Electoral history of Nelson Rockefeller, who served as the 41st vice president of the United States (1974–1977), the 49th governor of New York (1959–1973), and was a three-time candidate for the Republican Party presidential nomination (1960; 1964; 1968).
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Gubernatorial elections
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Nelson Rockefeller/Malcolm Wilson | 3,126,929 | 54.7% | |
Democratic | W. Averell Harriman/George B. DeLuca | 2,269,969 | ||
Liberal | W. Averell Harriman/George B. DeLuca | 283,926 | ||
Total | W. Averell Harriman/George B. DeLuca | 2,553,895 | 44.7% | |
Independent Socialist | John T. McManus/Annette Rubinstein | 31,658 | 0.6% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Nelson Rockefeller/Malcolm Wilson (inc.) | 3,081,587 | 53.1% | |
Democratic | Robert M. Morgenthau/John J. Burns | 2,309,743 | ||
Liberal | Robert M. Morgenthau/John J. Burns | 242,675 | ||
Total | Robert M. Morgenthau/John J. Burns | 2,552,418 | 44% | |
Conservative | David H. Jaquith/E. Vernon Carbonara | 141,877 | 2.4% | |
Socialist Workers | Richard Garza/Sylvia Weinstein | 19,698 | 0.3% | |
Socialist Labor | Eric Hass/John Emanuel | 9,762 | 0.2% |
1966
editGovernor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Nelson A. Rockefeller | Malcolm Wilson | Republican | 2,690,626 | (44.61%) |
Frank D. O'Connor | Howard J. Samuels | Democratic | 2,298,363 | (38.11%) |
Paul L. Adams | Kieran O'Doherty | Conservative | 513,023 | (8.46%) |
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr. | Donald S. Harrington | Liberal | 507,234 | (8.41%) |
Milton Herder | Doris Ballantyne | Socialist Labor | 12,730 | (0.21%) |
Judith White | Richard Garza | Socialist Workers | 12,506 | (0.21%) |
1970
editGovernor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Nelson A. Rockefeller | Malcolm Wilson | Republican | 3,151,432 | (52.41%) |
Arthur Goldberg | Basil Paterson | Democratic, Liberal |
2,421,426 | (40.27%) |
Paul L. Adams | Edward F. Leonard | Conservative | 422,514 | (7.03%) |
Rasheed Storey | Grace Mora-Newman | Communist | 7,760 | (0.13%) |
Clifton DeBerry | Jonathan Rothschild | Socialist Workers | 5,766 | (0.10%) |
Stephen Emery | Arnold Babel | Socialist Labor | 3,963 | (0.07%) |
Presidential nomination elections
edit1960
edit1960 Republican Party presidential primaries:[1] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Aggregate votes | % | ||
Republican | Richard Nixon | 4,975,938 | 86.63 | ||
Unpledged | 314,234 | 5.47 | |||
George H. Bender | 211,090 | 3.68 | |||
James M. Lloyd | 48,461 | 0.84 | |||
Nelson Rockefeller | 30,639 | 0.53 | |||
Frank R. Beckwith | 19,677 | 0.34 |
1964
edit1964 Republican Party presidential primaries:[2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Aggregate votes | % | ||
Republican | Barry Goldwater | 2,267,079 | 38.33 | ||
Nelson Rockefeller | 1,304,204 | 22.05 | |||
James A. Rhodes | 615,754 | 10.41 | |||
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. | 386,661 | 6.54 | |||
John W. Byrnes | 299,612 | 5.07 | |||
William Scranton | 245,401 | 4.15 | |||
Margaret Chase Smith | 227,007 | 3.84 | |||
Richard Nixon | 197,212 | 3.33 | |||
Unpledged | 173,652 | 2.94 | |||
Harold Stassen | 114,083 | 1.93 |
1964 Republican presidential nomination[3] | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Barry Goldwater | 883 | 67.51 | |
William Scranton | 214 | 16.36 | ||
Nelson Rockefeller | 114 | 8.72 | ||
George Romney | 41 | 3.14 | ||
Margaret Chase Smith | 27 | 2.06 | ||
Walter H. Judd | 22 | 1.68 | ||
Hiram Fong | 5 | 0.38 | ||
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. | 2 | 0.15 | ||
First ballot Vote totals following vote shifts: Goldwater – 1,220; Scranton – 50; Smith – 22; Rockefeller – 6; Others – 10 |
1968
edit1968 Republican Party presidential primaries:[4] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Aggregate votes | % | ||
Republican | Ronald Reagan | 1,696,632 | 37.93 | ||
Richard Nixon | 1,679,443 | 37.54 | |||
James A. Rhodes | 614,492 | 13.74 | |||
Nelson Rockefeller | 164,340 | 3.67 | |||
Unpledged | 140,639 | 3.14 | |||
Eugene McCarthy | 44,520 | 1.00 | |||
Harold Stassen | 31,655 | 0.71 | |||
Richard Nixon | 31,465 | 0.70 |
1968 Republican presidential nomination[5] | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Richard Nixon | 692 | 51.92 | |
Nelson Rockefeller | 277 | 20.78 | ||
Ronald Reagan | 182 | 13.66 | ||
James A. Rhodes | 55 | 4.13 | ||
George Romney | 50 | 3.75 | ||
Clifford Case | 22 | 1.65 | ||
Frank Carlson | 20 | 1.50 | ||
Winthrop Rockefeller | 18 | 1.35 | ||
Hiram Fong | 14 | 1.05 | ||
Harold Stassen | 2 | 0.14 | ||
John V. Lindsay | 1 | 0.07 | ||
First ballot Vote totals following vote shifts: Nixon – 1,238; Rockefeller – 93; Reagan – 2 |
1974 vice presidential confirmation
edit1974 U.S. Senate Vice presidential confirmation | |||||
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December 10, 1974 [6] |
Party | Total votes | |||
Democratic | Republican | Conservative | Independent | ||
Yes | 52 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 90 |
No | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
1974 U.S. House Vice presidential confirmation | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
December 19, 1974 [7] |
Party | Total votes | |||
Democratic | Republican | ||||
Yes | 134 | 153 | 287 | ||
No | 98 | 30 | 128 |
References
edit- ^ Our Campaigns – US President – R Primaries Race 1960
- ^ Our Campaigns – US President – R Primaries Race 1964
- ^ "US President – R Convention (1964)". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
- ^ Our Campaigns – US President – R Primaries Race 1968
- ^ "US President – R Convention (1968)". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
- ^ "To confirm the nomination of Nelson A. Rockefeller to be Vice-President of the U.S." govtrack.us. U.S. Senate–December 10, 1974. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
- ^ "To agree to H.Res. 1511, confirming Nelson A. Rockefeller as Vice President of the United States". govtrack.us. U.S. House–December 19, 1974. Retrieved February 12, 2019.