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Koch – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="David H. Koch" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%AF_%D8%A7%DA%86._%DA%A9%D9%88%DA%A9" title="دیوید اچ. کوک – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="دیوید اچ. کوک" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%A1%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A1_%E0%A6%B9%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%A8_%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%96" title="ডেভিড হ্যামিলটন কখ – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="ডেভিড হ্যামিলটন কখ" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D1%8D%D0%B2%D1%96%D0%B4_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%85" title="Дэвід Кох – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Дэвід Кох" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Koch" title="David Koch – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="David Koch" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Koch" title="David Koch – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="David Koch" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_H._Koch" title="David H. Koch – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="David H. Koch" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Koch" title="David Koch – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="David Koch" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%AF_%D8%A7%DA%86._%DA%A9%D9%88%DA%A9" title="دیوید اچ. کوک – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="دیوید اچ. کوک" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_H._Koch" title="David H. Koch – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="David H. Koch" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%8D%B0%EC%9D%B4%EB%B9%84%EB%93%9C_%EC%BD%94%ED%81%AC" title="데이비드 코크 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="데이비드 코크" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B4%D6%87%D5%AB%D5%A4_%D4%BF%D5%B8%D5%AD" title="Դևիդ Կոխ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Դևիդ Կոխ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Koch" title="David Koch – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="David Koch" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Koch" title="David Koch – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="David Koch" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_H._Koch" title="David H. Koch – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="David H. Koch" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%83" title="ديفيد كوك – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="ديفيد كوك" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%AF_%D8%A7%DA%86.%DA%A9%D9%88%DA%86" title="دیوید اچ.کوچ – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="دیوید اچ.کوچ" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%92%E1%80%B1%E1%80%B8%E1%80%97%E1%80%85%E1%80%BA_%E1%80%81%E1%80%AD%E1%80%AF%E1%80%B7%E1%80%81%E1%80%BB%E1%80%BA" title="ဒေးဗစ် ခို့ချ် – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="ဒေးဗစ် ခို့ချ်" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%82%A4%E3%83%93%E3%83%83%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B3%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AF" title="デイビッド・コーク – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="デイビッド・コーク" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Koch" title="David Koch – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="David Koch" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Koch" title="David Koch – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="David Koch" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Koch" title="David Koch – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="David Koch" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Koch" title="David Koch – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="David Koch" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%85,_%D0%94%D1%8D%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4" title="Кох, Дэвид – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Кох, Дэвид" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Harold_Fink" title="David Harold Fink – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="David Harold Fink" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_H._Koch" title="David H. Koch – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="David H. Koch" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Koch" title="David Koch – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="David Koch" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5%D1%98%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%85" title="Дејвид Кох – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Дејвид Кох" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Koch" title="David Koch – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="David Koch" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Koch" title="David Koch – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="David Koch" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%94_%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%84" title="เดวิด โคค – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="เดวิด โคค" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Koch" title="David Koch – Turkish" lang="tr" 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/David_Koch_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/330px-David_Koch_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/David_Koch_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/440px-David_Koch_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg 2x" data-file-width="976" data-file-height="1404" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Koch in 2015</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">David Hamilton Koch</div><br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1940-05-03</span>)</span>May 3, 1940<br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Wichita,_Kansas" title="Wichita, Kansas">Wichita, Kansas</a>, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">August 23, 2019<span style="display:none">(2019-08-23)</span> (aged 79)<br /><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace"><a href="/wiki/Southampton,_New_York" title="Southampton, New York">Southampton, New York</a>, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology" title="Massachusetts Institute of Technology">Massachusetts Institute of Technology</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Science" title="Bachelor of Science">BS</a>, <a href="/wiki/Master_of_Science" title="Master of Science">MS</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data role">Vice president of <a href="/wiki/Koch_Industries" class="mw-redirect" title="Koch Industries">Koch Industries</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Known for</th><td class="infobox-data">Support of libertarian and conservative causes<br />Philanthropy to cultural and medical institutions<sup id="cite_ref-Mayer_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mayer-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Wallet_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wallet-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data org"><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_(United_States)" title="Libertarian Party (United States)">Libertarian</a> (before 1984)<br /><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> (after 1984)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Board member of</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Aspen_Institute" title="Aspen Institute">Aspen Institute</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cato_Institute" title="Cato Institute">Cato Institute</a>, <a href="/wiki/Reason_Foundation" title="Reason Foundation">Reason Foundation</a>, <a href="/wiki/Americans_for_Prosperity" title="Americans for Prosperity">Americans for Prosperity Foundation</a>, <a href="/wiki/WGBH_Educational_Foundation" title="WGBH Educational Foundation">WGBH</a>, <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology" title="Massachusetts Institute of Technology">Massachusetts Institute of Technology</a>, <a href="/wiki/Smithsonian_National_Museum_of_Natural_History" class="mw-redirect" title="Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History">Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History</a>, <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art" title="Metropolitan Museum of Art">Metropolitan Museum of Art</a>, <a href="/wiki/American_Ballet_Theatre" title="American Ballet Theatre">American Ballet Theatre</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Center_for_the_Performing_Arts" class="mw-redirect" title="Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts">Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts</a>, <a href="/wiki/Deerfield_Academy" title="Deerfield Academy">Deerfield Academy</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York%E2%80%93Presbyterian_Hospital" class="mw-redirect" title="New York–Presbyterian Hospital">New York–Presbyterian Hospital</a>, <a href="/wiki/Memorial_Sloan_Kettering_Cancer_Center" title="Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center">Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/American_Museum_of_Natural_History" title="American Museum of Natural History">American Museum of Natural History</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Julia_Koch" title="Julia Koch">Julia Flesher</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1996)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" 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Koch">Fred C. Koch</a><br />Mary Robinson</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Relatives</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Frederick_R._Koch" title="Frederick R. Koch">Frederick R. Koch</a> (brother)<br /><a href="/wiki/Charles_Koch" title="Charles Koch">Charles Koch</a> (brother)<br /><a href="/wiki/Bill_Koch_(businessman)" title="Bill Koch (businessman)">Bill Koch</a> (twin brother)</td></tr></tbody></table> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output 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title="Autarchism">Autarchism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neoclassical_liberalism#Bleeding-Heart_Libertarians" title="Neoclassical liberalism">Bleeding-heart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_libertarianism" title="Christian libertarianism">Christian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consequentialist_libertarianism" title="Consequentialist libertarianism">Consequentialist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Individualist_feminism" title="Individualist feminism">Feminist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fusionism" title="Fusionism">Fusionism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geolibertarianism" title="Geolibertarianism">Geo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Green_libertarianism" title="Green libertarianism">Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Market_anarchism" title="Market anarchism">Market anarchism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Night-watchman_state" title="Night-watchman state">Minarchism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Natural-rights_libertarianism" title="Natural-rights libertarianism">Natural-rights</a></li> <li><a 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var(--color-base)">Principles</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anti-imperialism" title="Anti-imperialism">Anti-imperialism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Civil_libertarianism" title="Civil libertarianism">Civil libertarianism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constitutionalism" title="Constitutionalism">Constitutionalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Counter-economics" title="Counter-economics">Counter-economics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Decentralization" title="Decentralization">Decentralization</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Departurism" title="Departurism">Departurism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economic_freedom" title="Economic freedom">Economic freedom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evictionism" title="Evictionism">Evictionism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Free_banking" title="Free banking">Free banking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Free_market" title="Free market">Free market</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Free-market_environmentalism" title="Free-market environmentalism">Free-market environmentalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Free_migration" title="Free migration">Free migration</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Free_trade" title="Free trade">Free trade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Free_will" title="Free will">Free will</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freedom_of_association" title="Freedom of association">Freedom of association</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freedom_of_contract" title="Freedom of contract">Freedom of contract</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freedom_of_speech" title="Freedom of speech">Freedom of speech</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homestead_principle" title="Homestead principle">Homestead principle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Individuality" class="mw-redirect" title="Individuality">Individuality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Individualism" title="Individualism">Individualism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberty" title="Liberty">Liberty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Limited_government" title="Limited