1964 Republican National Convention
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Ballots | 1 |
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The 1964 Republican National Convention took place in the Cow Palace, Daly City, California, from July 13 to July 16, 1964. Before 1964, there had been only one national Republican convention on the West Coast, the 1956 Republican National Convention, which also took place in the Cow Palace. Many believed that a convention at San Francisco indicated the rising power of the Republican Party in the west.[1]
Political context
The
Senator Margaret Chase Smith's name was entered for nomination at the convention, the first time a woman's name was entered for nomination at a major party convention.
The convention
The Republican National Convention of 1964 was a tension-filled contest. Goldwater's conservatives were openly clashing with Rockefeller's moderates. Goldwater was regarded as the "conservatives' leading spokesman."[3] As a result, Goldwater was not as popular with the moderates and liberals of the Republican Party.[4][5] When Rockefeller attempted to deliver a speech, he was booed by the convention's conservative delegates, who regarded him as a member of the "eastern liberal establishment."
Former vice president and GOP presidential nominee (and future President) Richard Nixon introduced Goldwater as "Mr. Conservative" and "Mr. Republican" and continued that "he is the man who, after the greatest campaign in history, will be Mr. President — Barry Goldwater".[6] 1964 was the only Republican convention between 1952 and 1972 that did not result in Nixon being nominated for president or vice-president.
The newly opened San Francisco Hilton served as the headquarters of the convention.[7]
Platform
The 1964 Republican Platform was dominated by Goldwater conservatives, which meant the platform was dominated by calls for
Presidential nomination
Presidential candidates
Despite political infighting, Goldwater was easily nominated on a revised first ballot. In his acceptance speech, Goldwater declared communism as a "principal disturber of the peace in the world today" and said, "I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue." Some people, including those within his own campaign staff, believed this weakened Goldwater's chances, as he effectively severed ties with the moderates and liberals of the Republican Party.[9]
As delegates celebrated Goldwater's nomination, Republican officials attempted to clear reporters from the convention floor.
States (1st Ballot - Before Shifts) | ||||||||
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Alabama | 20 | |||||||
Alaska | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Arizona | 16 | |||||||
Arkansas | 9 | 2 | 1 | |||||
California | 86 | |||||||
Colorado | 15 | 3 | ||||||
Connecticut | 4 | 12 | ||||||
Delaware | 7 | 5 | ||||||
Florida | 32 | 2 | ||||||
Georgia | 22 | 2 | ||||||
Hawaii | 4 | 4 | ||||||
Idaho | 14 | |||||||
Illinois | 56 | 2 | ||||||
Indiana | 21 | |||||||
Iowa | 14 | 10 | ||||||
Kansas | 18 | 1 | 1 | |||||
Kentucky | 21 | 3 | ||||||
Louisiana | 20 | |||||||
Maine | 14 | |||||||
Maryland | 6 | 13 | 1 | |||||
Massachusetts | 5 | 26 | 1 | 2 | ||||
Michigan | 8 | 40 | ||||||
Minnesota | 8 | 18 | ||||||
Mississippi | 13 | |||||||
Missouri | 23 | 1 | ||||||
Montana | 14 | |||||||
Nebraska | 16 | |||||||
Nevada | 6 | |||||||
New Hampshire | 14 | |||||||
New Jersey | 20 | 20 | ||||||
New Mexico | 14 | |||||||
New York | 5 | 87 | ||||||
North Carolina | 26 | |||||||
North Dakota | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||||
Ohio | 57 | 1 | ||||||
Oklahoma | 22 | |||||||
Oregon | 18 | |||||||
Pennsylvania | 4 | 60 | ||||||
Rhode Island | 3 | 11 | ||||||
South Carolina | 16 | |||||||
South Dakota | 12 | 2 | ||||||
Tennessee | 28 | |||||||
Texas | 56 | |||||||
Utah | 14 | |||||||
Vermont | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||||
Virginia | 29 | 1 | ||||||
Washington | 22 | 1 | 1 | |||||
West Virginia | 10 | 2 | 2 | |||||
Wisconsin | 30 | |||||||
Wyoming | 12 | |||||||
District of Columbia | 4 | 5 | ||||||
Puerto Rico | 5 | |||||||
U.S. Virgin Islands | 3 | |||||||
Total | 883 | 214 | 114 | 41 | 27 | 22 | 5 | 2 |
Presidential Balloting | ||
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Candidate | 1st (Before Shifts) | 1st (After Shifts) |
Goldwater | 883 | 1,220 |
Scranton | 214 | 50 |
Rockefeller | 114 | 6 |
Romney | 41 | 1 |
Smith | 27 | 22 |
Judd | 22 | 1 |
Fong | 5 | 1 |
Lodge | 2 | 0 |
Not Voting | 0 | 7 |
Presidential Balloting / 3rd Day of Convention (July 15, 1964)
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1st Presidential Ballot
(Before Shifts) -
1st Presidential Ballot
(After Shifts)
Vice presidential nomination
Vice presidential candidates
William E. Miller, a representative from Western New York who had served as chairman of the Republican National Committee since 1961, was nominated unanimously on a roll call vote. Goldwater stated that he chose Miller to be his running mate simply because "he drives Johnson nuts" with his Republican activism.[12] But by some other accounts, Johnson "was barely aware of Miller's existence." Miller's Eastern roots and Catholic faith balanced the ticket in some ways, however ideologically he was conservative like Goldwater. His relative obscurity—"he was better known for snipes at President Kennedy than for anything else"—gave birth to the refrain "Here's a riddle, it's a killer / Who the hell is William Miller?"[12]
He was replaced as Chairman of the RNC by Dean Burch, a Goldwater loyalist from Arizona.
Vice Presidential Balloting | |
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Candidate | 1st |
Miller | 1,305 |
Abstained | 3 |
Vice Presidential Balloting / 4th Day of Convention (July 16, 1964)
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1st
Vice Presidential Ballot
See also
- History of the United States Republican Party
- List of Republican National Conventions
- U.S. presidential nomination convention
- 1964 Democratic National Convention
- 1964 United States presidential election
- Barry Goldwater presidential campaign, 1964
References
- ISBN 9780878370115.
- ^ TimesMachine.
- ^ The New York Times Election Handbook 1964. New York: McGraw Hill. 1964. p. 65.
- JSTOR 2146862.
- ^ Mattar, Edward Paul (1964). Barry Goldwater: A Political Indictment. Minneapolis: Century Twenty One Unlimited. pp. 84–7.
- YouTube[dead link]
- ^ Sawislak, Arnold (April 21, 1983). "Democrats chose San Francisco today as the site of..." UPI. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
- ^ "Republican Party Platforms: Republican Party Platform of 1964". www.presidency.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
- ^ White, Clifton F. (1967). Suite 3505: The Story of the Draft Goldwater Movement. New Rochelle: Arlington House. p. 15.
- ^ a b "1964: NBC reporter arrested on air". The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier. Waterloo, IA. August 17, 2020.
- ^ Rutland, Ginger (February 19, 2012). "The Reading Rack". Sacramento Bee. p. E3. Archived from the original on February 1, 2013. Retrieved November 14, 2012.
- ^ ISBN 9780786744152 – via Google Books.
External links
- Republican Party platform of 1964 at The American Presidency Project
- Goldwater nomination acceptance speech for President at RNC (transcript) at The American Presidency Project
- 1964 Republican National Convention[Smithsonian Magazine
- Video of Goldwater nomination acceptance speech for President at RNC from C-SPAN (via YouTube) Archived 2016-11-07 at the Wayback Machine
- Audio of Goldwater nomination acceptance speech for President at RNC
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