Editing Nancy Lord

{{Short description|American politician (1952–2022)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2022}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name        = Nancy Lord
|birth_name  = Nancy Theresa Lord
|birth_date  = {{birth date|1952|2|8}}
|birth_place = [[New York City]], U.S.
|death_date  = {{death date and age|2022|2|14|1952|2|8}}
|death_place = [[Show Low, Arizona]], U.S.<ref name="obit">[https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/washingtonpost/name/nancy-lord-obituary?id=33534479 "Nancy Lord obituary], [[Legacy.com]]. Originally published in ''[[The Washington Post]]'' on March 6, 2022. Retrieved May 25, 2022.</ref>
|party       = [[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian]]
|alma_mater  = [[University of Maryland, College Park|University of Maryland, College<br>Park]]<br>[[University of Maryland, Baltimore|University of Maryland,<br>Baltimore]]<br>[[Georgetown University]]
}}
'''Nancy Theresa Lord''' (February 8, 1952 – February 14, 2022) was an American attorney and medical researcher who was the vice-presidential candidate of the [[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian Party]] in the [[1992 United States presidential election|1992 presidential election]], as the running-mate of [[Andre Marrou]]. Marrou and Lord placed fourth in the popular vote with 290,087 votes (0.3%).<ref name="DA">Waite, Mark (March 17, 2010) [https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=NewsBank&t=&sort=YMD_date%3AD&fld-base-0=alltext&maxresults=20&val-base-0=%22Nancy%20Lord%22%20libertarian&docref=news/12E8A655D29727C0 "Local activist, Vegas attorney seek Nye County DA's chair"], [[NewsBank]].com. Originally published in ''[[Pahrump Valley Times]]''. Retrieved May 25, 2022.</ref><ref name=LP-History>{{cite web |url=http://www.lp.org/introduction/our-history |title=Our History |publisher=[[Libertarian National Committee]], Inc. |access-date=September 14, 2015 |archive-date=September 15, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150915144820/http://www.lp.org/introduction/our-history |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=campaigns>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=1934 |title=US President National Vote |publisher=Our Campaigns |access-date=September 14, 2015}}</ref>
Lord was the Libertarian candidate for [[Mayor of the District of Columbia]] in [[Washington, D.C. mayoral election, 1990|1990]].<ref name="obit"/> She also unsuccessfully ran for [[Nye County, Nevada]] [[District Attorney]] as a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] in 2010.<ref name="DA"/><ref>[https://ballot-access.org/2010/06/15/nancy-lord-loses-republican-nomination-for-nye-county-nevada-district-attorney-by-86-votes/ "Nancy Lord Loses Republican Nomination for Nye County, Nevada, District Attorney, by 86 Votes"], ''[[Ballot Access News]]''. June 15, 2010. Retrieved May 25, 2022.</ref>

Lord completed undergraduate and [[M.D.]] degrees at the [[University of Maryland, College Park|University of Maryland]]. She earned her [[Juris Doctor|J.D.]] degree from [[Georgetown University Law Center]]. Until 1983, Lord was employed by [[Abbott Laboratories]], where she authored the successful new drug application for [[benzodiazepine]] hypnotic ("[[ProSom]]").<ref name="DA"/> After leaving Abbott, Lord worked as an independent consultant in the areas of pharmaceutical development, [[medical malpractice]], and [[toxicology]].<ref name=ProGenaCell>{{cite web|first=Charles |last=Server |url=http://www.progenacell.com/physicians |title=ProGenaCell Physicians |publisher=ProGenaCell |access-date=September 14, 2015}}</ref><ref name=justia>{{cite web|url=http://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp2/49/1335/2467427/ |title=Somerset Pharmaceuticals v. Kimball |publisher=Justia |access-date=September 14, 2015}}</ref>

She served on the boards of directors for [[NORML]] and for the [[Fully Informed Jury Association]]<ref name="DA"/> and wrote the introduction to the original edition of ''You and the Police'' by [[Boston T. Party]].<ref name=NORML>Editorial staff {{cite news | url = http://norml.org/pdf_files/Spring2000.pdf | title = The NORML Legislative Bulletin (Board of Directors) | publisher = [[National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws]] | date = Spring 2000 | access-date = September 20, 2015 | archive-date = July 9, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110709224628/http://www.norml.org/pdf_files/Spring2000.pdf | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref name=fija>{{cite web |url=http://fija.org/document-library/case-info/ |title=Case Info: Alaska vs Frank Turney |publisher=[[Fully Informed Jury Association]] |access-date=September 16, 2015 |archive-date=September 10, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910051633/http://fija.org/document-library/case-info/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> She was married to J.J. Johnson, an African-American organizer of the American militia movement.

Lord died on February 14, 2022, in [[Show Low, Arizona]], following a bout with [[COVID-19]].<ref name="obit"/>

==References==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=4962 Our Campaigns Electoral History ]
* {{C-SPAN|12852}}

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