The Committee to Form a Libertarian Party was the precursor to the modern US Libertarian Party. It was formed to debate the desirability of a specifically Libertarian political force. This article deals with the libertarianism as defined in America and several other nations. ...

It was preceeded by several abortive attempts, including a Libertarian Party in California, a functional Libertarian group in Florida that remains as the Libertarian Party Florida, and a Libertarian Party formed in 1856 by Manuel de Lemos and J. De Jacques which evolved into the Libertarian and Workingmen's Library that existed for many years in the area of the present Woolworth building in Manhattan, was associated with the French and Spanish anarchists and the then-radical Republican Club of New York, and eventually the (Western) Libertarian Leaugue whose members gave rise to the US Chamber of Commerce, the Libertarian International Organization, FEE and other educational and activist groups. State nickname: The Golden State Other U.S. States Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) Official languages English Area 410,000 km² (3rd)  - Land 404,298 km²  - Water 20,047 km² (4. ... State nickname: Sunshine State Other U.S. States Capital Tallahassee Largest city Jacksonville Governor Jeb Bush (R) Official languages English Area 170,451 km² (22nd)  - Land 137,374 km²  - Water 30,486 km² (17. ... 1856 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... F.W. Woolworth Company the original USA based chain of high street shops. ... Manhattan Borough,highlighted in yellow, lies between the East River and the Hudson River. ... THE LIO The Libertarian International Organization or LIO is the transanational network of the Libertarian movement. ...

Contrary to common belief, the Committee was preceded by groups such as the Radical Libertarian Alliance, and the extant Libertarian Alliance (UK) and Red Libertarian-Liberal (Spain) in promoting Libertarian political action. It became defunct upon the first convention of the newly formed US Libertarian Party. Libertarian Alliance, two British free market and civil liberties organisations with the same name, founded in 1982 after a split of the original Libertarian Alliance, founded in 1967. ...

External links

• Libertarian Party Florida