government">Limited government</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Localism_(politics)" title="Localism (politics)">Localism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marriage_privatization" title="Marriage privatization">Marriage privatization</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Natural_rights_and_legal_rights" title="Natural rights and legal rights">Natural rights and legal rights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Non-aggression_principle" title="Non-aggression principle">Non-aggression principle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Non-interventionism" title="Non-interventionism">Non-interventionism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Non-politics" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-politics">Non-politics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Non-voting" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-voting">Non-voting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Open_border" title="Open border">Open border</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polycentric_law" title="Polycentric law">Polycentric law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Private_defense_agency" title="Private defense agency">Private defense agency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Private_property" title="Private property">Private property</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Public_choice_theory" class="mw-redirect" title="Public choice theory">Public choice theory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Restorative_justice" title="Restorative justice">Restorative justice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Right_to_bear_arms" class="mw-redirect" title="Right to bear arms">Right to bear arms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Right_to_privacy" title="Right to privacy">Right to privacy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugged_Individualism" class="mw-redirect" title="Rugged Individualism">Rugged Individualism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Self-ownership" title="Self-ownership">Self-ownership</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Single_tax" title="Single tax">Single tax</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Small_government" class="mw-redirect" title="Small government">Small government</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spontaneous_order" title="Spontaneous order">Spontaneous order</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stateless_society" title="Stateless society">Stateless society</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tax_resistance" title="Tax resistance">Tax resistance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Title-transfer_theory_of_contract" title="Title-transfer theory of contract">Title-transfer theory of contract</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Voluntary_association" title="Voluntary association">Voluntary association</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Voluntary_society" title="Voluntary society">Voluntary society</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent; border-top:1px solid #AAA; text-align:center;color: var(--color-base)">History</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Age_of_Enlightenment" title="Age of Enlightenment">Age of Enlightenment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abolitionism_in_the_United_States" title="Abolitionism in the United States">Abolitionism in the United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Classical_liberalism" title="Classical liberalism">Classical liberalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anti-Federalism" title="Anti-Federalism">Anti-Federalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transcendentalism" title="Transcendentalism">Transcendentalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Individualist_anarchism_in_the_United_States" title="Individualist anarchism in the United States">Individualist anarchism in the United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Right_(United_States)" title="Old Right (United States)">Old Right</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Left" title="New Left">New Left</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freedom_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Freedom School">Freedom School</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent; border-top:1px solid #AAA; text-align:center;color: var(--color-base)">Economics</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Austrian_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Austrian School">Austrian School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economic_liberalism" title="Economic liberalism">Economic liberalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fiscal_conservatism" title="Fiscal conservatism">Fiscal conservatism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgism" title="Georgism">Georgism</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Laissez-faire" title="Laissez-faire">Laissez-faire</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neoliberalism" title="Neoliberalism">Neoliberalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supply-side_economics" title="Supply-side economics">Supply-side economics</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent; border-top:1px solid #AAA; text-align:center;color: var(--color-base)">Intellectuals</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Pearl_Andrews" title="Stephen Pearl Andrews">Andrews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randy_Barnett" title="Randy Barnett">Barnett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Block" title="Walter Block">Block</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jason_Brennan" title="Jason Brennan">Brennan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bryan_Caplan" title="Bryan Caplan">Caplan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Carson" title="Kevin Carson">Carson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Chartier" title="Gary Chartier">Chartier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Chodorov" title="Frank Chodorov">Chodorov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Ebeling" title="Richard Ebeling">Ebeling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Epstein" title="Richard Epstein">Epstein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin" title="Benjamin Franklin">Franklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_D._Friedman" title="David D. Friedman">D. Friedman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milton_Friedman" title="Milton Friedman">M. Friedman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patri_Friedman" title="Patri Friedman">P. Friedman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rose_Friedman" title="Rose Friedman">R. Friedman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Joseph_Galambos" title="Andrew Joseph Galambos">Galambos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garet_Garrett" title="Garet Garrett">Garrett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_George" title="Henry George">George</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G._Edward_Griffin" title="G. Edward Griffin">Griffin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Gordon_(philosopher)" title="David Gordon (philosopher)">Gordon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/F._A._Harper" title="F. A. Harper">Harper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Hazlitt" title="Henry Hazlitt">Hazlitt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_A._Heinlein" title="Robert A. Heinlein">Heinlein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karl_Hess" title="Karl Hess">Hess</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hans-Hermann_Hoppe" title="Hans-Hermann Hoppe">Hoppe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Hospers" title="John Hospers">Hospers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Huemer" title="Michael Huemer">Huemer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson" title="Thomas Jefferson">Jefferson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephan_Kinsella" title="Stephan Kinsella">Kinsella</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Edward_Konkin_III" title="Samuel Edward Konkin III">Konkin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rose_Wilder_Lane" title="Rose Wilder Lane">R. Lane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_LeFevre" title="Robert LeFevre">LeFevre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tibor_Machan" title="Tibor Machan">Machan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/H._L._Mencken" title="H. L. Mencken">Mencken</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karl_Menger" title="Karl Menger">Menger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ludwig_von_Mises" title="Ludwig von Mises">Mises</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_Jay_Nock" title="Albert Jay Nock">Nock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Nozick" title="Robert Nozick">Nozick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isabel_Paterson" title="Isabel Paterson">Paterson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ayn_Rand" title="Ayn Rand">Rand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leonard_Read" title="Leonard Read">Read</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_A._Robertson" title="John A. Robertson">Robertson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lew_Rockwell" title="Lew Rockwell">Rockwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murray_Rothbard" title="Murray Rothbard">Rothbard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/L._K._Samuels" title="L. K. Samuels">Samuels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._Neil_Schulman" title="J. Neil Schulman">Schulman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Matthew_Sciabarra" title="Chris Matthew Sciabarra">Sciabarra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_C._Scott" title="James C. Scott">Scott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Skousen" title="Mark Skousen">Skousen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_H._Smith" title="George H. Smith">Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ilya_Somin" title="Ilya Somin">Somin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Sowell" title="Thomas Sowell">Sowell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antony_C._Sutton" title="Antony C. Sutton">Sutton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Szasz" title="Thomas Szasz">Szasz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Thiel" title="Peter Thiel">Thiel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_David_Thoreau" title="Henry David Thoreau">Thoreau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Tucker" title="Benjamin Tucker">Tucker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eugene_Volokh" title="Eugene Volokh">Volokh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laura_Ingalls_Wilder" title="Laura Ingalls Wilder">Wilder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_E._Williams" title="Walter E. Williams">Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clyde_N._Wilson" title="Clyde N. Wilson">Wilson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtis_Yarvin" title="Curtis Yarvin">Yarvin</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent; border-top:1px solid #AAA; text-align:center;color: var(--color-base)">Commentators</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Chamberlain_(journalist)" title="John Chamberlain (journalist)">Chamberlain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nick_Gillespie" title="Nick Gillespie">Gillespie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Gutfeld" title="Greg Gutfeld">Gutfeld</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_Jones" title="Alex Jones">Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wendy_McElroy" title="Wendy McElroy">McElroy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Miller_(political_strategist)" title="Tim Miller (political strategist)">Miller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virginia_Postrel" title="Virginia Postrel">Postrel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Pugsley" title="John Pugsley">Pugsley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Rogan" title="Joe Rogan">Rogan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Smith_(comedian)" title="Dave Smith (comedian)">Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robby_Soave" title="Robby Soave">Soave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roger_Stone" title="Roger Stone">Stone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Stossel" title="John Stossel">Stossel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matt_Welch" title="Matt Welch">Welch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Will" title="George Will">Will</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Woods" title="Tom Woods">Woods</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent; 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respelling"><span style="font-size:90%">KOHK</span></i></a>; May 3, 1940 – August 23, 2019) was an American businessman, political activist, philanthropist, and chemical engineer. In 1970, he joined the family business: <a href="/wiki/Koch_Industries" class="mw-redirect" title="Koch Industries">Koch Industries</a>, the second largest privately held company in the United States. He became president of the subsidiary Koch Engineering in 1979 and became a co-owner of Koch Industries (along with elder brother <a href="/wiki/Charles_Koch" title="Charles Koch">Charles</a>) in 1983. Koch served as an executive vice president of Koch Industries until he retired due to health issues in 2018. </p><p>Koch was a <a href="/wiki/Libertarianism_in_the_United_States" title="Libertarianism in the United States">libertarian</a>. He was the 1980 <a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_(United_States)" title="Libertarian Party (United States)">Libertarian</a> candidate for <a href="/wiki/Vice_President_of_the_United_States" title="Vice President of the United States">Vice President of the United States</a> and helped finance the campaign. He founded <a href="/wiki/Citizens_for_a_Sound_Economy" title="Citizens for a Sound Economy">Citizens for a Sound Economy</a> and donated to advocacy groups and <a href="/wiki/Political_activities_of_the_Koch_brothers" class="mw-redirect" title="Political activities of the Koch brothers">political campaigns</a>, most of which were <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a>. Koch became a Republican in 1984; in 2012, he spent over $100 million in a failed bid to oppose the re-election of President <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a>. </p><p>Koch was the fourth-richest person in the United States in 2012 and was the wealthiest resident of <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a> in 2013. As of June 2019, Koch was ranked as the <a href="/wiki/List_of_richest_people" class="mw-redirect" title="List of richest people">11th-richest person in the world</a> (tied with his brother Charles), with a fortune of $50.5 billion. Koch contributed to the <a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Center" title="Lincoln Center">Lincoln Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/Memorial_Sloan_Kettering_Cancer_Center" title="Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center">Sloan Kettering</a>, <a href="/wiki/NewYork%E2%80%93Presbyterian_Hospital" class="mw-redirect" title="NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital">NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital</a>, and the Dinosaur Wing at the <a href="/wiki/American_Museum_of_Natural_History" title="American Museum of Natural History">American Museum of Natural History</a>. The New York State Theater at Lincoln Center, home of the <a href="/wiki/New_York_City_Ballet" title="New York City Ballet">New York City Ballet</a>, was renamed the <a href="/wiki/David_H._Koch_Theater" title="David H. Koch Theater">David H. Koch Theater</a> in 2008 following Koch's gift of $100 million for the renovation of the theater. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Koch&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Koch was born in <a href="/wiki/Wichita,_Kansas" title="Wichita, Kansas">Wichita, Kansas</a>, the son of Mary Clementine (née Robinson) and <a href="/wiki/Fred_C._Koch" title="Fred C. Koch">Fred Chase Koch</a>, a chemical engineer. David's paternal grandfather, <a href="/wiki/Harry_Koch_(businessman)" title="Harry Koch (businessman)">Harry Koch</a>, was a Dutch immigrant who founded the <i>Quanah Tribune-Chief</i> newspaper and was a founding shareholder of the <a href="/wiki/Quanah,_Acme_and_Pacific_Railway" title="Quanah, Acme and Pacific Railway">Quanah, Acme and Pacific Railway</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-new_netherland_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-new_netherland-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> David was the third of four sons, with elder brothers <a href="/wiki/Frederick_R._Koch" title="Frederick R. Koch">Frederick</a>, <a href="/wiki/Charles_Koch" title="Charles Koch">Charles</a>, and nineteen-minute-younger twin<sup id="cite_ref-kochbtp_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kochbtp-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Bill_Koch_(businessman)" title="Bill Koch (businessman)">Bill</a>. His maternal ancestors included <a href="/wiki/William_Ingraham_Kip" title="William Ingraham Kip">William Ingraham Kip</a>, an Episcopal bishop; and <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Clementine_Stedman" title="Elizabeth Clementine Stedman">Elizabeth Clementine Stedman</a>, a writer.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Koch attended the <a href="/wiki/Deerfield_Academy" title="Deerfield Academy">Deerfield Academy</a> prep school in Massachusetts, graduating in 1959. He attended <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology" title="Massachusetts Institute of Technology">Massachusetts Institute of Technology</a> (MIT), earning both a <a href="/wiki/Bachelor%27s_degree" title="Bachelor's degree">bachelor's</a> (1962) and a <a href="/wiki/Master%27s_degree" title="Master's degree">master's degree</a> (1963) in <a href="/wiki/Chemical_engineering" title="Chemical engineering">chemical engineering</a>. He was a member of the <a href="/wiki/Beta_Theta_Pi" title="Beta Theta Pi">Beta Theta Pi</a> fraternity. Koch played basketball at MIT, averaging 21 points per game at MIT over three years, a school record. He also held the single-game scoring record of 41 points from 1962 until 2009, when it was eclipsed by <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Bartolotta" title="Jimmy Bartolotta">Jimmy Bartolotta</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-kochbtp_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kochbtp-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Role_at_Koch_Industries">Role at Koch Industries</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Koch&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Role at Koch Industries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1970, Koch joined <a href="/wiki/Koch_Industries" class="mw-redirect" title="Koch Industries">Koch Industries</a> under his brother <a href="/wiki/Charles_Koch" title="Charles Koch">Charles</a>, to work as a technical-services manager. He founded the company's New York City office and in 1979 he became the president of his own division, Koch Engineering, renamed Chemical Technology Group. David's brothers <a href="/wiki/Frederick_R._Koch" title="Frederick R. Koch">Frederick</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bill_Koch_(businessman)" title="Bill Koch (businessman)">Bill</a> had inherited stock in Koch Industries. In June 1983, after a bitter legal and boardroom battle, the stakes of Frederick and Bill were bought out for $1.1 billion and Charles Koch and David Koch became majority owners in the company.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MorningSun_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MorningSun-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Legal disputes against Charles and David lasted roughly two decades. Frederick and Bill sided with <a href="/wiki/J._Howard_Marshall_III" title="J. Howard Marshall III">J. Howard Marshall III</a>, <a href="/wiki/J._Howard_Marshall_II" class="mw-redirect" title="J. Howard Marshall II">J. Howard Marshall II</a>'s eldest son, against Charles and David at one point, in order to take over the company. In 2001, Bill reached a settlement in a lawsuit where he had charged the company was taking oil from federal and Indian land; that settlement ended all litigation between the brothers.<sup id="cite_ref-WallStreet_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WallStreet-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> CBS News reported that Koch Industries settled for $25 million.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As of 2010, David Koch owned 42 percent of Koch Industries, as did his brother Charles.<sup id="cite_ref-Wallet_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wallet-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He held four U.S. patents.<sup id="cite_ref-TimeObit_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TimeObit-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Koch served as an executive vice president of Koch Industries until retiring due to health issues in 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-asgbio_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-asgbio-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His retirement was announced on June 5, 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_involvement">Political involvement</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Koch&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Political involvement"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Political_activities_of_the_Koch_brothers" class="mw-redirect" title="Political activities of the Koch brothers">Political activities of the Koch brothers</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Campaigns">Campaigns</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Koch&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Campaigns"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:David_Koch_1980.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/David_Koch_1980.jpg/150px-David_Koch_1980.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/David_Koch_1980.jpg/225px-David_Koch_1980.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/David_Koch_1980.jpg/300px-David_Koch_1980.jpg 2x" data-file-width="581" data-file-height="880" /></a><figcaption>Koch in 1980</figcaption></figure> <p>Koch was the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Libertarian_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Libertarian Party">Libertarian Party</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Vice_President_of_the_United_States" title="Vice President of the United States">vice-presidential</a> candidate in the <a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_presidential_election" title="1980 United States presidential election">1980 presidential election</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> sharing the party ticket with <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">presidential</a> candidate <a href="/wiki/Ed_Clark" title="Ed Clark">Ed Clark</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Clark–Koch <a href="/wiki/Ticket_(election)" title="Ticket (election)">ticket</a> proposed to abolish <a href="/wiki/Social_Security_(United_States)" title="Social Security (United States)">Social Security</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Reserve_Board" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal Reserve Board">Federal Reserve Board</a>, <a href="/wiki/Welfare" class="mw-redirect" title="Welfare">welfare</a>, <a href="/wiki/Minimum-wage" class="mw-redirect" title="Minimum-wage">minimum-wage</a> laws, corporate taxes, all price supports and subsidies for agriculture and business, and <a href="/wiki/U.S._Federal_agencies" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Federal agencies">U.S. Federal agencies</a> including the SEC, EPA, ICC, FTC, OSHA, FBI, CIA, and DOE.<sup id="cite_ref-Mayer_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mayer-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Buck_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Buck-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Their platform proposed privatizing all transportation and inland waterways. The ticket received 921,128 votes, 1% of the total nationwide vote,<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the Libertarian Party national ticket's best showing until <a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_presidential_election" title="2016 United States presidential election">2016</a> in terms of percentage and its best showing in terms of raw votes until the <a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election" title="2012 United States presidential election">2012 presidential election</a>, although that number was surpassed again in 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-Bennett_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bennett-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "Compared to what [the Libertarians had] gotten before," Charles said, "and where we were as a movement or as a political/ideological point of view, that was pretty remarkable, to get 1 percent of the vote."<sup id="cite_ref-Continetti_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Continetti-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the bid, according to journalist <a href="/wiki/Brian_Doherty_(journalist)" class="mw-redirect" title="Brian Doherty (journalist)">Brian Doherty</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Radicals_for_Capitalism" title="Radicals for Capitalism">Radicals for Capitalism</a></i>, Koch viewed politicians as "actors playing out a script".<sup id="cite_ref-Mayer_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mayer-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Doherty2008_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Doherty2008-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Koch credited the 1976 presidential campaign of <a href="/wiki/Roger_MacBride" title="Roger MacBride">Roger MacBride</a> as his inspiration for getting involved in politics: </p> <blockquote style="font-size:100%"><p>Here was a great guy, advocating all the things I believed in. He wanted less government and taxes, and was talking about repealing all these victimless crime laws that accumulated on the books. I have friends who smoke pot. I know many homosexuals. It's ridiculous to treat them as criminals — and here was someone running for president, saying just that.<sup id="cite_ref-Buck_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Buck-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>Koch gave his own vice presidential campaign $100,000 a month after being chosen as <a href="/wiki/Ed_Clark" title="Ed Clark">Ed Clark</a>'s running mate. "We'd like to abolish the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Elections_Commission" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal Elections Commission">Federal Elections Commission</a> and all the limits on campaign spending anyway," Koch said in 1980. When asked why he ran, he replied: "Lord knows I didn't need a job, but I believe in what the Libertarians are saying. I suppose if they hadn't come along, I could have been a big Republican from <a href="/wiki/Wichita,_Kansas" title="Wichita, Kansas">Wichita</a>. But hell — <i>everybody</i> from Kansas is a Republican."