Electoral history of Gerald Ford
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Electoral history of Gerald Ford, who served as the 38th president of the United States (1974–1977), the 40th vice president (1973–1974); and as a United States representative from Michigan (1949–1973).
Congressional elections (1948–1972)
[edit]1948
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Gerald Ford | 23,632 | 62.23% | |
Republican | Bartel J. Jonkman* | 14,341 | 37.77% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Gerald Ford | 74,191 | 60.51% | |
Democratic | Fred J. Barr, Jr. | 46,972 | 38.31% | |
Prohibition | William H. Barlette | 853 | 0.70% | |
Progressive | Theodore Theodore | 504 | 0.41% | |
Socialist | Eugene Ten Brink, Jr. | 93 | 0.08% |
1950
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Gerald Ford* | 72,829 | 66.74% | |
Democratic | James H. McLaughlin | 35,927 | 32.92% | |
Prohibition | Ella Fruin | 376 | 0.35% |
1952
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Gerald Ford* | 109,807 | 66.26% | |
Democratic | Vincent E. O’Neill | 55,147 | 33.28% | |
Prohibition | Ella Fruin | 617 | 0.37% | |
Progressive | William Glenn | 146 | 0.09% |
1954
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Gerald Ford* | 81,702 | 63.26 % | |
Democratic | Robert S. McAllister | 47,453 | 36.74% |
1956
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Gerald Ford* | 120,349 | 67.14% | |
Democratic | George E. Clay | 58,899 | 32.86% |
1958
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Gerald Ford* | 88,156 | 63.64% | |
Democratic | Richard Vander Veen | 50,203 | 36.24% | |
Prohibition | Bernard Elve | 156 | 0.11% |
1960
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Gerald Ford* | 131,461 | 66.84% | |
Democratic | William G. Reamon | 65,064 | 33.08% | |
Prohibition | LeRoy A. Robert | 115 | 0.06% | |
Socialist Labor | Donald Teets | 54 | 0.03% |
1962
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Gerald Ford* | 110,043 | 67.04% | |
Democratic | William G. Reamon | 54,112 | 32.96% |
1964
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Gerald Ford* | 101,810 | 61.22% | |
Democratic | William G. Reamon | 64,488 | 38.78% |
1966
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Gerald Ford* | 87,914 | 68.39% | |
Democratic | James M. Catchick | 40,629 | 31.61% |
1968
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Gerald Ford* | 105,085 | 62.75% | |
Democratic | Lawrence E. Howard | 62,219 | 37.16% | |
Socialist Labor | Frank Girard | 156 | 0.09% |
1970
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Gerald Ford* | 88,208 | 61.36% | |
Democratic | Jean McKee | 55,337 | 38.50% | |
Socialist Labor | Frank Girard | 120 | 0.08% | |
Socialist Workers | Walter M. Kus | 87 | 0.06% |
1972
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Gerald Ford* | 118,027 | 61.08% | |
Democratic | Jean McKee | 72,782 | 37.67% | |
American Independent | Dwight W. Johnson | 2,045 | 1.06% | |
Socialist Labor | Frank Girard | 235 | 0.12% | |
Communist | Alan Lee Maki | 140 | 0.07% |
Speaker of the House elections (1965–1973)
[edit]1965
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | John McCormack* (MA 9) | 289 | 67.52 | |
Republican | Gerald Ford (MI 5) | 139 | 32.48 | |
Total votes | 428 | 100 | ||
Votes necessary | 215 | >50 |
1967
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | John McCormack* (MA 9) | 246 | 56.94 | |
Republican | Gerald Ford (MI 5) | 186 | 43.06 | |
Total votes | 432 | 100 | ||
Votes necessary | 217 | >50 |
1969
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | John McCormack* (MA 9) | 241 | 56.31 | |
Republican | Gerald Ford (MI 5) | 187 | 43.69 | |
Total votes | 428 | 100 | ||
Votes necessary | 215 | >50 |
1971
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Carl Albert (OK 3) | 250 | 58.68 | |
Republican | Gerald Ford (MI 5) | 176 | 41.32 | |
Total votes | 426 | 100 | ||
Votes necessary | 214 | >50 |
1973
