Vice-Presidential Nomination
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Senator Walter F. Mondale of Minnesota
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Senator Edmund S. Muskie of Maine
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Senator Frank Church of Idaho
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Senator John Glenn of Ohio
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Senator Adlai Stevenson III of Illinois
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Senator Henry M. Jackson of Washington
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Congressman Peter W. Rodino of New Jersey
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Congressman Ron Dellums of California
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Congresswoman Barbara Jordan of Texas
By June, Carter had the nomination sufficiently locked up and could take time to interview potential vice-presidential candidates.
The pundits predicted that Frank Church would be tapped to provide balance as an experienced senator with strong liberal credentials. Church promoted himself, persuading friends to intervene with Carter in his behalf. If a quick choice had been required as in past conventions, Carter later recalled, he would probably have chosen Church. But the longer period for deliberation gave Carter time to worry about his compatibility with the publicity-seeking Church, who had a tendency to be long-winded. Instead, Carter invited Senators Edmund Muskie, John Glenn, Walter Mondale, and Congressmen Peter W. Rodino to visit his home in Plains, Georgia, for personal interviews, while Church, Henry M. Jackson, and Adlai Stevenson III would be interviewed at the convention in New York. Rodino revealed he had no interest in the position, and of all the other potential candidates, Carter found Mondale the most compatible. As a result, Carter selected Mondale as his running mate.
African American leadership within the Democratic Party had sought to potentially place Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley, Congressmen Ron Dellums, or Congresswomen Barbara Jordan on the ticket with Carter. However, Jordan took herself out of consideration, and Carter did not have any interest in the other candidates put forward.
The vice presidential tally, in part, was:
- Walter Mondale 2837
- House Speaker Carl Albert 36
- Ronald Dellums 20
- Fritz Efaw 12
- Barbara Jordan 17
- Others 53
Read more about this topic: Democratic Party Presidential Primaries, 1976, Democratic National Convention
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