1976 Republican Party vice presidential candidate selection

This article lists those who were potential candidates for the Republican nomination for Vice President of the United States in the 1976 election. At the 1976 Republican National Convention, incumbent President Gerald Ford narrowly won the presidential nomination over former California Governor Ronald Reagan. Ford had decided not to choose Vice President Nelson Rockefeller as his running mate, due to Rockefeller's unpopularity with the right wing of the Republican Party.^[1] He instead chose Senator Bob Dole of Kansas. Dole was acceptable to the conservative wing of the party, and Ford hoped that Dole would help the ticket win the western states and the agricultural vote.^[2] The Ford–Dole ticket ultimately lost to the Carter–Mondale ticket in the general election. Though he would not win the presidential nomination, Reagan announced before the convention that he would pick Senator Richard Schweiker of Pennsylvania as his running mate.^[3] Dole went on to become Senate Republican leader, and the Republican presidential nominee in 1996 but ultimately lost to incumbent President Bill Clinton in the general election.

Potential candidates

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Nominee

Senator
Bob Dole
from Kansas
(1969–1996)

Other potential candidates

Ambassador
Anne Armstrong
from Texas
(1976–1977)
Senator
Howard Baker
from Tennessee
(1967–1985)
Ambassador
Shirley Temple Black
from California
(1974–1976)
Former Governor
John Connally
from Texas
(1963–1969)
Former Governor
Ronald Reagan
from California
(1967–1975)
Secretary of Commerce
Elliot Richardson
from Massachusetts
(1976–1977)
Former Deputy Attorney General
William Ruckelshaus
from Washington
(1973)
Secretary of Treasury
William E. Simon
from California
(1974–1977)

References

^ Roberts, Sam (31 December 2016). "Serving as Ford's No. 2, Rockefeller Never Took His Eye Off Top Job". New York Times. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
^ ^a ^b Mieczkowski, Yanek (22 April 2005). Gerald Ford and the Challenges of the 1970s. University Press of Kentucky. pp. 320–323. ISBN 0813172055. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
^ Negrin, Matt (24 February 2008). "Risky strategy that doomed Reagan in '76 could boost Democrats". Boston Globe. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
^ Sigelman, Lee; Wahlbeck, Paul (December 1997). "The "Veepstakes": Strategic Choice in Presidential Running Mate Selection". The American Political Science Review. 91 (4): 858. doi:10.2307/2952169. JSTOR 2952169.
^ Edwards, Anne (1988). Shirley Temple: American Princess. William Morrow and Company, Inc. p. 341. ISBN 978-0-688-06051-0.

[roberts-1] Roberts, Sam (31 December 2016). "Serving as Ford's No. 2, Rockefeller Never Took His Eye Off Top Job". New York Times. Retrieved 5 October 2015.

[yanek2-2] Mieczkowski, Yanek (22 April 2005). Gerald Ford and the Challenges of the 1970s. University Press of Kentucky. pp. 320–323. ISBN 0813172055. Retrieved 5 October 2015.

[mnegrin-3] Negrin, Matt (24 February 2008). "Risky strategy that doomed Reagan in '76 could boost Democrats". Boston Globe. Retrieved 27 April 2016.

[sigelman2-4] Sigelman, Lee; Wahlbeck, Paul (December 1997). "The "Veepstakes": Strategic Choice in Presidential Running Mate Selection". The American Political Science Review. 91 (4): 858. doi:10.2307/2952169. JSTOR 2952169.

[5] Edwards, Anne (1988). Shirley Temple: American Princess. William Morrow and Company, Inc. p. 341. ISBN 978-0-688-06051-0.

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1976 Republican Party vice presidential candidate selection

Potential candidates

Nominee

Other potential candidates

See also

References