American Independent Party
George Wallace
George Wallace
Richard Nixon won the 1968 presidential election defeating Hubert Humphrey. In the 1968 presidential election Richard Nixon received 301 electoral votes, Hubert Humphrey received 191 electoral votes and George Wallace received 46 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Nixon 31,785,480, Humphrey 31,275,166, and George Wallace 9,906,473.
George Wallace
In the 1968 Presidential Election in America, George Wallace ran as the candidate for a political party of his own invention. This was the American Independent Party, the platform for which included isolationism of a sort in foreign policy and continued racial segregation in domestic affairs.
Wallace was Democratic most of his life. In 1968 he ran for president on a third party ticket.
George Wallace
former Alabama Governor George Wallace.
The governor of Alabama who ran for president in 1968 and 1972 was George Wallace. He was a staunch segregationist and ran as a third-party candidate on the American Independent Party ticket. Wallace is known for his opposition to desegregation and his controversial stance on civil rights.
George Wallace
No, he ran for President in 1968. He was governor of ALA.
Richard Nixon won the 1968 presidential election defeating Hubert Humphrey. In the 1968 presidential election Richard Nixon received 301 electoral votes, Hubert Humphrey received 191 electoral votes and George Wallace received 46 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Nixon 31,785,480, Humphrey 31,275,166, and George Wallace 9,906,473.