Electoral history of Nelson Rockefeller

Nelson A. Rockefeller

Electoral history of Nelson Rockefeller, who served as the 41st vice president of the United States (1974–1977), the 49th governor of New York (1959–1973), and was a three-time candidate for the Republican Party presidential nomination (1960; 1964; 1968).

Gubernatorial elections

Governor of New York, 1958

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Nelson Rockefeller/Malcolm Wilson	3,126,929	54.7%
	Democratic	W. Averell Harriman/George B. DeLuca	2,269,969
	Liberal	W. Averell Harriman/George B. DeLuca	283,926
	Total	W. Averell Harriman/George B. DeLuca	2,553,895	44.7%
	Independent Socialist	John T. McManus/Annette Rubinstein	31,658	0.6%

Governor of New York, 1962

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Nelson Rockefeller/Malcolm Wilson (inc.)	3,081,587	53.1%
	Democratic	Robert M. Morgenthau/John J. Burns	2,309,743
	Liberal	Robert M. Morgenthau/John J. Burns	242,675
	Total	Robert M. Morgenthau/John J. Burns	2,552,418	44%
	Conservative	David H. Jaquith/E. Vernon Carbonara	141,877	2.4%
	Socialist Workers	Richard Garza/Sylvia Weinstein	19,698	0.3%
	Socialist Labor	Eric Hass/John Emanuel	9,762	0.2%

1966

1966 New York gubernatorial election

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%)

1970

1970 New York gubernatorial election

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%)

Presidential nomination elections

1960

1960 Republican Party presidential primaries:[1]
Party		Candidate	Aggregate votes	%
	Republican	Richard Nixon	4,975,938	86.63
		Unpledged	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

1964

1964 Republican Party presidential primaries:[2]
Party		Candidate	Aggregate votes	%
	Republican	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	173,652	2.94
		Harold Stassen	114,083	1.93

1964 Republican presidential nomination[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Barry Goldwater	883	67.51
		William Scranton	214	16.36
		Nelson Rockefeller	114	8.72
		George Romney	41	3.14
		Margaret Chase Smith	27	2.06
		Walter H. Judd	22	1.68
		Hiram Fong	5	0.38
		Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.	2	0.15
First ballot Vote totals following vote shifts: Goldwater – 1,220; Scranton – 50; Smith – 22; Rockefeller – 6; Others – 10

1968

1968 Republican Party presidential primaries:[4]
Party		Candidate	Aggregate votes	%
	Republican	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	140,639	3.14
		Eugene McCarthy	44,520	1.00
		Harold Stassen	31,655	0.71
		Richard Nixon	31,465	0.70

1968 Republican presidential nomination[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Richard Nixon	692	51.92
		Nelson Rockefeller	277	20.78
		Ronald Reagan	182	13.66
		James A. Rhodes	55	4.13
		George Romney	50	3.75
		Clifford Case	22	1.65
		Frank Carlson	20	1.50
		Winthrop Rockefeller	18	1.35
		Hiram Fong	14	1.05
		Harold Stassen	2	0.14
		John V. Lindsay	1	0.07
First ballot Vote totals following vote shifts: Nixon – 1,238; Rockefeller – 93; Reagan – 2

1974 vice presidential confirmation

Further information: 1974 United States vice presidential confirmation

1974 U.S. Senate Vice presidential confirmation
December 10, 1974 [6]	Party				Total votes
	Democratic	Republican	Conservative	Independent
Yes	52	36	1	1	90
No	4	3	0	0	7

1974 U.S. House Vice presidential confirmation
December 19, 1974 [7]	Party		Total votes
	Democratic	Republican
Yes	134	153	287
No	98	30	128

References

1. Our Campaigns – US President – R Primaries Race 1960
2. Our Campaigns – US President – R Primaries Race 1964
3. "US President – R Convention (1964)". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
4. Our Campaigns – US President – R Primaries Race 1968
5. "US President – R Convention (1968)". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
6. "To confirm the nomination of Nelson A. Rockefeller to be Vice-President of the U.S." govtrack.us. U.S. Senate–December 10, 1974. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
7. "To agree to H.Res. 1511, confirming Nelson A. Rockefeller as Vice President of the United States". govtrack.us. U.S. House–December 19, 1974. Retrieved February 12, 2019.