Electoral History of Nelson Rockefeller

Electoral history of Nelson Rockefeller, 41st Vice President of the United States (1974–1977) and 49th Governor of New York (1959–1973).

New York gubernatorial election, 1958
Governor candidate Running Mate Party Popular Vote
Nelson A. Rockefeller Malcolm Wilson Republican 3,126,929 (54.74%)
W. Averell Harriman George DeLuca Democratic,
Liberal
2,553,895 (44.71%)
John T. McManus Annette T. Rubinstein Independent-Socialist 31,658 (0.55%)

1960 Republican presidential primaries:

  • Richard Nixon - 4,975,938 (86.63%)
  • Unpledged delegates - 314,234 (5.47%)
  • George H. Bender - 211,090 (3.68%)
  • James M. Lloyd - 48,461 (0.84%)
  • Nelson Rockefeller - 30,639 (0.53%)
  • Frank R. Beckwith - 19,677 (0.34%)
New York gubernatorial election, 1962
Governor candidate Running Mate Party Popular Vote
Nelson A. Rockefeller Malcolm Wilson Republican 3,081587 (53.08%)
Robert M. Morgenthau John J. Burns Democratic,
Liberal
2,552,418 (43.97%)
David H. Jaquith E. Vernon Carbonara Conservative 141,877 (2.44%)
Richard Garza Sylvia Weinstein Socialist Workers 19,698 (0.34%)
Eric Hass John Emanuel Socialist Labor 9,762 (0.17%)

1964 Republican presidential primaries:

  • Barry Goldwater - 2,267,079 (38.33%)
  • Nelson Rockefeller - 1,304,204 (22.05%)
  • James A. Rhodes - 615,754 (10.41%)
  • Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. - 386,661 (6.54%)
  • John W. Byrnes - 299,612 (5.07%)
  • William Scranton - 245,401 (4.15%)
  • Margaret Chase Smith - 227,007 (3.84%)
  • Richard Nixon - 197,212 (3.33%)
  • Unpledged delegates - 173,652 (2.94%)
  • Harold Stassen - 114,083 (1.93%)

1964 Republican National Convention (1st ballot):

  • Barry Goldwater - 883
  • William Scranton - 214
  • Nelson Rockefeller - 114
  • George Romney - 41
  • Margaret Chase Smith - 27
  • Walter H. Judd - 22
  • Hiram Fong - 5
  • Scattering - 7

1964 Republican National Convention (2nd ballot):

  • Barry Goldwater - 1,220
  • William Scranton - 50
  • Margaret Chase Smith - 22
  • Nelson Rockefeller - 6
  • Walter H. Judd - 1
  • George Romney - 1
  • Scattering - 8
New York gubernatorial election, 1966
Governor candidate Running Mate Party Popular Vote
Nelson A. Rockefeller Malcolm Wilson Republican 2,690,626 (44.61%)
Frank D. O'Connor Howard J. Samuels Democratic 2,298,363 (38.11%)
Paul L. Adams Kieran O'Doherty Conservative 513,023 (8.46%)
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr. Donald S. Harrington Liberal 507,234 (8.41%)
Milton Herder Doris Ballantyne Socialist Labor 12,730 (0.21%)
Judith White Richard Garza Socialist Workers 12,506 (0.21%)

1968 Republican presidential primaries

  • Ronald Reagan - 1,696,632 (37.93%)
  • Richard Nixon - 1,679,443 (37.54%)
  • James A. Rhodes - 614,492 (13.74%)
  • Nelson Rockefeller - 164,340 (3.67%)
  • Unpledged delegates - 140,639 (3.14%)
  • Eugene McCarthy - 44,520 (1.00%)
  • Harold Stassen - 31,655 (0.71%)
  • John A. Volpe - 31,465 (0.70%)

1968 Republican National Convention (1st ballot)

  • Richard Nixon - 692
  • Nelson Rockefeller - 277
  • Ronald Reagan - 182
  • James A. Rhodes - 55
  • George Romney - 50
  • Clifford Case - 22
  • Frank Carlson - 20
  • Winthrop Rockefeller - 18
  • Hiram Fong - 14
  • Harold Stassen - 2
  • John V. Lindsay - 1

1968 Republican National Convention (2nd ballot)

  • Richard Nixon - 1238
  • Nelson Rockefeller - 93
  • Ronald Reagan - 2
New York gubernatorial election, 1970
Governor candidate Running Mate Party Popular Vote
Nelson A. Rockefeller Malcolm Wilson Republican 3,151,432 (52.41%)
Arthur Goldberg Basil Paterson Democratic,
Liberal
2,421,426 (40.27%)
Paul L. Adams Edward F. Leonard Conservative 422,514 (7.03%)
Rasheed Storey Grace Mora-Newman Communist 7,760 (0.13%)
Clifton DeBerry Jonathan Rothschild Socialist Workers 5,766 (0.10%)
Stephen Emery Arnold Babel Socialist Labor 3,963 (0.07%)

Vice President of the United States (confirmation in the Senate), 1974:

  • Yea - 90
  • Nay - 7

Vice President of the United States (confirmation in the House), 1974:

  • Yea - 289
  • Nay - 128

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