Richard Nixon, Dwight Eisenhower's VP was the Republican candidate in 1960. Back in the 1960's the Republican party was the party of "peace and prosperity"! 20 years later, the Republican Party became the party of War and massive National Debt. Nixon lost the 1960 election to John F Kennedy, the Democratic Party candidate.
Thomas Dewey, the Governor of New York. Dewey had previously contested Roosevelt in the 1944 election. Dewey only narrowly won his party's nomination - the conservative Republicans didn't like him that much - but was widely slated to defeat Truman in 1948. However, Truman unexpectedly defeated Dewey with a margin of 5% of the vote.
Abraham Lincoln was the winning Republican candidate for president in 1860.
The republican candidate was George Herbert Walker Bush, 41st president running for re-election.
Republican Party candidate John Fremont won 11 northern states in the 1856 presidential election.
other republican candidates
Paul Ryan
Theodore Roosevelt was the Republican candidate for Vice President in 1900 and for President in 1904, and he was the Progressive Party candidate for President in 1912. Franklin D. Roosevelt was the Democratic Party Candidate for Vice President in 1920 and for President in 1932, 1936, 1940 and 1944.
Alabama is the home state of the republican candidate-john maccain
Mitt Romney is the Republican candidate running for president in 2012.
Paul Ryan, Congressman from WI ,is the Republican candidate for VP in 2012.
He was the Republican candidate for President.
Republican Union was created in 1932.
Thomas Jefferson
The Republican candidate will be selected at the Republican convention. It will be held during the week of August 27, 2012, in Tampa, Florida.
Sarah Palin, governor of Alaska , was the candidate.
Thomas E. Dewey was the republican candidate in 1944
In 1924, the republican candidate for the presidency was Calvin Coolidge. Coolidge won the election with 54 percent of the vote.
No, Pawlenty is a Republican. He is a former governor of Minnesota, member of the State Legislature and was a candidate for the Republican nomination for Republican Presidential candidate before he announced he was dropping out of the race.