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United States presidential election of 1968, American presidential election held on November 5, 1968, in which Republican Richard M. Nixon defeated Democrat Hubert H. Humphrey. The run-up to the 1968 election was transformed in 1967 when Minnesota’s Democratic senator, Eugene J. McCarthy,
Overview. Richard Nixon was elected president in 1968, a tumultuous year that witnessed the assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy, as well as the splintering of the Democratic Party.
Mar 31, 2019 · Updated on March 31, 2019. The election of 1968 was bound to be significant. The United States was bitterly divided over the seemingly unending war in Vietnam. A youth rebellion was dominating society, sparked, in large measure, by the draft that was pulling young men into the military and sending them off to the violent quagmire in Vietnam.
Nov 13, 2009 · Richard Nixon elected president. This Day In History. November | 5. Choose another date. 1968. Richard Nixon elected president. Winning one of the closest elections in U.S. history, Republican...
On Thursday, October 31, five days before the election, President Johnson lobbed the last bombshell into election year 1968: the following morning U.S. bombing would stop everywhere over North Vietnam. After weeks of negotiation, North Vietnam had agreed to substantive peace talks in Paris.
Jan 1, 2018 · Lessons from the Election of 1968 | The New Yorker. A Critic at Large. Lessons from the Election of 1968. Protests, populism, and progressivism all clashed in a battle royal. But what...
Party Nominees: Electoral Vote: Popular Vote Presidential: Vice Presidential Republican: Richard Nixon: Spiro Agnew: 301: 55.9%: 31,785,480: 43.4% Democratic
