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Aug 19, 2024 · The United States presidential election of 1968 was held on November 5 after a tumultuous campaign. Republican Richard M. Nixon defeated Democrat Hubert H. Humphrey and third-party candidate George Wallace.
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The Republican nominee, former vice president Richard Nixon, defeated both the Democratic nominee, incumbent vice president Hubert Humphrey, and the American Independent Party nominee, former Alabama governor George Wallace.
On election day, Nixon defeated Humphrey by about 500,000 votes, 43.4% to 42.7%; Wallace received 13.5% of the vote. Nixon secured 301 electoral votes to Humphrey's 191 and 46 for Wallace.
Nov 13, 2009 · Winning one of the closest elections in U.S. history, Republican challenger Richard Nixon defeats Vice President Hubert Humphrey.
He was re-elected in 1972, when he defeated George McGovern in one of the largest landslide victories in American history. In his second term, Nixon ordered an airlift to resupply Israeli losses in the Yom Kippur War, a conflict which led to the oil crisis at home.
Nov 11, 2018 · Richard Nixon had known bitter defeat in elections even closer than this, and he was magnanimous in victory.
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John F. Kennedy, a wealthy Democratic senator from Massachusetts, was elected president in 1960, defeating Vice President Richard Nixon. Though he clearly won the electoral vote, Kennedy's received only 118,000 more votes than Nixon in this close election.
