| Election Name: | 1976 Republican vice presidential nomination |
| Type: | primary |
| Previous Election: | 1968 Republican Party vice presidential candidate selection |
| Previous Year: | 1968 |
| Next Election: | 1980 Republican Party vice presidential candidate selection |
| Next Year: | 1980 |
| Nominee1: | Bob Dole |
| Colour1: | FF3333 |
| Home State1: | Kansas |
| Vice Presidential nominee | |
| Before Election: | Spiro Agnew |
| After Election: | Bob Dole |
This article lists those who were potential candidates for the Republican nomination for Vice President of the United States in the 1976 election. At the 1976 Republican National Convention, incumbent President Gerald Ford narrowly won the presidential nomination over former California Governor Ronald Reagan. Ford had decided not to choose Vice President Nelson Rockefeller as his running mate, due to Rockefeller's unpopularity with the right wing of the Republican Party.[1] He instead chose Senator Bob Dole of Kansas. Dole was acceptable to the conservative wing of the party, and Ford hoped that Dole would help the ticket win the western states and the agricultural vote.[2] The Ford–Dole ticket ultimately lost to the Carter–Mondale ticket in the general election. Though he would not win the presidential nomination, Reagan announced before the convention that he would pick Senator Richard Schweiker of Pennsylvania as his running mate.[3] Dole went on to become Senate Republican leader, and the Republican presidential nominee in 1996 but ultimately lost to incumbent President Bill Clinton in the general election.