1972 United States presidential election
The 1972 United States presidential election was the 47th quadrennial presidential election held on Tuesday, November 7, 1972. Incumbent Republican president Richard Nixon defeated Democratic U.S. senator George McGovern in a landslide victory. With 60.7% of the popular vote, Richard Nixon won the largest share of the popular vote for the Republican Party in any presidential election.
Image: Richard Nixon presidential portrait (1)
Image: George Mc Govern (D SD) (3x 4 1)
John Hospers received one faithless electoral vote from Virginia.
Image: Richard Nixon presidential portrait
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party, also known as the GOP, is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States. It emerged as the main political rival of the Democratic Party in the mid-1850s.
The Republican Party hosted its first Republican National Convention at Musical Fund Hall at 808 Locust Street in Philadelphia from June 17 to 19, 1856, nominating John C. Frémont as its presidential candidate in the 1856 presidential election.
Charles R. Jennison, an anti-slavery militia leader associated with the Jayhawkers from Kansas and an early Republican politician in the region
Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president (1861–1865) and first Republican to hold the office
Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th president (1869–1877)