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Regardless, the balloting for vice president finished with Farenthold receiving 405 delegates, and 13.73% of the vote, the second-most of all of the candidates. [8] Farenthold was the first serious female candidate for the nomination for vice president of the United States by either major party.
Spiro Theodore Agnew (/ ˈ s p ɪər oʊ ˈ æ ɡ n juː /; November 9, 1918 – September 17, 1996) was the 39th vice president of the United States, serving from 1969 until his resignation in 1973.
Thomas Francis Eagleton (September 4, 1929 – March 4, 2007) was an American lawyer who served as a United States senator from Missouri from 1968 to 1987. He was briefly the Democratic vice presidential nominee under George McGovern in 1972.
The 1972 presidential campaign of Richard Nixon was a successful re-election campaign for President Richard Nixon and Vice President Spiro Agnew. They were reelected president and vice president after decisively defeating George McGovern and Sargent Shriver of the Democratic Party. Nixon '72 memorabilia at the Nixon Presidential Library
This marked the most recent time that the Republican nominee carried Minnesota in a presidential election; it also made Nixon the only two-term vice president to be elected president twice. The 1972 election was the first since the ratification of the 26th Amendment , which lowered the voting age from 21 to 18, further expanding the electorate.
Shirley Chisholm (Rep. N.Y.), left, announcing her candidacy for the presidency in Brooklyn on Jan. 25, 1972. Vice President Kamala Harris, right, at a campaign rally in Las Vegas on Aug. 10.
On October 10, 1973, Agnew pleaded no contest to tax evasion and became the second vice president after John C. Calhoun to resign from office. [46] Nixon used his authority under the 25th Amendment to nominate Gerald Ford for vice president. The well-respected Ford was confirmed by Congress and took office on December 6, 1973.
Walz, who media outlets reported Tuesday will be Kamala Harris’ pick for vice president, ... It last gave its electoral votes to a Republican in 1972. It may be adjacent geographically to swing ...