Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 7, 1972. Incumbent Republican President Richard Nixon and his running mate, incumbent vice president Spiro Agnew, were re-elected to a
Richard Nixon presidential portrait
George Mc Govern
John Hospers received one faithless electoral vote from Virginia.
Watergate complex
Sargent Shriver
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Robert Sargent Shriver Jr. was an American diplomat, politician, and activist. He was a member of the Shriver family by birth, and a member of the Kennedy family through his marriage to Eunice Kennedy
1972 United States presidential election
…president Spiro Agnew, were re-elected to a second term; they defeated the Democratic ticket of Senator George McGovern and former ambassador to France Sargent Shriver in a landslide. With 60.7% of the popular vote, Nixon won the largest share of the popular vote for the Republican Party in any presidential election…
Shriver in 1961
Shriver and JFK at the White House in August 1961.
Shriver and wife, Eunice, in 1999