<sup id="cite_ref-Buck_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Buck-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1984, Koch broke with the Libertarian Party when it supported eliminating all taxes; in a letter to <a href="/wiki/David_Bergland" title="David Bergland">David Bergland</a>, the Libertarian candidate for the 1984 presidential election, Koch referred to Bergland's platform as "extreme", predicting that the country would be thrown into "utter chaos" if it was implemented. Subsequently, Koch shifted the bulk of his financial support to <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">the Republican Party</a>, though he continued to contribute to several Libertarian campaigns in local races.<sup id="cite_ref-Wallet_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wallet-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 4">: 4 </span></sup> Koch donated to various <a href="/wiki/Political_activities_of_the_Koch_brothers" class="mw-redirect" title="Political activities of the Koch brothers">political campaigns</a>, most of which were <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In February 2012, during the <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_gubernatorial_recall_election" class="mw-redirect" title="Wisconsin gubernatorial recall election">Wisconsin gubernatorial recall election</a>, Koch said of Wisconsin governor <a href="/wiki/Scott_Walker_(politician)" title="Scott Walker (politician)">Scott Walker</a>, "We're helping him, as we should. We've gotten pretty good at this over the years. We've spent a lot of money in Wisconsin. We're going to spend more," and said that by "we" he meant Americans for Prosperity.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2012, Koch spent over $100 million in a failed bid to oppose the re-election of President <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Views">Views</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Koch&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Views"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Koch supported policies that promoted <a href="/wiki/Small_government" class="mw-redirect" title="Small government">smaller government</a> and lower taxes.<sup id="cite_ref-kochnyt_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kochnyt-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was against the <a href="/wiki/Patient_Protection_and_Affordable_Care_Act" class="mw-redirect" title="Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act">Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act</a> and the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.<sup id="cite_ref-Wallet_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wallet-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-kochnyt_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kochnyt-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Koch said he wasn't sure if <a href="/wiki/Global_warming" class="mw-redirect" title="Global warming">global warming</a> was anthropogenic, and thought a warmer planet would be "good", with lengthened growing seasons mitigating problems caused by disappearing coastlines and mass migrations. "Earth will be able to support enormously more people, because a far greater land area will be available to produce food".<sup id="cite_ref-Wallet_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wallet-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-kochnyt_28-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kochnyt-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Koch opposed the <a href="/wiki/Iraq_War" title="Iraq War">Iraq War</a>, saying that the war has "cost a lot of money and it's taken so many American lives", and "I question whether that was the right thing to do. In hindsight that looks like it was not a good policy."<sup id="cite_ref-Continetti_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Continetti-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In an impromptu interview with the blog ThinkProgress, he was quoted as saying he would like the new, 2011 Republican Congress to "cut the hell out of spending, balance the budget, reduce regulations, and support business".<sup id="cite_ref-kochtp_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kochtp-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Koch considered himself a <a href="/wiki/Cultural_liberalism" title="Cultural liberalism">social liberal</a><sup id="cite_ref-Bell_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bell-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who supported women's <a href="/wiki/Right_to_choose" class="mw-redirect" title="Right to choose">right to choose</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Fischer_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fischer-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in the United States">gay rights</a>, <a href="/wiki/Same-sex_marriage" title="Same-sex marriage">same-sex marriage</a> and <a href="/wiki/Stem-cell_research" class="mw-redirect" title="Stem-cell research">stem-cell research</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Wallet_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wallet-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He opposed the <a href="/wiki/War_on_drugs" title="War on drugs">war on drugs</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Koch opposed several of President <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama's</a> policies. An article from the <i><a href="/wiki/Weekly_Standard" class="mw-redirect" title="Weekly Standard">Weekly Standard</a></i>, detailing the "left's obsession" with the Koch brothers, quotes Koch stating that Obama is "the most radical president we've ever had as a nation ... and has done more damage to the free enterprise system and long-term prosperity than any president we've ever had".<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Koch said that Obama's father's economic <a href="/wiki/Socialism" title="Socialism">socialism</a>, practiced in <a href="/wiki/Kenya" title="Kenya">Kenya</a>, explains why Obama has "sort of antibusiness and anti-free enterprise" influences.<sup id="cite_ref-Continetti_19-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Continetti-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Koch said that Obama is "scary", a "hardcore socialist" who is "marvelous at pretending to be something other than that".<sup id="cite_ref-Intel_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Intel-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Koch contributed almost entirely to Republican candidates in 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Advocacy">Advocacy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Koch&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Advocacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Koch donated funds to various advocacy groups.<sup id="cite_ref-Wallet_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wallet-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1984, he founded <a href="/wiki/Citizens_for_a_Sound_Economy" title="Citizens for a Sound Economy">Citizens for a Sound Economy</a> (CSE).<sup id="cite_ref-Mazur_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mazur-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He served as its chairman of the <a href="/wiki/Board_of_directors" title="Board of directors">board of directors</a> and donated funds to it. <a href="/wiki/Richard_H._Fink" class="mw-redirect" title="Richard H. Fink">Richard H. Fink</a> served as its first president.<sup id="cite_ref-Continetti_19-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Continetti-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Koch was the chairman of the board and gave initial funding to the <a href="/wiki/Americans_for_Prosperity" title="Americans for Prosperity">Americans for Prosperity Foundation</a> and to a related advocacy organization, <a href="/wiki/Americans_for_Prosperity" title="Americans for Prosperity">Americans for Prosperity</a>. A Koch Industries spokesperson issued a press release stating "No funding has been provided by Koch companies, the Koch foundations, or Charles Koch or David Koch specifically to support the tea parties."<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-WeigelFW_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WeigelFW-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Koch was the top initial funder of the Americans for Prosperity Foundation at $850,000.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Koch said that he sympathized with the <a href="/wiki/Tea_Party_movement" title="Tea Party movement">Tea Party movement</a>, but denied directly supporting it, having stated that: "I've never been to a tea party event. No one representing the tea party has ever even approached me."<sup id="cite_ref-Wallet_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wallet-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Koch sat on the board of the libertarian <a href="/wiki/Cato_Institute" title="Cato Institute">Cato Institute</a> and <a href="/wiki/Reason_Foundation" title="Reason Foundation">Reason Foundation</a> and donated to both organizations.<sup id="cite_ref-Mayer_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mayer-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Wallet_2-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wallet-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Koch brothers have been involved in blocking regulations and legislation to confront climate change since 1991, when the Cato Institute held the "Global Environmental Crisis: Science or Politics?"<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In August 2010, <a href="/wiki/Jane_Mayer" title="Jane Mayer">Jane Mayer</a> wrote an article in <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_Yorker" title="The New Yorker">The New Yorker</a></i> on the political spending of David and Charles Koch. It stated: "As their fortunes grew, Charles and David Koch became the primary underwriters of hard-line libertarian politics in America."<sup id="cite_ref-Mayer_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mayer-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An opinion piece by journalist <a href="/wiki/Yasha_Levine" title="Yasha Levine">Yasha Levine</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Observer" title="The New York Observer">The New York Observer</a></i> said Mayer's article had failed to mention that the Kochs' "free market philanthropy belies the immense profit they have made from <a href="/wiki/Corporate_welfare" title="Corporate welfare">corporate welfare</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2011, 2014, and 2015 <i><a href="/wiki/Time_(magazine)" title="Time (magazine)">Time</a></i> magazine included Charles and David Koch among the <a href="/wiki/Time_100" title="Time 100"><i>Time</i> 100</a> of the year, for their involvement in supporting the <a href="/wiki/Tea_Party_movement" title="Tea Party movement">Tea Party movement</a> and the criticism they received.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Prison_reform">Prison reform</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Koch&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Prison reform"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In July 2015, David and Charles Koch were commended by both President Obama and activist <a href="/wiki/Van_Jones" title="Van Jones">Anthony Van Jones</a> for their bipartisan efforts to reform the prison system in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-wapos_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wapos-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For nearly 10 years, the Kochs advocated for several reforms within the criminal justice system which include reducing recidivism rates, simplifying the employment process for the rehabilitated, and defending private property from government seizures through <a href="/wiki/Asset_forfeiture" title="Asset forfeiture">asset forfeiture</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-wapos_49-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wapos-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Allying with groups such as the <a href="/wiki/ACLU" class="mw-redirect" title="ACLU">ACLU</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Center_for_American_Progress" title="Center for American Progress">Center for American Progress</a>, <a href="/wiki/Families_Against_Mandatory_Minimums" title="Families Against Mandatory Minimums">Families Against Mandatory Minimums</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Coalition_for_Public_Safety" title="Coalition for Public Safety">Coalition for Public Safety</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/John_D._and_Catherine_T._MacArthur_Foundation" class="mw-redirect" title="John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation">MacArthur Foundation</a>, the Kochs maintained that current prison system unfairly targeted low-income and minority communities at the expense of the public budget.<sup id="cite_ref-wapos_49-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wapos-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Koch brothers' advocacy has also attracted scrutiny and criticism. Michelle Chen, writing in <i>The Nation</i>, and William C. Anderson, writing in <i>The Guardian</i>, caution that the Kochs' efforts reflect broader interests in further privatizing the criminal justice system.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2015, <i>The Intercept</i> reported that the Kochs' philanthropic efforts exist alongside continued funding of "tough-on-crime" political candidates and committees pushing for harsher sentencing.