National Election Statistics

136,203,000
Voting Age Population
57.0%
Turnout by VAP

1972 Presidential Election

Results of the presidential election of 1972, won by Richard M. Nixon with 520 electoral votes.

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Richard Nixon’s Cabinet

President: Richard Nixon (1969-1974)

Vice President: Gerald Ford (1973-1974)

Secretary of State: Henry Kissinger (1973-1974)

Secretary of the Treasury: George Shultz (1972-1974), William E. Simon (1974-1974)

Secretary of Defense: James R. Schlesinger (1973-1974)

Attorney General: William B. Saxbe (1974-1974)

Secretary of the Interior: Rogers Morton (1971-1974)

Secretary of Agriculture: Earl Butz (1971-1974)

Secretary of Commerce: Frederick B. Dent (1973-1974)

Secretary of Labor: Peter J. Brennan (1973-1974)

Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare: Caspar Weinberger (1973-1974)

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development: James T. Lynn (1973-1974)

Secretary of Transportation: Claude Brinegar (1973-1974)

Director of the Office of Management and Budget: Roy Ash (1973-1974)

Ambassador to the United Nations: John A. Scali (1973-1974)

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1972 National Election

270 to win
29,170,383 votes (37.5%)
Running Mate: Sargent Shriver
47,169,911 votes (60.7%)
Running Mate: Spiro Agnew

Nixon resigned on August 9, 1974, and was replaced by Vice-President Gerald R. Ford.

State Electoral Votes

Alabama

9

Alaska

3

Arizona

6

Arkansas

6

California

45

Colorado

7

Connecticut

8

Delaware

3

District of Columbia

3

Florida

17

Georgia

12

Hawaii

4

Idaho

4

Illinois

26

Indiana

13

Iowa

8

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

41

North Carolina

13

North Dakota

3

Ohio

25

Oklahoma

8

Oregon

6

Pennsylvania

27

Rhode Island

4

South Carolina

8

South Dakota

4

Tennessee

10

Texas

26

Utah

4

Vermont

3

Virginia

12

Washington

9

West Virginia

6

Wisconsin

11

Wyoming

3