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John McClaughry

b. 1937

American politician (born 1937)

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About John McClaughry

Born 1937. John McClaughry is an American politician.

John McClaughry (born September 15, 1937) is an American author and politician. He served in the Vermont House of Representatives from 1969 to 1972 and the Vermont State Senate from 1989 to 1992.

Early life and education McClaughry grew up in Paris, Illinois. In 1958, he earned an AB in physics and mathematics from Miami University. In 1960, he earned an MS in nuclear engineering from Columbia University. In 1963, he earned a MA in political science from University of California, Berkeley. From 1962 to 1965, McClaughry spent time living as a hobo and hopped trains, traveling in boxcars about 5,000 miles across 19 states. In 1968, John F. Osborne in The New Republic called McClaughry "a remarkable white Republican activist" who was working "to promote black opportunity and black control of black communities." He moved to Vermont permanently in 1970. McClaughry ran for senate in the 1982 United States Senate election in Vermont. He placed third in the Republican primary. In 1989, McClaughry was elected to the Vermont State Senate where he served until 1992.

Books Expanded Ownership (Sabre Foundation, 1972) with Frank M. Bryan, The Vermont Papers: Recreating Democracy on a Human Scale (Chelsea Green, 1989) A Better Path - From Welfare to Work (Ethan Allen Institute, 1993) Promoting Civil Society Among the Heathen, Institute for Liberty and Community, 2013.

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Born
1937
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Positions held
Member of the State Senate of Vermont, Member of the Vermont House of Representatives
Also known as
John T. McClaughry

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American politician (born 1937)

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John McClaughry was born in 1937.

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John McClaughry is a politician.

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Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: John McClaughry

· Wikidata: Q111040009

· DBpedia: John McClaughry

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