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Grover Norquist
American political activist and strategist
Also known as: Grover Glenn Norquist
Grover Norquist (born October 19, 1956, Sharon, Pennsylvania, U.S.) is an American political activist and strategist for conservative and libertarian causes, especially the reduction of taxes. As president of the lobbying organization Americans for Tax Reform (ATR), he built a coalition of interest groups that had a profound influence on Republican Party policy in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Norquist was raised in suburban Boston. His father, an executive at Polaroid, instilled in him an appreciation for fiscal conservatism, and at age 12 Grover volunteered for Richard M. Nixon’s 1968 presidential election campaign. At Harvard University he honed ...(100 of 791 words)