Richard Nixon was the Republican candidate and received 301 electoral votes.
Hubert Humphrey was the Democratic candidate with 191 electoral votes.
George Wallace was the American Independent Party candidate with 46 electoral votes.
Richard Nixon, Hubert Humphrey, and George Wallace were the presidential candidates in 1968. Republican candidate Richard Nixon won the election.
Richard M.Nixon/Spiro Agnew George McGovern/R.Sargent Shriver
Dwight D.Eisenhower/Richard M.Nixon Adlai E.Stevenson/John J.Sparkman
John F.Kennedy/Lyndon B.Johnson Richard M.Nixon/Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Richard M.Nixon/Spiro Agnew Hubert Humphrey/Edmund Muskie George Wallace/Curtis LeMay
The 26th amendment to the U.S. Constitution which lowered the voting age to 18 was ratified on July 1, 1971. The first Presidential election following the ratification occurred in 1972. The major candidates that ran in that election were Republican Richard M. Nixon, Democrat George McGovern, and Libertarian Joseph Hospers.
Dwight Eisenhower won the 1952 presidential election defeating Adlai Stevenson. Incumbent President Dwight Eisenhower won reelection in the 1956 presidential election defeating Adlai Stevenson. John F. Kennedy won the 1960 presidential election defeating Richard Nixon. Lyndon Johnson won the 1964 presidential election defeating Barry Goldwater. Richard Nixon won the 1968 presidential election defeating Hubert Humphrey. Incumbent President Richard Nixon won reelection in the 1972 presidential election defeating George McGovern.
In 1960, John Kennedy and Richard Nixon were the major party candidates.
No. John F. Kennedy won the 1960 presidential election defeating Richard Nixon. Richard Nixon won the 1968 presidential election defeating Hubert Humphrey. Incumbent President Richard Nixon won reelection in the 1972 presidential election defeating George McGovern.
Never. Although Humphrey was the Vice President to Johnson, Humphrey lost presidential election to Richard Nixon in 1968.
Lyndon Johnson won the 1964 presidential election defeating Barry Goldwater. In the 1964 presidential election the popular vote totals were Johnson 43,129,566 and Goldwater 27,178,188. The largest percentage of popular votes in a presidential election were won by Lyndon Johnson 61.05% in 1964, Franklin Roosevelt 60.80% in 1936, Richard Nixon 60.67% in 1972, and Warren Harding 60.32% in 1920.
Incumbent President Dwight Eisenhower won reelection in the 1956 presidential election defeating Adlai Stevenson. John F. Kennedy won the 1960 presidential election defeating Richard Nixon. Lyndon Johnson won the 1964 presidential election defeating Barry Goldwater.