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Carl Albert* (OK 3) | 236 | 55.66 | |
Republican | Gerald Ford (MI 5) | 188 | 44.34 | |
Total votes | 424 | 100 | ||
Votes necessary | 213 | >50 |
Vice presidential confirmation (1973)
[edit]1973 U.S. Senate Vice presidential confirmation | |||||
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November 27, 1973 [20] |
Party | Total votes | |||
Democratic | Republican | Conservative | Independent | ||
Yes | 51 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 92 |
No | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
1973 U.S. House Vice presidential confirmation | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
December 6, 1973 [21] |
Party | Total votes | |||
Democratic | Republican | ||||
Yes | 199 | 188 | 387 | ||
No | 35 | 0 | 35 |
Presidential election (1976)
[edit]1976 Republican Party presidential primaries[22] * denotes incumbent | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Aggregate votes | % | #W | |
Republican | Gerald Ford* | 5,529,899 | 53.29 | 27 | |
Ronald Reagan | 4,760,222 | 45.88 | 24 | ||
Others | 44,626 | 0.43 | 0 | ||
Unpledged | 34,717 | 0.34 | 0 |
1976 Republican presidential nomination[23] * denotes incumbent | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Gerald Ford* | 1,187 | 52.57 | |
Ronald Reagan | 1,070 | 47.39 | ||
Elliot Richardson | 1 | 0.04 |
1976 United States presidential election[24] * denotes incumbent | |||||
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Party | Presidential candidate |
Vice presidential Candidate |
PV (%) | EV | |
Democratic | Jimmy Carter | Walter Mondale | 40,831,881 (50.08) | 297 | |
Republican | Gerald Ford* | Bob Dole | 39,148,634 (48.01) | 240[a] | |
Independent | Eugene McCarthy | [b] | 744,763 (0.91) | 0 | |
Libertarian | Roger MacBride | David Bergland | 172,557 (0.21) | 0 | |
American Independent | Lester Maddox | William Dyke | 170,373 (0.21) | 0 | |
American | Thomas J. Anderson | Rufus Shackelford | 158,724 (0.19) | 0 | |
Others | 313,848 (0.39) | 0 | |||
Total votes: | 81,540,780 | 538 | |||
Votes necessary: | 270 |
Notes
[edit]- ^ One faithless elector in the state of Washington cast his electoral vote for Ronald Reagan (president) and Robert Dole (vice president).
- ^ The running mate of Eugene McCarthy varied from state to state.
References
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- ^ "MI District 05 (1972)". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved February 13, 2019.
- ^ "111 Cong. Rec. 17 (1965)" (PDF). Congressional Record. Washington, D.C.: United States Government Publishing Office. Retrieved February 11, 2019.
- ^ "113 Cong. Rec. 12 (1967)" (PDF). Congressional Record. Washington, D.C.: United States Government Publishing Office. Retrieved February 11, 2019.
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- ^ "117 Cong. Rec. 10 (1971)" (PDF). Congressional Record. Washington, D.C.: United States Government Publishing Office. Retrieved February 11, 2019.
- ^ "119 Cong. Rec. 12 (1973)" (PDF). Congressional Record. Washington, D.C.: United States Government Publishing Office. Retrieved February 11, 2019.
- ^ "To advise and consent to the nomination of Gerald R. Ford to be Vice-President of the U.S." govtrack.us. U.S. Senate–November 27, 1973. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
- ^ "To pass H.Res. 735, confirming the nomination of Gerald R. Ford to be Vice-President". govtrack.us. U.S. House of Representatives–December 6, 1973. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
- ^ Troy, Gil; Schlesinger, Arthur M.; Israel, Fred L. (2012). History of American Presidential Elections, 1789–2008. Vol. 3 (4 ed.). New York, New York: Facts on File. p. 1386. ISBN 978-0-8160-8220-9.
- ^ "US President – R Convention (1976)". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
- ^ "1976 Presidential General Election Results". uselectionatlas.org. Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Elections. Retrieved April 4, 2019.