Conservatives in the United States

For the concept, see Conservatism.

Conservatives in the United States support American traditions, Christianity, republicanism, businesses, anti-communism, American exceptionalism (the US is unique and special). They think America's enemies are socialism and authoritarianism.

Conservative thinkers and leaders

Below is a list of people considered "conservative".

Only a few politicians in the 19th century called themselves "conservative" but later scholars sometimes say the Federalist Party was conservative.

• Politicians
• Senator Barry Goldwater (1909–1998)
• President Calvin Coolidge (1872–1933)
• President Ronald Reagan (1911–2004)
• President George W. Bush (b.1946)
• President Donald Trump (b.1946)
• Vice-President Dick Cheney (b.1941)
• Representative Newt Gingrich (b.1943)
• Vice-President Mike Pence (b.1959)

• Judges
• Chief Justice William Rehnquist (1924–2005)
• Associate Justice Antonin Scalia (1936–2016)
• Judge Robert Bork (1927–2012)
• Justice Neil Gorsuch (b. 1967)

• Economists
• Milton Friedman (1912–2006)
• Russell Kirk (1918–1994)
• Irving Kristol (1920–2009)
• Alan Greenspan (b.1926)

• Writers and intellectuals
• Ayn Rand (1905–1982)
• William F. Buckley, Jr. (1925–2008)
• Phyllis Schlafly (1924-2016)
• Robert Nozick (1938–2002)
• Pat Buchanan (b.1938)

• Media personalities
• Rush Limbaugh (1951–2021)
• Ann Coulter (b. 1961)
• Glenn Beck (b. 1964)

• Diplomats
• John Bolton (b. 1943)
• Paul Wolfowitz (b. 1948)

• Financial supporters
• Sheldon Adelson (1933–2021)
• Charles G. Koch (b. 1935)
• David H. Koch (1940–2019)

• Think tanks
• American Enterprise Institute
• Cato Institute
• Heritage Foundation

Gallery

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  John Adams
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  Calvin Coolidge
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  Ronald Reagan
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  George W. Bush
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  Donald Trump
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  William F. Buckley, Jr.
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  Barry Goldwater
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  Newt Gingrich
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  Mike Pence
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  Antonin Scalia
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  Phyllis Schlafly
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  Glenn Beck
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  John Bolton

Relevant pages

• Conservatism

Other websites

• The Heritage Foundation, generally considered world's most influential conservative think tank.
• ReaganConservatives.us Archived 2011-12-04 at the Wayback Machine, 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".
• "The Origins of the Modern American Conservative Movement," Archived 2010-03-08 at the Wayback Machine Heritage Foundation.
• "Conservative Predominance in the U.S.: A Moment or an Era?" Archived 2006-10-10 at the Wayback Machine, 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 Archived 2013-12-24 at the Wayback Machine.