1968 Republican Party vice presidential candidate selection explained

Election Name:1968 Republican vice presidential nomination
Type:primary
Previous Election:1964 Republican Party vice presidential candidate selection
Previous Year:1964
Next Election:1976 Republican Party vice presidential candidate selection
Next Year:1976
Nominee1:Spiro Agnew
Colour1:FF3333
Home State1:Maryland
Vice Presidential nominee
Before Election:William E. Miller
After Election:Spiro Agnew

This article lists those who were potential candidates for the Republican nomination for Vice President of the United States in the 1968 election. After winning the Republican presidential nomination at the 1968 Republican National Convention, former Vice President Richard Nixon convened a series of meetings with close advisers and party leaders such as Strom Thurmond in order to choose his running mate.[1] Nixon ultimately asked the convention to nominate Maryland Governor Spiro Agnew as his running mate. By a large margin, Agnew won the vice presidential nomination on the first ballot over Michigan Governor George W. Romney, who was supported by a faction of liberal Republicans.[1] Nixon chose Agnew because he wanted a centrist who was broadly acceptable to the party, had experience with domestic issues, and appealed to Southern voters (to counter the third party candidacy of former Alabama Governor George Wallace).[2] The Nixon–Agnew ticket defeated the HumphreyMuskie ticket, and also won re-election in 1972, defeating the McGovern–Shriver ticket. However, Agnew was forced to resign as vice president in 1973 due to a controversy regarding his personal taxes.

Despite being his running mate in 1960, Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. was not considered as a potential running mate for Nixon in 1968.

Potential running mates

Finalists

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See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Wainstock . Dennis . Election Year 1968: The Turning Point . 18 October 2013 . Enigman Books . 9781936274413 . 115–119 . 6 October 2015.
  2. News: Lippman. Theo. How the 1968 riots made Agnew's career. 6 October 2015. Baltimore Sun. 5 April 1998.
  3. News: Times . Tom Wickerspecial To the New York . 1968-08-09 . NIXON SELECTS AGNEW AS HIS RUNNING MATE AND WINS APPROVAL AFTER FIGHT ON FLOOR;; REBELS PUT DOWN Fail in Effort to Have Convention Choose Romney Instead Nixon Selects Agnew for Running Mate; Decision Is Approved After a Floor Fight REBELS PUT DOWN BY A HEAVY VOTE They Fail in Effort to Have the Republican Convention Name Romney Instead . 2022-11-27 . The New York Times . en-US . 0362-4331.