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Roger Stone
American political consultant and lobbyist
Personal details
- Born
- August 27, 1952 · Norwalk, Connecticut
- Parents
- Roger Stone (well-drilling business); Gloria Stone
- Siblings
- Two sisters
- Education
- George Washington University (attended; left before graduation)
- Spouses
- Ann Stone (m. 1974; divorced 1990); Nydia Stone (m. 1991)
- Children
- No independently verified public listing in consulted records
- Political affiliation
- Republican political consultant
- Military
- No military service established in consulted records
Roger Stone (born 1952) is an American political consultant and lobbyist who worked on Republican campaigns beginning with Richard Nixon and later co-founded NCPAC and a political consulting firm with Charles Black and Paul Manafort.
Early life and education
Stone was born in Norwalk, Connecticut, and raised in the northeastern United States. His father operated a well-drilling business and his mother was Gloria Stone. He attended George Washington University in Washington, D.C., but left before graduating.
Campaign and consulting career
Stone worked for Richard Nixon’s 1972 reelection organization and later for Senator Robert Dole. He was an organizer in Ronald Reagan’s 1976 and 1980 campaigns.
In 1975 Stone was a founding participant and treasurer of NCPAC; the FEC audit identifies Roger J. Stone Jr. as treasurer during the early period. He joined Charles Black and Paul Manafort in founding a consulting and lobbying partnership in 1980.
Stone also maintained an association with Donald Trump beginning in the late 1970s and served as a consultant to Trump’s 2015 presidential campaign.
Federal criminal case
In 2019 a federal jury convicted Stone of obstruction, false statements, and witness tampering in an investigation involving the 2016 presidential election. He was sentenced in 2020; President Trump commuted his prison sentence in July 2020 and granted a pardon in December 2020. These are reported legal events, not evidence concerning his 1970s NCPAC associates.
References
- FEC audit, NCPAC (1975–1977)
- Washington Post, contemporaneous Stone profile (1986)
- Federal defense sentencing memorandum, Stone v. United States (2020)
- Ballotpedia, Roger Stone political and legal chronology
- Washington Post, retrospective on Stone and Manafort (2018)
- IMDb biographical record, marriage dates (secondary)
Research compiled through November 12, 2026. Sources and historical roles are dated where known.