1968 Presidential Election

VAP turnout uses this page’s presidential vote total. VEP turnout is a separately published historical rate, using its own turnout and population estimates. These rates are not directly comparable.
60.9%
Turnout by VAP

Results of the presidential election of 1968, won by Richard M. Nixon with 301 electoral votes.

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Richard Nixon's Cabinet

Officials who served during the 1969–1974 administration. Years show full tenure in office, including service continuing into the next administration; acting service is identified. Chiefs of staff are included as senior White House advisers.

President: Richard Nixon (1969–1974)

Vice President: Spiro Agnew (1969–1973), Vacant (1973–1973), Gerald Ford (1973–1974)

Secretary of State: William P. Rogers (1969–1973), Henry Kissinger (1973–1977)

Secretary of the Treasury: David M. Kennedy (1969–1971), John Connally (1971–1972), George Shultz (1972–1974), William E. Simon (1974–1977)

Secretary of Defense: Melvin Laird (1969–1973), Elliot Richardson (1973–1973), William P. Clements Jr. (acting) (1973–1973), James R. Schlesinger (1973–1975)

Attorney General: John N. Mitchell (1969–1972), Richard Kleindienst (1972–1973), Elliot Richardson (1973–1973), Robert H. Bork (acting) (1973–1974), William B. Saxbe (1974–1975)

Postmaster General: Winton M. Blount (1969–1971)

Secretary of the Interior: Wally Hickel (1969–1970), Rogers Morton (1971–1975)

Secretary of Agriculture: Clifford M. Hardin (1969–1971), Earl Butz (1971–1976)

Secretary of Commerce: Maurice Stans (1969–1972), Peter G. Peterson (1972–1973), Frederick B. Dent (1973–1975)

Secretary of Labor: George Shultz (1969–1970), James Day Hodgson (1970–1973), Peter J. Brennan (1973–1975)

Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare: Robert Finch (1969–1970), Elliot Richardson (1970–1973), Caspar Weinberger (1973–1975)

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development: George W. Romney (1969–1973), James T. Lynn (1973–1975)

Secretary of Transportation: John Volpe (1969–1973), Claude Brinegar (1973–1975)

Director of the Bureau of the Budget: Robert P. Mayo (1969–1970)

Director of the Office of Management and Budget: George Shultz (1970–1972), Caspar Weinberger (1972–1975), Roy Ash (1973–1975)

Ambassador to the United Nations: Charles Yost (1969–1971), George H. W. Bush (1971–1973), John A. Scali (1973–1975)

Special Representative for Trade Negotiations: Carl J. Gilbert (1969–1971), William D. Eberle (1971–1974)

Chief of Staff: H. R. Haldeman (1969–1973), Alexander M. Haig Jr. (1973–1974)

Counselor to the President: Arthur F. Burns (1969–1970), Bryce N. Harlow (1969–1970), Daniel Patrick Moynihan (1969–1970), Robert H. Finch (1970–1972), Donald H. Rumsfeld (1970–1973), Anne L. Armstrong (1973–1974), Bryce N. Harlow (1973–1974), Dean Burch (1974–1974), Kenneth Rush (1974–1974)

Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity: Donald H. Rumsfeld (1969–1970)

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Electoral Votes

Other color: American Independent Party (George Wallace). Right-leaning alignment. Combined Other totals include all remaining candidates.

270 to win
31,275,166 popular votes (42.7%)
Running Mate: Edmund Muskie
31,785,480 popular votes (43.4%)
Running Mate: Spiro Agnew

George Wallace’s tally of 46 marks the most recent election that a 3rd party candidate has won Electoral Votes. Wallace received 9,906,473 votes and 46 electoral votes.

Presedential Election

Republican

State Electoral Votes

Alabama

10

Alaska

3

Arizona

5

Arkansas

6

California

40

Colorado

6

Connecticut

8

Delaware

3

District of Columbia

3

Florida

14

Georgia

12

Hawaii

4

Idaho

4

Illinois

26

Indiana

13

Iowa

9

Kansas

7

Kentucky

9

Louisiana

10

Maine

4

Maryland

10

Massachusetts

14

Michigan

21

Minnesota

10

Mississippi

7

Missouri

12

Montana

4

Nebraska

5

Nevada

3

New Hampshire

4

New Jersey

17

New Mexico

4

New York

43

North Carolina

12

North Dakota

4

Ohio

26

Oklahoma

8

Oregon

6

Pennsylvania

29

Rhode Island

4

South Carolina

8

South Dakota

4

Tennessee

11

Texas

25

Utah

4

Vermont

3

Virginia

12

Washington

9

West Virginia

7

Wisconsin

12

Wyoming

3

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