1972 Democratic Party vice presidential candidate selection
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This article lists those who were potential candidates for the
Potential running mates
- Missouri Senator Thomas Eagleton (later withdrew)
- Former Ambassador Sargent Shriver
- Alaska Senator Mike Gravel[4]
- Arkansas Governor Dale Bumpers[5]
- Arkansas Representative Wilbur Mills[5]
- Boston Mayor Kevin White[2]
- CBS Evening News Anchorman Walter Cronkite[5]
- Connecticut Senator Abraham A. Ribicoff[1]
- Democratic National Committee Chair Larry O'Brien[5]
- Florida Governor Reubin Askew[6]
- Idaho Senator Frank Church[6]
- Illinois Senator Adlai Stevenson III[5]
- Indiana Senator Birch Bayh[5]
- Maine Senator Edmund Muskie[5]
- Former Massachusetts Governor Endicott Peabody[4]
- Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy[4]
- Michigan Representative James G. O'Hara[5]
- Michigan Senator Philip Hart[5]
- Minnesota Senator Walter Mondale[2]
- New Jersey Representative Peter Rodino[4]
- New Orleans Mayor Moon Landrieu[5]
- Ohio Governor John J. Gilligan[5]
- Texas State Representative Frances Farenthold[5]
- United Auto Workers President Leonard Woodcock[5]
- U.S. Civil Rights Commission head Father Theodore Hesburgh[5]
- Wisconsin Governor Patrick Lucey[7]
- Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson[1]
Frances Farenthold’s candidacy
At the 1972 Democratic National Convention, there was a grassroots effort to nominate Frances Farenthold, a Texas state representative and unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination for governor of Texas. She had gained recognition due to her surprising, though unsuccessful, forced run-off against Texas’ incumbent Democratic Governor Preston Smith and former state representative Dolph Briscoe, the favorite for the nomination and eventual winner, in the Democratic primaries.[8]
The effort to nominate her for vice president came after the realization that Shirley Chisholm, the first major black candidate for President of the United States, would not have the delegates necessary to win the nomination at the convention. Chisholm had had the endorsement of and had helped found the National Women's Political Caucus, a new organization formed in Washington, D.C. in 1971.[9] Following her convention defeat, the caucus had moved to recruit Farenthold to run for the vice presidency. The individual chosen to place Francis “Sissy” Farenthold's name in nomination for vice president would be Gloria Steinem, the co-founder of Ms. magazine.[8]
Although the nomination effort aroused the convention-goers mired in malaise and anger from the difficult
Farenthold was the first serious female candidate for the nomination for vice president of the United States by either major party. She would go on to once again compete with and lose to Dolph Briscoe for the Democratic nomination for governor of Texas in 1974.
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f NPR Staff (August 4, 2012). "The Thomas Eagleton Affair Haunts Candidates Today". NPR. Retrieved October 5, 2015.
- ^ a b c d e Altman, Lawrence (July 23, 2012). "Hasty and Ruinous 1972 Pick Colors Today's Hunt for a No. 2". New York Times. Retrieved October 5, 2015.
- ^ Thurber, Jon (March 5, 2007). "Thomas Eagleton, 77; vice presidential candidate left race over health reports". LA Times. Retrieved October 5, 2015.
- ^ a b c d Rudin, Ken (March 7, 2007). "The Eagleton Fiasco of 1972". NPR. Retrieved October 5, 2015.
- ^ ISBN 0-393-05498-5.
- ^ JSTOR 2952169.
- ISBN 9780275988906. Retrieved October 5, 2015.
- ^ a b "Frances Tarlton "Sissy" Farenthold | Vice Presidential Nomination". law.utexas.edu. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
- ^ "History". National Women's Political Caucus. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
- ^ "Our Campaigns - US Vice President - D Convention Race - Jul 10, 1972". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved January 25, 2021.