[4] From 1962 to 1965, McClaughry spent time living as a hobo and hopped trains, traveling in boxcars about 5,000 miles across 19 states.

[3] McClaughry moved to Washington, D.C., where he worked at the moderate Republican magazine Advance.

[1] McClaughry served as a senior policy advisor in Ronald Reagan's presidential campaign of 1980.

[1] In 1992, he was the Republican candidate for Governor of Vermont, ultimately losing to incumbent Democrat Howard Dean.

[7] McClaughry had been the Town meeting day moderator in Kirby, Vermont, since 1967.