1968 Presidential Election

116,353,000
Voting Age Population
62.8%
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

President: Richard Nixon (1969-1974)

Vice President: Spiro Agnew (1969-1973)

Secretary of State: William P. Rogers (1969-1973)

Secretary of the Treasury: David M. Kennedy (1969-1971), John Connally (1971-1972), George Shultz (1972-1974)

Secretary of Defense: Melvin Laird (1969-1973)

Attorney General: John N. Mitchell (1969-1972), Richard Kleindienst (1972-1973)

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

Secretary of the Interior: Wally Hickel (1969-1970), Rogers Morton (1971-1974)

Secretary of Agriculture: Clifford M. Hardin (1969-1971), Earl Butz (1971-1974)

Secretary of Commerce: Maurice Stans (1969-1972), Peter G. Peterson (1972-1973)

Secretary of Labor: George Shultz (1969-1970), James Day Hodgson (1970-1973)

Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare: Robert Finch (1969-1970), Elliot Richardson (1970-1973)

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development: George W. Romney (1969-1973)

Secretary of Transportation: John Volpe (1969-1973)

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 (1972-1973)

Ambassador to the United Nations: Charles Yost (1969-1971), George H. W. Bush (1971-1973)

Electoral Vote Totals

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1968 Candidate Electoral Votes

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.

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

13

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