Jr., R Robert Taft

[Liberté]

2008: Gravel, Paul
2004: Kucinich
2000: Bradley, Forbes
1996: Forbes
1992: Brown, Pat Paulsen
1988: Hart, Kemp
1984: McGovern
1980: Brown, Baker
1976: Brown, Reagan
1972: McGovern, McCloskey
1968: McCarthy, Reagan
1964: Goldwater
1960: Kennedy, Goldwater
1956: Stevenson
1952: Stevenson, Taft
1948: Taft