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The 1968 United States presidential election in Alabama was held on November 5, 1968. In Alabama, voters voted for electors individually instead of as a slate, as in ...
Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 5, 1968. Republican nominee, former vice president Richard Nixon, defeated both the Democratic nominee, incumbent vice president Hubert Humphrey, and the American Independent Party nominee, former Alabama governor George Wallace.
1968 United States presidential election: Candidate: George Wallace Governor of Alabama (1963–1967, 1971–1979, 1983–1987) First Gentleman of Alabama (1967–1968) Gen. Curtis LeMay Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force (1961–1965) Affiliation: American Independent Party: Status: Announced: February 8, 1968 Lost election: November 5, 1968 ...
Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Alabama, ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1819, Alabama has participated in every U.S. presidential election except the election of 1864, during the American Civil War , when the state had seceded to join the Confederacy .
The governor of Alabama is the head of government of the U.S. state of ... An amendment in 1968 allowed governors to succeed themselves ... president of the Senate: 3
Former president Lyndon B. Johnson (center left) and Vice President Spiro Agnew (center right) witness the liftoff of Apollo 11, the first manned space aircraft to land on the Moon, on July 16, 1969 During the Johnson administration, NASA conducted the Gemini crewed space program, developed the Saturn V rocket and its launch facility , and ...
An American Melodrama: The Presidential Campaign of 1968. (The Viking Press, 1969). Johns, Andrew L. The Price of Loyalty: Hubert Humphrey's Vietnam Conflict (Rowman & Littlefield, 2020). Nelson, Justin A. "Drafting Lyndon Johnson: The President's Secret Role in the 1968 Democratic Convention." Presidential Studies Quarterly 30.4 (2000): 688–713.
Lurleen Burns Wallace (born Lurleen Brigham Burns; September 19, 1926 – May 7, 1968) was an American politician who served as the 46th governor of Alabama for 16 months from January 16, 1967, until her death on May 7, 1968. She was the first wife of Alabama governor George Wallace, whom she succeeded as governor because at the time the ...