Richard Nixon 1972 presidential campaign explained
The 1972 presidential campaign of Richard Nixon was a successful re-election campaign for President Richard Nixon and Vice President Spiro Agnew. President Nixon authorized the formation of his 1972 reelection campaign committee, Nixon-Agnew '72, on January 7, 1972. On August 23, 1972, he secured the nomination of the Republican Party at its convention in Miami Beach, Florida. The convention nominated Vice President Agnew as his running mate.
In the November 7, 1972 general election, President Nixon carried 49 of 50 states, winning the election with 520 electoral votes. Nixon's opponent, Democratic Party nominee, George McGovern, carried only Massachusetts, and the District of Columbia, receiving 17 electoral votes. President Nixon won 60.7 percent of the popular vote and McGovern received 37.5 percent. Nixon's reelection as President was confirmed by the Electoral College on December 18, 1972, and certified by the Joint session of Congress of January 6, 1973.
Both Agnew and Nixon resigned within two years of their second term. In December 1973, Gerald Ford replaced Agnew as vice president and in the following year, replaced Nixon as president. This made Nixon the first and, as of 2024, only person to be inaugurated four times as both president and vice president.
Chronicle
Primaries
See main article: 1972 Republican Party presidential primaries.
Republican National Convention
See main article: 1972 Republican National Convention. In August, Nixon accepted his party's nomination at the Republican National Convention in Miami Beach, Florida.
Endorsements
Nixon had received endorsements from:
- Cabinet Members
- Senators
- Former Representatives
- Governors
- Former Governors
- Celebrities
- June Allyson, actress[5]
- Richard Arlen, actor[5]
- Frankie Avalon, actor[5]
- Jack Benny, comedian
- Edgar Bergen, ventriloquist[5]
- Joan Blondell, actress[5]
- James Brown, singer
- Jim Brown, football player[6]
- Ray Bolger, actor[5]
- Pat Boone, singer[5]
- Les Brown, musician[5]
- Nick Buoniconti, football player
- George Burns, comedian
- Glen Campbell, musician
- Yvonne De Carlo, actress[5]
- Hoagy Carmichael, actor[5]
- Wilt Chamberlain, basketball player[6]
- Cyd Charisse, actress[5]
- Christopher Connelly, actor
- Robert Conrad, actor[5]
- Arlene Dahl, actress[5]
- Sammy Davis Jr., singer and actor[6]
- Dennis Day, actor[5]
- Don DeFore, actor[5]
- William Demarest, actor[5]
- Andy Devine, actor[5]
- Joanne Dru, actress[5]
- James Drury, actor[5]
- Irene Dunne, actress[5]
- Clint Eastwood, actor[5]
- Chad Everett, actor[5]
- Rhonda Fleming, actress[5]
- Zsa Zsa Gabor, actress[5]
- Johnny Grant, radio personality[7]
- Virginia Grey, actress[5]
- Merv Griffin, television personality
- George Hamilton, actor[7]
- June Haver, actress[5]
- Charlton Heston, actor[7]
- Hildegarde, singer[5]
- Bob Hope, comedian[2] [5]
- Sammy Kaye, bandleader[5]
- Lainie Kazan, actress[5]
- Dorothy Lamour, actress[5]
- Art Linkletter, radio personality[3] [5]
- Fred MacMurray, actor[5]
- Gordon MacRae, actor[5]
- Dick Martin, comedian
- Tony Martin, singer[5]
- Virginia Mayo, actress[5]
- Ann Miller, actress[5]
- Mary Ann Mobley, actress[5]
- Mary Tyler Moore, actress[8]
- Terry Moore, actress[5]
- Ken Murray, comedian[5]
- Lloyd Nolan, actor[5]
- Hugh O'Brian, actor[5]
- Merlin Olsen, football player[9]
- John Payne, actor[5]
- Walter Pidgeon, actor[5]
- Gene Raymond, actor[5]
- Debbie Reynolds, actress
- Cesar Romero, actor[5]
- Dan Rowan, actor
- Gale Sayers, football player[9]
- O. J. Simpson, football players[5]
- Frank Sinatra, singer[7]
- Red Skelton, entertainer[5]
- Julie Sommars, actress[5]
- James Stewart, actor[5]
- Howard Twilley, football player[9]
- Rudy Vallee, singer[5]
- Hal Wallis, producer[5]
- John Wayne, actor[5]
See also
Sources
- Book: The 1972 Presidential Campaign: Nixon Administration - Mass Media Relationship . American Institute for Political Communication . 1974 . . 2024-04-29.
- Book: White . T.H. . Roberts . C. . The Making of the President, 1972 . HarperCollins . The Landmark Political Series . 2010 . 978-0-06-202711-5 . 2024-04-29.
- Book: Perlstein, Rick . A Companion to Richard M. Nixon . The Election of 1972 . Wiley . 2011-04-15 . 164–184 . 978-1-4443-3017-5 . 10.1002/9781444340952.ch9.
- Donahue . Bernard F. . The Political Use of Religions Symbols: A Case Study of the 1972 Presidential Campaign . . 37 . 1 . 1975 . 0034-6705 . 10.1017/S0034670500025717 . 48–65.
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Remarks at a "Victory '72" Luncheon in San Francisco, California. 27 September 1972.
- Web site: Remarks at a "Salute to the President" Dinner in New York City. 9 November 1971.
- Web site: Remarks at a "Salute to the President" Dinner in Chicago, Illinois. 9 November 1971.
- News: Many Southern Democrats Plan To Back Nixon for Re-election. The New York Times . 13 August 1972.
- News: Who's For Whom . Newsday (Suffolk Edition).
- News: Black celebrities have a long history of endorsing Republican presidents. . 3 November 2020.
- News: Nixon Entertain Their Hollywood Backers. The New York Times . 28 August 1972.
- Book: Critchlow, Donald. When Hollywood was right : how movie stars, studio moguls, and big business remade American politics. 2013. New York : Cambridge University Press. 978-0-521-19918-6 . Internet Archive.
- Web site: Nixon's Political Football. 21 October 2021.
