1968 Republican National Convention

1968 Republican National Convention
1968 presidential election
Nominees
Nixon and Agnew
Convention
Date(s)August 5–8, 1968
CityMiami Beach, Florida
VenueMiami Beach Convention Center
Keynote speakerDaniel J. Evans
Candidates
Presidential nomineeRichard M. Nixon of New York
Vice presidential nomineeSpiro T. Agnew of Maryland
Voting
Total delegates1,333
Votes needed for nomination667 (majority)
Results (president)Nixon (NY): 1,238 (92.87%)
Rockefeller (NY): 93 (6.98%)
Reagan: (CA): 2 (0.15%)
Results (vice president)Agnew (MD): 1,119 (83.95%)
Romney (MI): 186 (13.95%)
Lindsay (NY): 10 (0.75%)
Others: 2 (0.15%)
Not Voting: 16 (1.20%)
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The 1968 Republican National Convention was held at the Miami Beach Convention Center in Miami Beach, Dade County, Florida, USA, from August 5 to August 8, 1968, to select the party's nominee in the general election. It nominated former Vice President Richard M. Nixon for president and Maryland Governor Spiro T. Agnew for vice president. It was the fourth time Nixon had been nominated on the Republican ticket as either its vice presidential (1952 and 1956) or presidential candidate (1960). Symbolic of the South's changing political affiliation, this was the first Republican National Convention held in a prior Confederate State.


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