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Writing in <i>Political Research Associates</i>, Kay Whitlock argues that the Kochs' avid support for measures such as <a href="/wiki/Mens_rea" title="Mens rea">mens rea</a> or "criminal intent" reform exemplify "an agenda of deregulation and relief for 'overcriminalized' corporations and executives" rather than concern for individual rights of the accused.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Philanthropy">Philanthropy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Koch&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Philanthropy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Koch established the <a href="/wiki/Koch_family_foundations#David_H._Koch_Charitable_Foundation" title="Koch family foundations">David H. Koch Charitable Foundation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Beginning in 2006, the <i><a href="/wiki/Chronicle_of_Philanthropy" class="mw-redirect" title="Chronicle of Philanthropy">Chronicle of Philanthropy</a></i> listed Koch as one of the world's top 50 philanthropists.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He sat on the Board of Trustees of <a href="/wiki/NewYork%E2%80%93Presbyterian_Hospital" class="mw-redirect" title="NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital">NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital</a> from 1988 until his death in 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-NYP_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYP-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Overall, Koch has donated more than $1.3 billion to <a href="/wiki/Philanthropy" title="Philanthropy">philanthropic causes</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Arts">Arts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Koch&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Arts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Koch had a lifelong interest in the arts, which he attributed to his mother's role in introducing him to opera and ballet during his childhood.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_60-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In July 2008, Koch pledged $100 million over 10 years to renovate the New York State Theater in the <a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Center" title="Lincoln Center">Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts</a>; the Theater is the home of the New York City Ballet.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to <i>The New York Times</i>, Koch's gift was "transformative, enabling a full-scale renovation of the stage" that included "an enlarged orchestra pit that mechanically rises". The theater was renamed the <a href="/wiki/David_H._Koch_Theater" title="David H. Koch Theater">David H. Koch Theater</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_60-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Koch also pledged $10 million to renovate fountains outside the <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art" title="Metropolitan Museum of Art">Metropolitan Museum of Art</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Souccar_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Souccar-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was elected to the Board of Trustees of The Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Koch was the longest-serving trustee of the <a href="/wiki/American_Ballet_Theatre" title="American Ballet Theatre">American Ballet Theatre</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-:0_60-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> serving on its board for 25 years<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and contributing more than $6 million to the theater.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was also a member of the Board of Trustees of <a href="/wiki/WGBH-TV" title="WGBH-TV">WGBH-TV</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Education">Education</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Koch&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From 1982 to 2013, Koch contributed $18.6 million to <a href="/wiki/WGBH_Educational_Foundation" title="WGBH Educational Foundation">WGBH Educational Foundation</a>, including $10 million to the <a href="/wiki/Public_Broadcasting_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="Public Broadcasting Service">Public Broadcasting Service</a> (PBS) show <i><a href="/wiki/Nova_(American_TV_program)" title="Nova (American TV program)">Nova</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-heraldwgbhkoch_68-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heraldwgbhkoch-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Koch was a contributor to the <a href="/wiki/Smithsonian_Institution" title="Smithsonian Institution">Smithsonian Institution</a> in <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a>, including a $20 million gift to the <a href="/wiki/American_Museum_of_Natural_History" title="American Museum of Natural History">American Museum of Natural History</a> (AMNH), creating the David H. Koch Dinosaur Wing and a contribution of $15 million to the <a href="/wiki/National_Museum_of_Natural_History" title="National Museum of Natural History">National Museum of Natural History</a> to create the new <i><a href="/wiki/David_H._Koch_Hall_of_Human_Origins" class="mw-redirect" title="David H. Koch Hall of Human Origins">David H. Koch Hall of Human Origins</a></i>, which opened on the museum's 100th anniversary of its location on the National Mall on March 17, 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Koch served on the advisory council for the Smithsonian<sup id="cite_ref-:0_60-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the board of the AMNH.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also served on the executive board of the <a href="/wiki/Institute_of_Human_Origins" title="Institute of Human Origins">Institute of Human Origins</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2012, Koch contributed US$35 million to the <a href="/wiki/Smithsonian" class="mw-redirect" title="Smithsonian">Smithsonian</a> to build a new dinosaur exhibition hall at the <a href="/wiki/National_Museum_of_Natural_History" title="National Museum of Natural History">National Museum of Natural History</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-dino$_73-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dino$-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Koch was also a benefactor of the <a href="/wiki/Deerfield_Academy" title="Deerfield Academy">Deerfield Academy</a>, his alma mater. The academy's natatorium, science center, and field house are named after him.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Koch was named the academy's first Lifetime Trustee.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Medical_research">Medical research</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Koch&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Medical research"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Koch said his biggest contributions go toward a "moon shot" campaign to finding the cure for cancer, according to his profile on <a href="/wiki/Forbes" title="Forbes">Forbes</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-forbes_77-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-forbes-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Between 1998 and 2012, Koch contributed at least $395 million to medical research causes and institutions.<sup id="cite_ref-PhilMag_78-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PhilMag-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Koch has sat on the Board of Trustees of <a href="/wiki/NewYork%E2%80%93Presbyterian_Hospital" class="mw-redirect" title="NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital">NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital</a> since 1987.<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2007 he donated $15 million to NewYork–Presbyterian.<sup id="cite_ref-WSJ_20071009_80-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WSJ_20071009-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2013, he gave $100 million to NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital, the then-largest philanthropic donation in its history, beginning a $2 billion campaign, to conclude in 2019, for a new <a href="/wiki/Ambulatory_care" title="Ambulatory care">ambulatory care</a> center and renovation of the infrastructure of the hospital's five sites.<sup id="cite_ref-NYPresb_81-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYPresb-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Koch was a member of the board of directors of the Prostate Cancer Foundation and contributed $41 million to the foundation, including $5 million to a collaborative project in the field of <a href="/wiki/Nanotechnology" title="Nanotechnology">nanotechnology</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An eponym of the David H. Koch Chair of the Prostate Cancer Foundation, the position is held by <a href="/wiki/Dr._Jonathan_Simons" class="mw-redirect" title="Dr. Jonathan Simons">Dr. Jonathan Simons</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2006, Koch gave $20 million to <a href="/wiki/Johns_Hopkins_University" title="Johns Hopkins University">Johns Hopkins University</a> <a href="/wiki/Johns_Hopkins_School_of_Medicine" title="Johns Hopkins School of Medicine">School of Medicine</a> in <a href="/wiki/Baltimore" title="Baltimore">Baltimore</a> for cancer research. The building he financed was named the David H. Koch Cancer Research Building.<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2007, he contributed $100 million to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for the construction of a new 350,000-square-foot (33,000 m<sup>2</sup>) research and technology facility to serve as the home of the <a href="/wiki/David_H._Koch_Institute_for_Integrative_Cancer_Research" class="mw-redirect" title="David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research">David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From the time he joined the MIT Corporation in 1988, Koch has given at least $185 million to MIT,<sup id="cite_ref-PhilMag_78-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PhilMag-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and $30 million to the <a href="/wiki/Memorial_Sloan_Kettering_Cancer_Center" title="Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center">Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center</a> in New York City.<sup id="cite_ref-WSJ_20071009_80-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WSJ_20071009-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The same year, he donated $25 million to the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Texas_M._D._Anderson_Cancer_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center">University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center</a> in <a href="/wiki/Houston" title="Houston">Houston</a> to establish the David Koch Center for Applied Research in Genitourinary Cancers.<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2011 Koch gave $5 million to the House Ear Institute, in Los Angeles, to create a center for hearing restoration,<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_57-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and $25 million to the <a href="/wiki/Hospital_for_Special_Surgery" title="Hospital for Special Surgery">Hospital for Special Surgery</a> in New York City<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2015, he committed $150 million to <a href="/wiki/Memorial_Sloan_Kettering_Cancer_Center" title="Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center">Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center</a> in <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a> to build the David H. Koch Center for Cancer Care,<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which will be housed in a 23-story building in development between East 73rd and 74th Streets overlooking the <a href="/wiki/FDR_Drive" title="FDR Drive">FDR Drive</a>. The center will combine state-of-the-art cancer treatment in an environment that supports patients, families, and caregivers. The building will include flexible personal and community spaces, educational offerings, and opportunities for physical exercise.<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Koch also donated $10 million to the <a href="/wiki/Cold_Spring_Harbor_Laboratory" title="Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory">Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory</a> for <a href="/wiki/Mathematical_and_theoretical_biology" title="Mathematical and theoretical biology">biomathematics</a> research.<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Wealth">Wealth</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Koch&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Wealth"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Koch was the fourth-richest person in the United States in 2012 and was the wealthiest resident of <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a> in 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-forbes_77-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-forbes-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of June 2019, Koch was ranked as the 11th-richest person in the world (tied with his brother Charles), with a fortune of $50.5 billion.<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Koch&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Fred_with_David_and_Julia_Koch_(1518448020).