Nelson A. Rockefeller

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).

Gubernatorial elections

Governor of New York, 1958
Party 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 T. Rubinstein 31,658 0.6%
Governor of New York, 1962
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

1966 New York gubernatorial election
Governor 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

1970 New York gubernatorial election
Governor 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

1960

1960 Republican Party presidential primaries:[1]
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

1964 Republican Party presidential primaries:[2]
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]
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

1968 Republican Party presidential primaries:[4]
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]
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

Further information: 1974 United States vice presidential confirmation
1974 U.S. Senate Vice presidential confirmation
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

  1. ^ Our Campaigns – US President – R Primaries Race 1960
  2. ^ Our Campaigns – US President – R Primaries Race 1964
  3. ^ "US President – R Convention (1964)". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
  4. ^ Our Campaigns – US President – R Primaries Race 1968
  5. ^ "US President – R Convention (1968)". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "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.
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