Spiro Agnew - Electoral History

Electoral History

Baltimore County Executive, 1962

  • Spiro Agnew (R)—elected unopposed

Governor of Maryland, 1966

  • Spiro Agnew (R)—455,318 (49.50%)
  • George P. Mahoney (D)—373,543 (40.61%)
  • Hyman A. Pressman (I)—90,899 (9.88%)

1968 Republican National Convention (Vice Presidential tally)

  • Spiro Agnew—1,119 (83.95%)
  • George Romney—186 (13.95%)
  • Abstaining—16 (1.20%)
  • John Lindsay—10 (0.75%)
  • Edward Brooke—1 (0.08%)
  • James A. Rhodes—1 (0.08%)

United States presidential election, 1968

  • Richard Nixon/Spiro Agnew (R)—31,783,783 (43.4%) and 301 electoral votes (32 states carried)
  • Hubert Humphrey/Edmund Muskie (D)—31,271,839 (42.7%) and 191 electoral votes (13 states and D.C. carried)
  • George Wallace/Curtis LeMay (American Independent)—9,901,118 (13.5%) and 46 electoral votes (5 states carried)

1972 Republican National Convention (Vice Presidential tally)

  • Spiro Agnew (inc.)—1,345 (99.78%)
  • Abstaining—2 (0.15%)
  • David Brinkley—1 (0.07%)

United States presidential election, 1972

  • Richard Nixon/Spiro Agnew (R) (inc.)—47,168,710 (60.7%) and 520 electoral votes (49 states carried)
  • George McGovern/Sargent Shriver (D)—29,173,222 (37.5) and 17 electoral votes (1 state and D.C. carried)
  • John Hospers/Theodora Nathalia Nathan (Libertarian)—,674 (0.00%) and 1 electoral vote (Republican faithless elector)
  • John G. Schmitz/Thomas J. Anderson (AI)—1,100,868 (1.4%) and 0 electoral votes
  • Linda Jenness/Andrew Pulley (Socialist Workers)—83,380 (0.1%)
  • Benjamin Spock/Julius Hobson (People's)—78,759 (0.1%)

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