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Fred_with_David_and_Julia_Koch_%281518448020%29.jpg/220px-Fred_with_David_and_Julia_Koch_%281518448020%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="152" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Fred_with_David_and_Julia_Koch_%281518448020%29.jpg/330px-Fred_with_David_and_Julia_Koch_%281518448020%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Fred_with_David_and_Julia_Koch_%281518448020%29.jpg/440px-Fred_with_David_and_Julia_Koch_%281518448020%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="551" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Fred_Thompson" title="Fred Thompson">Fred Thompson</a> poses with David Koch and his wife <a href="/wiki/Julia_Koch" title="Julia Koch">Julia Koch</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>In February 1991, Koch was seriously injured as a passenger on board <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_runway_disaster" class="mw-redirect" title="Los Angeles runway disaster">USAir Flight 1493</a> when it collided with another aircraft on a runway at <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_International_Airport" title="Los Angeles International Airport">Los Angeles International Airport</a>, killing 35 people.<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Koch survived and said in an interview in 2014 that it helped change his life and prompted him to become "tremendously philanthropic."<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following <a href="/wiki/Jacqueline_Kennedy_Onassis" title="Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis">Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis</a>' death in 1994, Koch purchased her 15-room apartment at <a href="/wiki/1040_Fifth_Avenue" title="1040 Fifth Avenue">1040 Fifth Avenue</a>. In 1996 he married <a href="/wiki/Julia_Flesher" class="mw-redirect" title="Julia Flesher">Julia Flesher</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Woman_Ascending_97-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Woman_Ascending-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-weddings_98-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-weddings-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The apartment "wasn't roomy enough" after the birth of their third child, so Koch sold it to billionaire <a href="/wiki/Glenn_Dubin" title="Glenn Dubin">Glenn Dubin</a> in 2006 and moved with his family to <a href="/wiki/740_Park_Avenue" title="740 Park Avenue">740 Park Avenue</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They had three children together; David Jr., Mary Julia, and John.<sup id="cite_ref-McFadden_101-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McFadden-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mary Julia is a staff reporter for <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Sun" title="The New York Sun">The New York Sun</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was editor-in-chief of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Harvard_Independent" title="The Harvard Independent">The Harvard Independent</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1992, Koch was diagnosed with <a href="/wiki/Prostate_cancer" title="Prostate cancer">prostate cancer</a>. He underwent radiation, surgery, and hormone therapy, but the cancer repeatedly returned. Koch said he believed his experience with cancer encouraged him to fund medical research.<sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He died at his home in <a href="/wiki/Southampton,_New_York" title="Southampton, New York">Southampton, New York</a>, on August 23, 2019, at the age of 79.<sup id="cite_ref-McFadden_101-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McFadden-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Koch's wife, <a href="/wiki/Julia_Koch" title="Julia Koch">Julia Koch</a>, and their three children inherited a 42% stake in Koch Industries from Koch upon his death.<sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">February 18,</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+New+Yorker&rft.atitle=Covert+Operations%3A+The+billionaire+brothers+who+are+waging+a+war+against+Obama&rft.date=2010-08-30&rft.aulast=Mayer&rft.aufirst=Jane&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newyorker.com%2Freporting%2F2010%2F08%2F30%2F100830fa_fact_mayer&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADavid+Koch" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Wallet-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Wallet_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Wallet_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Wallet_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Wallet_2-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Wallet_2-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Wallet_2-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Wallet_2-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Wallet_2-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Wallet_2-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGoldman2010" class="citation news cs1">Goldman, Andrew (July 25, 2010). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://nymag.com/news/features/67285/">"The Billionaire's Party: David Koch is New York's second-richest man, a celebrated patron of the arts, and the tea party's wallet"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/New_York_(magazine)" title="New York (magazine)">New York</a></i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220121010507/https://nymag.com/news/features/67285/">Archived</a> from the original on January 21, 2022<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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New Netherland Project. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nnp.org/nni/Publications/Dutch-American/kochd.htm">the original</a> on August 19, 2010<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">August 31,</span> 2010</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Koch%2C+David+Hamilton+%281940%29&rft.pub=New+Netherland+Project&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nnp.org%2Fnni%2FPublications%2FDutch-American%2Fkochd.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADavid+Koch" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-kochbtp-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-kochbtp_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-kochbtp_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation magazine cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://newrepublic.com/article/114135/david-and-william-koch-mit-basketball-players">"David and William Koch as MIT Basketball Players"</a>. <i>The New Republic</i>. 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Grand Central Publishing. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1455518739" title="Special:BookSources/978-1455518739"><bdi>978-1455518739</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Sons+of+Wichita&rft.pub=Grand+Central+Publishing&rft.date=2014-05-20&rft.isbn=978-1455518739&rft.aulast=Schulman&rft.aufirst=Daniel&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fsonsofwichitahow0000schu&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADavid+Koch" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #FFBF00;">Party political offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/David_Bergland" title="David Bergland">David Bergland</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_(United_States)" title="Libertarian Party (United States)">Libertarian</a> <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Libertarian_Party_presidential_tickets" title="List of United States Libertarian Party presidential tickets">nominee</a> for <a href="/wiki/Vice_President_of_the_United_States" title="Vice President of the United States">Vice President of the United States</a> </b><br /><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_presidential_election" title="1980 United States presidential election">1980</a> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/James_A._Lewis_(politician)" title="James A. Lewis (politician)">Jim Lewis</a></div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236075235">.mw-parser-output .navbox{box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;width:100%;clear:both;font-size:88%;text-align:center;padding:1px;margin:1em auto 0}.mw-parser-output .navbox .navbox{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox,.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox-styles+.navbox{margin-top:-1px}.mw-parser-output .navbox-inner,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-title,.mw-parser-output .navbox-abovebelow{padding:0.25em 1em;line-height:1.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .navbox-group{white-space:nowrap;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .navbox,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup{background-color:#fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-list{line-height:1.5em;border-color:#fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-list-with-group{text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid}.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-group,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-image,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-list{border-top:2px solid #fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-title{background-color:#ccf}.mw-parser-output .navbox-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-title{background-color:#ddf}.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-abovebelow{background-color:#e6e6ff}.mw-parser-output .navbox-even{background-color:#f7f7f7}.mw-parser-output .navbox-odd{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td dl,.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td ol,.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td ul,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist ul{padding:0.125em 0}.mw-parser-output .navbox .navbar{display:block;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .navbox-title .navbar{float:left;text-align:left;margin-right:0.5em}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .navbox-image img{max-width:none!important}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .navbox{display:none!important}}</style></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Libertarian_Party" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:#FED105; color:white"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Libertarian_Party_(United_States)" title="Template:Libertarian Party (United States)"><abbr title="View this template" style="color:white">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Libertarian_Party_(United_States)" title="Template talk:Libertarian Party (United States)"><abbr title="Discuss this template" style="color:white">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Libertarian_Party_(United_States)" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Libertarian Party (United States)"><abbr title="Edit this template" style="color:white">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Libertarian_Party" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_(United_States)" title="Libertarian Party (United States)"><span style="color:#fff;">Libertarian Party</span></a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Chairpersons<br />of the <a href="/wiki/Libertarian_National_Committee" title="Libertarian National Committee">LNC</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/David_Nolan_(libertarian)" class="mw-redirect" title="David Nolan (libertarian)">D. Nolan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Susan_Nolan" class="mw-redirect" title="Susan Nolan">S. Nolan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Crane_(political_activist)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ed Crane (political activist)">Crane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Bergland" title="David Bergland">Bergland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alicia_Clark_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Alicia Clark (politician)">Clark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Grant_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Paul Grant (politician)">Grant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randy_VerHagen" class="mw-redirect" title="Randy VerHagen">VerHagen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Turney_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jim Turney (politician)">Turney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Walter_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dave Walter (politician)">Walter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Gingell" class="mw-redirect" title="Mary Gingell">Gingell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Dasbach" class="mw-redirect" title="Steve Dasbach">Dasbach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Bergland" title="David Bergland">Bergland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Lark" class="mw-redirect" title="Jim Lark">Lark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geoff_Neale" class="mw-redirect" title="Geoff Neale">Neale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Dixon_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Michael Dixon (politician)">Dixon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Redpath" class="mw-redirect" title="Bill Redpath">Redpath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geoff_Neale" class="mw-redirect" title="Geoff Neale">Neale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicholas_Sarwark" title="Nicholas Sarwark">Sarwark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Bishop-Henchman" class="mw-redirect" title="Joe Bishop-Henchman">Bishop-Henchman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whitney_Bilyeu" class="mw-redirect" title="Whitney Bilyeu">Bilyeu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angela_McArdle" title="Angela McArdle">McArdle</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Libertarian_Party_presidential_tickets" title="List of United States Libertarian Party