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===1965===
===1965===
{{Election box begin no change | title=1965 election for [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives|Speaker]]{{snd}}[[89th United States Congress|89th Congress]]<ref>{{cite web| title=111 ''Cong. Rec.'' 17 (1965)| url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-CRECB-1965-pt1/pdf/GPO-CRECB-1965-pt1-1-2.pdf| work=Congressional Record| publisher=[[United States Government Publishing Office]]| location=Washington, D.C.| accessdate=February 11, 2019}}</ref><br>* denotes incumbent}}
{| class=wikitable
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|-
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
! colspan=5 style="background:#f5f5f5" | 1965 election for [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives|speaker]]{{snd}}[[89th United States Congress|89th Congress]]<ref>{{cite web| title=111 ''Cong. Rec.'' 17 (1965)| url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-CRECB-1965-pt1/pdf/GPO-CRECB-1965-pt1-1-2.pdf| work=Congressional Record| publisher=[[United States Government Publishing Office]]| location=Washington, D.C.| accessdate=February 11, 2019}}</ref><br>* denotes incumbent
|candidate = [[John W. McCormack|John McCormack]]* ([[List of United States Representatives from Massachusetts|Massachusetts]])
|-
|votes = 289
! style="width: 11em;" colspan=2 | Party
|percentage = 67.52
! Candidate ([[U.S. state|state]])
}}
! Votes
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
! %
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|-
|candidate = Gerald Ford ([[List of United States Representatives from Michigan|Michigan]])
| style="background-color: {{Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color}}" |
|votes = 139
| style="width: 10em;" | '''[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]'''
|percentage = 32.48
| style="width: 20em;" | '''[[John W. McCormack|John McCormack]]* ([[Massachusetts]])'''
}}
| style="text-align:right" | '''289'''
{{Election box total no change|
| style="text-align:right" | '''{{nowrap|67.52}}'''
|votes = 428
|-
|percentage = 100
| style="background-color: {{Republican Party (United States)/meta/color}}" |
}}
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
{{Election box necessary no change|
| [[Gerald Ford]] ([[Michigan]])
|votes = 215
| style="text-align:right" | 139
|percentage = >50
| style="text-align:right" | {{nowrap|32.48}}
}}
|-
{{Election box end}}
! colspan=3 style="text-align:right" | Total votes:
| '''428'''
! rowspan=2 |
|-
! colspan=3 style="text-align:right" | Votes necessary:
| '''215'''
|}


===1967===
===1967===
{{Election box begin no change | title=1967 election for [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives|Speaker]]{{snd}}[[90th United States Congress|90th Congress]]<ref>{{cite web| title=113 ''Cong. Rec.'' 12 (1967)| url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-CRECB-1967-pt1/pdf/GPO-CRECB-1967-pt1-1-2.pdf| work=Congressional Record| publisher=[[United States Government Publishing Office]]| location=Washington, D.C.| accessdate=February 11, 2019}}</ref><br>* denotes incumbent}}
{| class=wikitable
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|-
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
! colspan=5 style="background:#f5f5f5" | 1967 election for [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives|speaker]]{{snd}}[[90th United States Congress|90th Congress]]<ref>{{cite web| title=113 ''Cong. Rec.'' 12 (1967)| url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-CRECB-1967-pt1/pdf/GPO-CRECB-1967-pt1-1-2.pdf| work=Congressional Record| publisher=[[United States Government Publishing Office]]| location=Washington, D.C.| accessdate=February 11, 2019}}</ref><br>* denotes incumbent
|candidate = [[John W. McCormack|John McCormack]]* ([[List of United States Representatives from Massachusetts|Massachusetts]])
|-
|votes = 246
! style="width: 11em;" colspan=2 | Party
|percentage = 56.94
! Candidate ([[U.S. state|state]])
}}
! Votes
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
! %
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|-
|candidate = Gerald Ford ([[List of United States Representatives from Michigan|Michigan]])
| style="background-color: {{Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color}}" |
|votes = 186
| style="width: 10em;" | '''[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]'''
|percentage = 43.06
| style="width: 20em;" | '''[[John W. McCormack|John McCormack]]* ([[Massachusetts]])'''
}}
| style="text-align:right" | '''246'''
{{Election box total no change|
| style="text-align:right" | '''{{nowrap|56.94}}'''
|votes = 432
|-
|percentage = 100
| style="background-color: {{Republican Party (United States)/meta/color}}" |
}}
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
{{Election box necessary no change|
| [[Gerald Ford]] ([[Michigan]])
|votes = 217
| style="text-align:right" | 186
|percentage = >50
| style="text-align:right" | {{nowrap|43.06}}
}}
|-
{{Election box end}}
! colspan=3 style="text-align:right" | Total votes:
| '''432'''
! rowspan=2 |
|-
! colspan=3 style="text-align:right" | Votes necessary:
| '''217'''
|}


