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1976 Republican vice presidential nomination

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Nominee Bob Dole Home state Kansas

Previous Vice Presidential nominee Spiro Agnew Vice Presidential nominee Bob Dole

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. 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. 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. 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

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)

See also

• Gerald Ford 1976 presidential campaign
• 1976 Republican Party presidential primaries
• 1976 Republican National Convention
• 1976 United States presidential election
• List of United States major party presidential tickets

References

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

• Republican Party (United States) vice presidential nominees
• 1976 United States presidential election
• Gerald Ford
• Bob Dole
• Ronald Reagan