presidential tickets">Presidential<br />tickets</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1972_United_States_presidential_election" title="1972 United States presidential election">1972</a> <a href="/wiki/John_Hospers" title="John Hospers">Hospers</a>/<a href="/wiki/Tonie_Nathan" title="Tonie Nathan">Nathan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_United_States_presidential_election" title="1976 United States presidential election">1976</a> <a href="/wiki/Roger_MacBride" title="Roger MacBride">MacBride</a>/<a href="/wiki/David_Bergland" title="David Bergland">Bergland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_presidential_election" title="1980 United States presidential election">1980</a> <a href="/wiki/Ed_Clark" title="Ed Clark">Clark</a>/<a class="mw-selflink selflink">Koch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_United_States_presidential_election" title="1984 United States presidential election">1984</a> <a href="/wiki/David_Bergland" title="David Bergland">Bergland</a>/<a href="/wiki/James_A._Lewis_(politician)" title="James A. Lewis (politician)">Lewis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_United_States_presidential_election" title="1988 United States presidential election">1988</a> <a href="/wiki/Ron_Paul" title="Ron Paul">Paul</a>/<a href="/wiki/Andre_Marrou" title="Andre Marrou">Marrou</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_United_States_presidential_election" title="1992 United States presidential election">1992</a> <a href="/wiki/Andre_Marrou" title="Andre Marrou">Marrou</a>/<a href="/wiki/Nancy_Lord" title="Nancy Lord">Lord</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_United_States_presidential_election" title="1996 United States presidential election">1996</a> <a href="/wiki/Harry_Browne" title="Harry Browne">Browne</a>/<a href="/wiki/Jo_Jorgensen" title="Jo Jorgensen">Jorgensen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_presidential_election" title="2000 United States presidential election">2000</a> <a href="/wiki/Harry_Browne" title="Harry Browne">Browne</a>/<a href="/wiki/Art_Olivier" title="Art Olivier">Olivier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_presidential_election" title="2004 United States presidential election">2004</a> <a href="/wiki/Michael_Badnarik" title="Michael Badnarik">Badnarik</a>/<a href="/wiki/Richard_Campagna" title="Richard Campagna">Campagna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election" title="2008 United States presidential election">2008</a> <a href="/wiki/Bob_Barr" title="Bob Barr">Barr</a>/<a href="/wiki/Wayne_Allyn_Root" title="Wayne Allyn Root">Root</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election" title="2012 United States presidential election">2012</a> <a href="/wiki/Gary_Johnson" title="Gary Johnson">Johnson</a>/<a href="/wiki/Jim_Gray_(jurist)" title="Jim Gray (jurist)">Gray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_presidential_election" title="2016 United States presidential election">2016</a> <a href="/wiki/Gary_Johnson" title="Gary Johnson">Johnson</a>/<a href="/wiki/Bill_Weld" title="Bill Weld">Weld</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election" title="2020 United States presidential election">2020</a> <a href="/wiki/Jo_Jorgensen" title="Jo Jorgensen">Jorgensen</a>/<a href="/wiki/Spike_Cohen" title="Spike Cohen">Cohen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_election" title="2024 United States presidential election">2024</a> <a href="/wiki/Chase_Oliver" title="Chase Oliver">Oliver</a>/<a href="/wiki/Mike_ter_Maat" title="Mike ter Maat">ter Maat</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_state_parties_of_the_Libertarian_Party_(United_States)" title="List of state parties of the Libertarian Party (United States)">Parties by state<br />and territory</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">State</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_of_Alabama" title="Libertarian Party of Alabama">Alabama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_of_Alaska" class="mw-redirect" title="Libertarian Party of Alaska">Alaska</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arizona_Libertarian_Party" title="Arizona Libertarian Party">Arizona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_of_Arkansas" title="Libertarian Party of Arkansas">Arkansas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_of_California" title="Libertarian Party of California">California</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_of_Colorado" title="Libertarian Party of Colorado">Colorado</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_of_Connecticut" title="Libertarian Party of Connecticut">Connecticut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_of_Delaware" title="Libertarian Party of Delaware">Delaware</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_of_Florida" title="Libertarian Party of Florida">Florida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_of_Georgia" title="Libertarian Party of Georgia">Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_of_Hawaii" class="mw-redirect" title="Libertarian Party of Hawaii">Hawaii</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_of_Idaho" title="Libertarian Party of Idaho">Idaho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_of_Illinois" title="Libertarian Party of Illinois">Illinois</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_of_Indiana" title="Libertarian Party of Indiana">Indiana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_of_Iowa" title="Libertarian Party of Iowa">Iowa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_of_Kansas" title="Libertarian Party of Kansas">Kansas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_of_Kentucky" title="Libertarian Party of Kentucky">Kentucky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_of_Louisiana" title="Libertarian Party of Louisiana">Louisiana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_of_Maine" title="Libertarian Party of Maine">Maine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_of_Maryland" title="Libertarian Party of Maryland">Maryland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unified_Libertarians_of_Massachusetts" title="Unified Libertarians of Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_of_Michigan" title="Libertarian Party of Michigan">Michigan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_of_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="Libertarian Party of Minnesota">Minnesota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_of_Mississippi" title="Libertarian Party of Mississippi">Mississippi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_of_Missouri" title="Libertarian Party of Missouri">Missouri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montana_Libertarian_Party" title="Montana Libertarian Party">Montana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_of_Nebraska" title="Libertarian Party of Nebraska">Nebraska</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_of_Nevada" title="Libertarian Party of Nevada">Nevada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_of_New_Hampshire" title="Libertarian Party of New Hampshire">New Hampshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Libertarian_Party" title="New Jersey Libertarian Party">New Jersey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Free_New_Mexico_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Free New Mexico Party">New Mexico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_of_New_York" title="Libertarian Party of New York">New York</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_of_North_Carolina" title="Libertarian Party of North Carolina">North Carolina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_of_North_Dakota" title="Libertarian Party of North Dakota">North Dakota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_of_Ohio" title="Libertarian Party of Ohio">Ohio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_of_Oklahoma" title="Libertarian Party of Oklahoma">Oklahoma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_of_Oregon" title="Libertarian Party of Oregon">Oregon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_of_Pennsylvania" title="Libertarian Party of Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_of_Rhode_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Libertarian Party of Rhode Island">Rhode Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_of_South_Carolina" title="Libertarian Party of South Carolina">South Carolina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_of_South_Dakota" title="Libertarian Party of South Dakota">South Dakota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_of_Tennessee" title="Libertarian Party of Tennessee">Tennessee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_of_Texas" title="Libertarian Party of Texas">Texas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_of_Utah" title="Libertarian Party of Utah">Utah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_of_Vermont" title="Libertarian Party of Vermont">Vermont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_of_Virginia" title="Libertarian Party of Virginia">Virginia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_of_Washington" title="Libertarian Party of Washington">Washington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_of_West_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="Libertarian Party of West Virginia">West Virginia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_of_Wisconsin" title="Libertarian Party of Wisconsin">Wisconsin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_of_Wyoming" title="Libertarian Party of Wyoming">Wyoming</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Territory</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_of_the_District_of_Columbia" title="Libertarian Party of the District of Columbia">District of Columbia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_National_Convention" title="Libertarian National Convention">Conventions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_National_Convention#1972" title="Libertarian National Convention">1972 (Denver)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_Libertarian_National_Convention" class="mw-redirect" title="1973 Libertarian National Convention">1973 (Strongsville)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_National_Convention#1974" title="Libertarian National Convention">1974 (Irving)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_Libertarian_National_Convention" class="mw-redirect" title="1975 Libertarian National Convention">1975 (New York City)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_National_Convention#1976" title="Libertarian National Convention">1976 (Washington, D.C.)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_Libertarian_National_Convention" title="1977 Libertarian National Convention">1977 (San Francisco)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_National_Convention#1978" title="Libertarian National Convention">1978 (Boston)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_Libertarian_National_Convention" class="mw-redirect" title="1979 Libertarian National Convention">1979 (Los Angeles)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_National_Convention#Alternative_'80" title="Libertarian National Convention">1980 (Los Angeles)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_Libertarian_National_Convention" class="mw-redirect" title="1981 Libertarian National Convention">1981 (Denver)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_Libertarian_National_Convention" title="1983 Libertarian National Convention">1983 (New York City)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_Libertarian_National_Convention" class="mw-redirect" title="1985 Libertarian National Convention">1985 (Phoenix)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_Libertarian_National_Convention" title="1987 Libertarian National Convention">1987 (Seattle)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_Libertarian_National_Convention" class="mw-redirect" title="1989 Libertarian National Convention">1989 (Philadelphia)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_Libertarian_National_Convention" title="1991 Libertarian National Convention">1991 (Chicago)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_Libertarian_National_Convention" class="mw-redirect" title="1993 Libertarian National Convention">1993 (Salt Lake City)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_Libertarian_National_Convention" title="1996 Libertarian National Convention">1996 (Washington)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_Libertarian_National_Convention" class="mw-redirect" title="1998 Libertarian National Convention">1998 (Washington)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_Libertarian_National_Convention" title="2000 Libertarian National Convention">2000 (Anaheim)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_National_Convention#2002" title="Libertarian National Convention">2002 (Indianapolis)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Libertarian_National_Convention" title="2004 Libertarian National Convention">2004 (Atlanta)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_National_Convention#2006" title="Libertarian National Convention">2006 (Portland)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Libertarian_National_Convention" title="2008 Libertarian National Convention">2008 (Denver)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Libertarian_National_Convention" title="2010 Libertarian National Convention">2010 (St. Louis)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Libertarian_National_Convention" title="2012 Libertarian National Convention">2012 (Las Vegas)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Libertarian_National_Convention" title="2014 Libertarian National Convention">2014 (Columbus)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Libertarian_National_Convention" title="2016 Libertarian National Convention">2016 (Orlando)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Libertarian_National_Convention" title="2018 Libertarian National Convention">2018 (New Orleans)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Libertarian_National_Convention" title="2020 Libertarian National Convention">2020 (Orlando)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2021_Libertarian_National_Committee_chair_special_election" title="2021 Libertarian National Committee chair special election">2021 chair election</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Libertarian_National_Convention" class="mw-redirect" title="2022 Libertarian National Convention">2022 (Reno)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Libertarian_National_Convention" title="2024 Libertarian National Convention">2024 (Washington)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Affiliated<br />organizations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div 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title="1980 Republican National Convention">Convention</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries" title="1980 Republican Party presidential primaries">Primaries</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1980_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries#Results" title="1980 Republican Party presidential primaries">results</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Candidates</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b>Nominee: <a href="/wiki/Ronald_Reagan" title="Ronald Reagan">Ronald Reagan</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ronald_Reagan_1980_presidential_campaign" title="Ronald Reagan 1980 presidential campaign">campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Political_positions_of_Ronald_Reagan" title="Political positions of Ronald Reagan">positions</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>VP nominee: <a href="/wiki/George_H._W._Bush" title="George H. W. Bush">George H. W. Bush</a></b></li></ul> <dl><dt>Other candidates</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/John_B._Anderson" title="John B. Anderson">John B. Anderson</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Howard_Baker" title="Howard Baker">Howard Baker</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/George_H._W._Bush" title="George H. W. Bush">George H. W. Bush</a> (<a href="/wiki/George_H._W._Bush_1980_presidential_campaign" title="George H. W. Bush 1980 presidential campaign">campaign</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/John_Connally" title="John Connally">John Connally</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Phil_Crane" title="Phil Crane">Phil Crane</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Bob_Dole" title="Bob Dole">Bob Dole</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Ben_Fernandez" title="Ben Fernandez">Ben Fernandez</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Harold_Stassen" title="Harold Stassen">Harold Stassen</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:right;;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #3333FF;"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic Party</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1980_Democratic_National_Convention" title="1980 Democratic National Convention">Convention</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_Democratic_Party_presidential_primaries" title="1980 Democratic Party presidential primaries">Primaries</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1980_Democratic_Party_presidential_primaries#Results" title="1980 Democratic Party presidential primaries">results</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Candidates</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b>Incumbent nominee: <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Carter" title="Jimmy Carter">Jimmy Carter</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Carter_1980_presidential_campaign" title="Jimmy Carter 1980 presidential campaign">campaign</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>Incumbent VP nominee: <a href="/wiki/Walter_Mondale" title="Walter Mondale">Walter Mondale</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li><b>Other candidates:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Brown" title="Jerry Brown">Jerry Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ted_Kennedy" title="Ted Kennedy">Ted Kennedy</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ted_Kennedy_1980_presidential_campaign" title="Ted Kennedy 1980 presidential campaign">campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Dream_Shall_Never_Die" title="The Dream Shall Never Die">speech</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Dellums" title="Ron Dellums">Ron Dellums</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:right;;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #DDDDBB;"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt>Candidate</dt> <dd><b><a href="/wiki/John_B._Anderson" title="John B. Anderson">John B. Anderson</a></b></dd> <dt>Running mate</dt> <dd><b><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Lucey" title="Patrick Lucey">Patrick Lucey</a></b></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Other_independent_and_third-party_candidates" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Other <a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">independent</a> and <a href="/wiki/Third_party_(U.S._politics)" title="Third party (U.S. politics)">third-party</a> <a href="/wiki/United_States_third_party_and_independent_presidential_candidates,_1980" class="mw-redirect" title="United States third party and independent presidential candidates, 1980">candidates</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #FED105;"><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_(United_States)" title="Libertarian Party (United States)">Libertarian Party</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt>Nominee</dt> <dd><b><a href="/wiki/Ed_Clark" title="Ed Clark">Ed Clark</a></b></dd> <dt>VP nominee</dt> <dd><b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">David Koch</a></b></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #00FF90;"><a href="/wiki/Citizens_Party_(United_States)" title="Citizens Party (United States)">Citizens Party</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt>Nominee</dt> <dd><b><a href="/wiki/Barry_Commoner" title="Barry Commoner">Barry Commoner</a></b></dd> <dt>VP nominee</dt> <dd><b><a href="/wiki/LaDonna_Harris" title="LaDonna Harris">LaDonna Harris</a></b></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #D50000;"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Communist Party (United States)">Communist Party</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt>Nominee</dt> <dd><b><a href="/wiki/Gus_Hall" title="Gus Hall">Gus Hall</a></b></dd> <dt>VP nominee</dt> <dd><b><a href="/wiki/Angela_Davis" title="Angela Davis">Angela Davis</a></b></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #00FF00;"><a href="/wiki/Peace_and_Freedom_Party" title="Peace and Freedom Party">Peace and Freedom Party</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b>Nominee: <a href="/wiki/Maureen_Smith" title="Maureen Smith">Maureen Smith</a></b></li> <li><b>VP Nominee: <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Cervantes_Barron" title="Elizabeth Cervantes Barron">Elizabeth Cervantes Barron</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #FF00FF;"><a href="/wiki/Prohibition_Party" title="Prohibition Party">Prohibition Party</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt>Nominee</dt> <dd><b><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Bubar_Jr." title="Benjamin Bubar Jr.">Ben Bubar</a></b></dd> <dt>VP nominee</dt> <dd><b><a href="/wiki/Earl_Dodge" title="Earl Dodge">Earl Dodge</a></b></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #CD3700;"><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Party_USA" title="Socialist Party USA">Socialist Party</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt>Nominee</dt> <dd><b><a href="/wiki/David_McReynolds" title="David McReynolds">David McReynolds</a></b></dd> <dt>VP nominee</dt> <dd><b><a href="/wiki/Diane_Drufenbrock" title="Diane Drufenbrock">Diane Drufenbrock</a></b></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #AA0000;"><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Workers_Party_(United_States)" title="Socialist Workers Party (United States)">Socialist Workers Party</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt>Nominee</dt> <dd><b><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Pulley" title="Andrew Pulley">Andrew Pulley</a></b></dd> <dt>Alternate nominees</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Richard_Congress" title="Richard Congress">Richard Congress</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Clifton_DeBerry" title="Clifton DeBerry">Clifton DeBerry</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #FF33AA;"><a href="/wiki/Workers_World_Party" title="Workers World Party">Workers World Party</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt>Nominee</dt> <dd><b><a href="/wiki/Deirdre_Griswold" title="Deirdre Griswold">Deirdre Griswold </a></b></dd> <dt>VP nominee</dt> <dd><b><a href="/wiki/Gavrielle_Holmes" title="Gavrielle Holmes">Gavrielle Holmes</a></b></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #DDDDBB;"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independents</a> and other candidates</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lyndon_LaRouche" title="Lyndon LaRouche">Lyndon LaRouche</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warren_Spannaus" title="Warren Spannaus">Warren Spannaus</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <dl><dt>Other 1980 elections</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections" title="1980 United States House of Representatives elections">House</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1980 United States Senate elections">Senate</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_gubernatorial_elections" title="1980 United States gubernatorial elections">Gubernatorial</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Koch_family" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Koch_family" title="Template:Koch family"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Koch_family" title="Template talk:Koch family"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Koch_family" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Koch family"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Koch_family" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Koch_family" title="Koch family">Koch family</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">First generation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Koch_(businessman)" title="Harry Koch (businessman)">Harry Koch</a>: 1867–1942</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Second generation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fred_C._Koch" title="Fred C. Koch">Fred C. Koch</a>: 1900–1967</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Third generation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_R._Koch" title="Frederick R. Koch">Frederick R. Koch</a>: 1933–2020</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Koch" title="Charles Koch">Charles Koch</a>: 1935</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">David Koch</a>: 1940–2019</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julia_Koch" title="Julia Koch">Julia Koch</a>: 1962</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Koch_(businessman)" title="Bill Koch (businessman)">William Koch</a>: 1940</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Fourth generation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Koch_(publisher)" title="Elizabeth Koch (publisher)">Elizabeth Koch</a>: 1976</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chase_Koch" title="Chase Koch">Chase Koch</a>: 1977</li> <li>Wyatt : 1986</li> <li>William: 1997</li> <li>Charlotte: 1996</li> <li>Robin: 1999</li> <li>Kaitlin: 2006</li> <li>David Jr.: 1998</li> <li>Mary Julia: 2001</li> <li>John: 2006</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Major companies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Koch_Industries" class="mw-redirect" title="Koch Industries">Koch Industries</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other organizations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Americans_for_Prosperity" title="Americans for Prosperity">Americans for Prosperity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_of_Rights_Institute" title="Bill of Rights Institute">Bill of Rights Institute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cato_Institute" title="Cato Institute">Cato Institute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Koch_Institute" title="Charles Koch Institute">Charles Koch Institute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Citizens_for_a_Sound_Economy" title="Citizens for a Sound Economy">Citizens for a Sound Economy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koch_family_foundations" title="Koch family foundations">Koch family foundations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koch_Institute_for_Integrative_Cancer_Research" title="Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research">Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">See also</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Political_activities_of_the_Koch_brothers" class="mw-redirect" title="Political activities of the Koch brothers">Political activities of the Koch brothers</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mary_R._Koch" title="Mary R. 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