Electoral history of Gerald Ford
Electoral history of Gerald Ford, 38th President of the United States (1974–1977), 40th Vice President of the United States (1973–1974); United States Representative from Michigan (1949–1973).
Congressional races (1948–1972)
1948
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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Gerald Ford (inc.) | 72,829 | 66.74% | |
Democratic | James H. McLaughlin | 35,927 | 32.92% | |
Prohibition | Ella Fruin | 376 | 0.35% | |
1952
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Gerald Ford (inc.) | 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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Gerald Ford (inc.) | 81,702 | 63.26 % | |
Democratic | Robert S. McAllister | 47,453 | 36.74% | |
1956
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Gerald Ford (inc.) | 120,349 | 67.14% | |
Democratic | George E. Clay | 58,899 | 32.86% | |
1958
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Gerald Ford (inc.) | 88,156 | 63.64% | |
Democratic | Richard Vander Veen | 50,203 | 36.24% | |
Prohibition | Bernard Elve | 156 | 0.11% | |
1960
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Gerald Ford (inc.) | 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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Gerald Ford (inc.) | 110,043 | 67.04% | |
Democratic | William G. Reamon | 54,112 | 32.96% | |
1964
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Gerald Ford (inc.) | 101,810 | 61.22% | |
Democratic | William G. Reamon | 64,488 | 38.78% | |
1966
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Gerald Ford (inc.) | 87,914 | 68.39% | |
Democratic | James M. Catchick | 40,629 | 31.61% | |
1968
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Gerald Ford (inc.) | 105,085 | 62.75% | |
Democratic | Lawrence E. Howard | 62,219 | 37.16% | |
Socialist Labor | Frank Girard | 156 | 0.09% | |
1970
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Gerald Ford (inc.) | 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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Gerald Ford (inc.) | 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% | |
Vice presidential nomination, 1973
Vice President of the United States (confirmation in the Congress):[15]
House vote:
- Yea – 387
- Nay – 35
Senate vote:
- Yea – 92
- Nay – 3
- Not voting – 5
Presidential races (1976–1980)
1976 Republican presidential primaries
- Popular vote:[16]
- Gerald Ford (inc.) – 5,529,899 (53.29%)
- Ronald Reagan – 4,760,222 (45.88%)
- Unpledged – 34,717 (0.34%)
- States carried:[17]
- Ford – 27
- Reagan – 23
1976 Republican National Convention (Presidential tally):[18]
- Gerald Ford (inc.) – 1,187 (52.57%)
- Ronald Reagan – 1,070 (47.39%)
- Elliot Richardson – 1 (0.04%)
United States presidential election, 1976
- Jimmy Carter/Walter Mondale (D) – 40,831,881 (50.1%) and 297 electoral votes (23 states and D.C. carried)
- Gerald Ford/Bob Dole (R) – 39,148,634 (48.0%) and 240 electoral votes (27 states carried)
- Ronald Reagan/Bob Dole (R) – 1 electoral vote (faithless elector)
- Eugene McCarthy (Independent) – 740,460 (0.9%)
- Roger MacBride/David Bergland (Libertarian) – 172,553 (0.2%)
- Lester Maddox/William Dyke (American Independent) – 170,274 (0.2%)
- Thomas J. Anderson/Rufus Shackelford (American) – 158,271 (0.2%)
- Peter Camejo/Willie Mae Reid (Socialist Workers) – 90,986 (0.1%)
1980 Republican presidential primaries:[19]
- Ronald Reagan – 7,709,793 (59.79%)
- George H. W. Bush – 3,070,033 (23.81%)
- John B. Anderson – 1,572,174 (12.19%)
- Howard Baker – 181,153 (1.41%)
- Phil Crane – 97,793 (0.76%)
- John B. Connally – 82,625 (0.64%)
- Unpledged – 68,155 (0.53%)
- Ben Fernandez – 68,155 (0.53%)
- Harold Stassen – 25,425 (0.20%)
- Gerald Ford – 10,557 (0.08%)
- Bob Dole – 7,204 (0.06%)
References
- ↑ Our Campaigns – MI District 05 R Primary Race – Sep 14, 1948
- ↑ Our Campaigns – MI District 05 Race – Nov 2, 1948
- ↑ Our Campaigns – MI District 05 Race – Nov 7, 1950
- ↑ Our Campaigns – MI District 05 Race – Nov 4, 1952
- ↑ Our Campaigns – MI District 05 Race – Nov 2, 1954
- ↑ Our Campaigns – MI District 05 Race – Nov 6, 1956
- ↑ Our Campaigns – MI District 05 Race – Nov 4, 1958
- ↑ Our Campaigns – MI District 5 Race – Nov 8, 1960
- ↑ Our Campaigns – MI District 5 Race – Nov 6, 1962
- ↑ Our Campaigns – MI District 5 Race – Nov 3, 1964
- ↑ Our Campaigns – MI District 5 Race – Nov 8, 1966
- ↑ Our Campaigns – MI District 5 Race – Nov 5, 1968
- ↑ Our Campaigns – MI District 5 Race – Nov 3, 1970
- ↑ Our Campaigns – MI District 5 Race – Nov 7, 1972
- ↑ Our Campaigns – US Vice President Appointment Race – Nov 27, 1973
- ↑ Our Campaigns – US President – R Primaries Race – Feb 1, 1976
- ↑ Elections
- ↑ Our Campaigns – US President – R Convention Race – Aug 16, 1976
- ↑ Our Campaigns – US President – R Primaries Race – Feb 17, 1980
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