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From March 7 to June 6, 1972, voters of the Republican Party chose its nominee for president in the 1972 United States presidential election.Incumbent President Richard Nixon was again selected as the nominee through a series of primary elections and caucuses culminating in the 1972 Republican National Convention held from August 21 to August 23, 1972, in Miami, Florida.
Nixon during an August 1972 campaign stop McGovern speaking at an October 1972 campaign rally. McGovern ran on a platform of immediately ending the Vietnam War and instituting a guaranteed minimum income for the nation's poor. His campaign was harmed by his views during the primaries, which alienated many powerful Democrats, the perception that ...
Elections were held on November 7, 1972, and elected the members of the 93rd United States Congress.The election took place during the later stages of the Vietnam War.The Republican Party won a landslide victory in the presidential election, and picked up seats in the House, but the Democratic Party easily retained control of Congress.
Nixon '72 memorabilia at the Nixon Presidential Library. Nixon authorized the formation of his 1972 campaign committee, Nixon-Agnew '72, on January 7, 1972. On August 23, 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.
McGovern campaign button. The George McGovern 1972 presidential campaign began when United States Senator George McGovern from South Dakota launched his second candidacy for the Presidency of the United States in an ultimately unsuccessful bid to win the 1972 presidential election against incumbent president Richard Nixon, winning only in the District of Columbia and the state of Massachusetts.
Richard Nixon: Harry F. Byrd [p] 1964: Lyndon B. Johnson† Barry Goldwater: 1968: Hubert Humphrey: Richard Nixon† George Wallace (American Independent) 1972: George McGovern: Richard Nixon† John G. Schmitz (American Independent) Linda Jenness (Socialist Workers) Benjamin Spock (People's Party) 1976: Jimmy Carter† Gerald Ford: Eugene ...
A fourth-generation Republican "in the mold of Teddy Roosevelt," he often said, McCloskey represented the 12th Congressional District for 15 years, running for president against an incumbent Richard Nixon in 1972. He battled party leaders while serving seven terms in Congress and went on to publicly disavow the GOP in his later years.
Nixon ran unopposed in and won the 1948 Republican primary. ... 1972 Republican National Convention (Presidential tally): [13] Richard Nixon (inc.) - 1,347 (99.93%)