1964 Republican Party vice presidential candidate selection

1964 Republican vice presidential nomination

July 16, 1964 (1964-07-16)

Nominee William E. Miller Home state New York

Previous Vice Presidential nominee Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. Vice Presidential nominee William E. Miller

Republican presidential nominee, Senator Barry Goldwater of Arizona chose Representative William E. Miller of New York as his vice presidential running mate. The Goldwater–Miller ticket would lose the 1964 election to the Democratic ticket of Johnson–Humphrey.

Potential running mates

Finalists

[1][2]

• 
  Representative
  William Miller
  from New York
  (1951-1965)
• 
  Representative
  Gerald Ford
  from Michigan
  (1949-1973)
• 
  Governor
  William Scranton
  from Pennsylvania
  (1963-1967)
• 
  Representative
  Clare Boothe Luce
  from Connecticut
  (1943-1947)

References

1. Sigelman, Lee; Wahlbeck, Paul (December 1997). "The "Veepstakes": Strategic Choice in Presidential Running Mate Selection". The American Political Science Review. 91 (4): 858. doi:10.2307/2952169. JSTOR 2952169.
2. "The Making of the President 1964".