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.[citation needed] On August 23, 1972, he secured the nomination of the Republican Party at its convention in Miami Beach, Florida.[citation needed] The convention nominated Vice President Agnew as his running mate.[citation needed]
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.[citation needed] President Nixon won 60.7 percent of the popular vote and McGovern received 37.5 percent.[citation needed] Nixon's reelection as President was confirmed by the Electoral College on December 18, 1972,[citation needed] and certified by the Joint session of Congress of January 6, 1973.[citation needed]
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
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
- United States Deputy Secretary of Defense David Packard (1969–1971)[1]
- United States Secretary of State William P. Rogers (1969–1973)[2]
- Senators
- Bob Dole (R-KS)[3]
- Jacob Javits (R-NY)[2]
- Charles H. Percy (R-IL)[3]
- Former Representatives
- William M. Tuck, (D-VA)[4]
- Governors
- William T. Cahill (R-NJ)[2]
- Thomas Meskill (R-CT)[2]
- Richard B. Ogilvie (R-IL)[3]
- Ronald Reagan (R-CA)[1]
- Nelson Rockefeller (R-NY)[2]
- Former Governors
- C. Farris Bryant, (D-FL)[4]
- John Connally, (D-TX)[4]
- Mills Godwin, (D-VA)[4]
- Marvin Griffin, (D-GA)[4]
- Allan Shivers, (D-TX)[4]
- John Bell Williams, (D-MS)[4]
- Celebrities
- Jack Benny, comedian[5][6]
- Joan Blondell, actress[5]
- James Brown, singer[7]
- Jim Brown, football player[7]
- Ray Bolger, actor[5]
- Nick Buoniconti, football player[8]
- George Burns, comedian[6]
- Glen Campbell, musician[6]
- Wilt Chamberlain, basketball player[7]
- Christopher Connelly, actor[5]
- Sammy Davis Jr., singer and actor[7]
- Zsa Zsa Gabor, actress[6]
- Johnny Grant, radio personality[5]
- Merv Griffin, television personality[6]
- George Hamilton, actor[5]
- Charlton Heston, actor[5][6]
- Bob Hope, comedian[2]
- Art Linkletter, radio personality[3]
- Dick Martin, comedian[6]
- Mary Tyler Moore, actress[6]
- Merlin Olsen, football player[8]
- Debbie Reynolds, actress[6]
- Dan Rowan, actor[6]
- Gale Sayers, football player[8]
- Frank Sinatra, singer[5][6]
- Red Skelton, entertainer[6]
- James Stewart, actor[6]
- Howard Twilley, football player[8]
- John Wayne, actor[6]
Opinion polling
See also
- 1972 Republican National Convention
- 1972 United States presidential election
- Second inauguration of Richard Nixon
- George McGovern 1972 presidential campaign
- Richard Nixon 1968 presidential campaign
References
- ^ a b "Remarks at a "Victory '72" Luncheon in San Francisco, California". September 27, 1972.
- ^ a b c d e f "Remarks at a "Salute to the President" Dinner in New York City". November 9, 1971.
- ^ a b c d "Remarks at a "Salute to the President" Dinner in Chicago, Illinois". November 9, 1971.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Many Southern Democrats Plan To Back Nixon for Re-election". The New York Times. August 13, 1972.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Nixon Entertain Their Hollywood Backers". The New York Times. August 28, 1972.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Critchlow, Donald (2013). When Hollywood was right : how movie stars, studio moguls, and big business remade American politics. New York : Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-19918-6 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ a b c d "Black celebrities have a long history of endorsing Republican presidents". The Washington Post. November 3, 2020.
- ^ a b c d "Nixon's Political Football". October 21, 2021.
Sources
- The 1972 Presidential Campaign: Nixon Administration - Mass Media Relationship. American Institute for Political Communication. 1974. Retrieved April 29, 2024.
- White, T.H.; Roberts, C. (2010). The Making of the President, 1972. The Landmark Political Series. HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-06-202711-5. Retrieved April 29, 2024.
- Perlstein, Rick (April 15, 2011). "The Election of 1972". A Companion to Richard M. Nixon. Wiley. pp. 164–184. doi:10.1002/9781444340952.ch9. ISBN 978-1-4443-3017-5.
- Donahue, Bernard F. (1975). "The Political Use of Religions Symbols: A Case Study of the 1972 Presidential Campaign". The Review of Politics. 37 (1): 48–65. doi:10.1017/S0034670500025717. ISSN 0034-6705.
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