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The incumbent in 1968, Lyndon B. Johnson. His second term expired at noon on January 20, 1969. In the 1964 U.S. presidential election, incumbent Democratic President Lyndon B. Johnson won the largest popular vote landslide in U.S. presidential election history over Republican Senator Barry Goldwater.
The 27 states he won were, and still are, the most states ever carried by a losing candidate for president. Had Ford won the election, the provisions of the 22nd Amendment would have disqualified him from running in 1980, as he served more than two years of Nixon's second term.
*Nixon was a write-in candidate in some states' presidential primaries and received 316 votes. 1956 Republican National Convention (Vice Presidential tally): [4] Richard Nixon (inc.) - 1,323 (100.00%) 1956 United States Presidential Election Results:
From February 3 to July 13, 1968, voters of the Republican Party chose its nominee for president in the 1968 United States presidential election.Former vice president Richard Nixon was selected as the nominee through a series of primary elections and caucuses culminating in the 1968 Republican National Convention held from August 5 to August 8, 1968, in Miami Beach, Florida.
He ran for president in 1968 and lost to Richard Nixon. Al Gore was vice president from 1993 to 2001 , serving under President Bill Clinton. In 2000, he ran for president but lost to George W ...
This article is a list of United States presidential candidates.The first U.S. presidential election was held in 1788–1789, followed by the second in 1792. Presidential elections have been held every four years thereafter.
Among those who tried and failed were Richard Nixon in 1960, Hubert Humphrey in 1968 and Al Gore in 2000. Kamala Harris' election would defy history. Just 1 sitting VP has been elected president ...
At the end of Eisenhower's second term in 1960, Nixon ran unopposed for the Republican nomination, which he received. He lost a close race to Senator John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts, which many credited in part to his unhealthy appearance during the first televised debate. [6]