===1969===
===1969===
{{Election box begin no change | title=1969 election for [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives|Speaker]]{{snd}}[[91st United States Congress|91st Congress]]<ref>{{cite web| title=115 ''Cong. Rec.'' 13 (1969)| url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-CRECB-1969-pt1/pdf/GPO-CRECB-1969-pt1-1-2.pdf| work=Congressional Record| publisher=[[United States Government Publishing Office]]| location=Washington, D.C.| accessdate=February 11, 2019}}</ref><br>* denotes incumbent}}
{| class=wikitable
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|-
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
! colspan=5 style="background:#f5f5f5" | 1969 election for [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives|speaker]]{{snd}}[[91st United States Congress|91st Congress]]<ref>{{cite web| title=115 ''Cong. Rec.'' 13 (1969)| url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-CRECB-1969-pt1/pdf/GPO-CRECB-1969-pt1-1-2.pdf| work=Congressional Record| publisher=[[United States Government Publishing Office]]| location=Washington, D.C.| accessdate=February 11, 2019}}</ref><br>* denotes incumbent
|candidate = [[John W. McCormack|John McCormack]]* ([[List of United States Representatives from Massachusetts|Massachusetts]])
|-
|votes = 241
! style="width: 11em;" colspan=2 | Party
|percentage = 56.32
! Candidate ([[U.S. state|state]])
}}
! Votes
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
! %
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|-
|candidate = Gerald Ford ([[List of United States Representatives from Michigan|Michigan]])
| style="background-color: {{Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color}}" |
|votes = 187
| style="width: 10em;" | '''[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]'''
|percentage = 43.69
| style="width: 20em;" | '''[[John W. McCormack|John McCormack]]* ([[Massachusetts]])'''
}}
| style="text-align:right" | '''241'''
{{Election box total no change|
| style="text-align:right" | '''{{nowrap|56.31}}'''
|votes = 428
|-
|percentage = 100
| style="background-color: {{Republican Party (United States)/meta/color}}" |
}}
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
{{Election box necessary no change|
| [[Gerald Ford]] ([[Michigan]])
|votes = 215
| style="text-align:right" | 187
|percentage = >50
| style="text-align:right" | {{nowrap|43.69}}
}}
|-
{{Election box end}}
! colspan=3 style="text-align:right" | Total votes:
| '''428'''
! rowspan=2 |
|-
! colspan=3 style="text-align:right" | Votes necessary:
| '''215'''
|}


===1971===
===1971===
{{Election box begin no change | title=1971 election for [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives|Speaker]]{{snd}}[[92nd United States Congress|92nd Congress]]<ref>{{cite web| title=117 ''Cong. Rec.'' 10 (1971)| url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-CRECB-1971-pt1/pdf/GPO-CRECB-1971-pt1-1-2.pdf| work=Congressional Record| publisher=[[United States Government Publishing Office]]| location=Washington, D.C.| accessdate=February 11, 2019}}</ref>}}
{| class=wikitable
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|-
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
! colspan=5 style="background:#f5f5f5" | 1971 election for [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives|speaker]]{{snd}}[[92nd United States Congress|92nd Congress]]<ref>{{cite web| title=117 ''Cong. Rec.'' 10 (1971)| url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-CRECB-1971-pt1/pdf/GPO-CRECB-1971-pt1-1-2.pdf| work=Congressional Record| publisher=[[United States Government Publishing Office]]| location=Washington, D.C.| accessdate=February 11, 2019}}</ref>
|candidate = [[Carl Albert]] ([[List of United States Representatives from Oklahoma|Oklahoma]])
|-
|votes = 250
! style="width: 11em;" colspan=2 | Party
|percentage = 58.68
! Candidate ([[U.S. state|state]])
}}
! Votes
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
! %
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|-
|candidate = Gerald Ford ([[List of United States Representatives from Michigan|Michigan]])
| style="background-color: {{Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color}}" |
|votes = 176
| style="width: 10em;" | '''[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]'''
|percentage = 41.32
| style="width: 20em;" | '''[[Carl Albert]] ([[Oklahoma]])'''
}}
| style="text-align:right" | '''250'''
{{Election box total no change|
| style="text-align:right" | '''{{nowrap|58.68}}'''
|votes = 426
|-
|percentage = 100
| style="background-color: {{Republican Party (United States)/meta/color}}" |
}}
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
{{Election box necessary no change|
| [[Gerald Ford]] ([[Michigan]])
|votes = 214
| style="text-align:right" | 176
|percentage = >50
| style="text-align:right" | {{nowrap|41.32}}
}}
|-
{{Election box end}}
! colspan=3 style="text-align:right" | Total votes:
| '''426'''
! rowspan=2 |
|-
! colspan=3 style="text-align:right" | Votes necessary:
| '''214'''
|}


===1973===
===1973===
{{Election box begin no change | title=1973 election for [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives|Speaker]]{{snd}}[[93rd United States Congress|93rd Congress]]<ref>{{cite web| title=119 ''Cong. Rec.'' 12 (1973)| url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-CRECB-1973-pt1/pdf/GPO-CRECB-1973-pt1-1-2.pdf| work=Congressional Record| publisher=[[United States Government Publishing Office]]| location=Washington, D.C.| accessdate=February 11, 2019}}</ref><br>* denotes incumbent}}
{| class=wikitable
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|-
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
! colspan=5 style="background:#f5f5f5" | 1973 election for [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives|speaker]]{{snd}}[[93rd United States Congress|93rd Congress]]<ref>{{cite web| title=119 ''Cong. Rec.'' 12 (1973)| url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-CRECB-1973-pt1/pdf/GPO-CRECB-1973-pt1-1-2.pdf| work=Congressional Record| publisher=[[United States Government Publishing Office]]| location=Washington, D.C.| accessdate=February 11, 2019}}</ref><br>* denotes incumbent
|candidate = [[Carl Albert]]* ([[List of United States Representatives from Oklahoma|Oklahoma]])
|-
|votes = 236
! style="width: 11em;" colspan=2 | Party
|percentage = 55.66
! Candidate ([[U.S. state|state]])
}}
! Votes
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
! %
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|-
|candidate = Gerald Ford ([[List of United States Representatives from Michigan|Michigan]])
| style="background-color: {{Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color}}" |
|votes = 188
| style="width: 10em;" | '''[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]'''
|percentage = 44.34
| style="width: 20em;" | '''[[Carl Albert]]* ([[Oklahoma]])'''
}}
| style="text-align:right" | '''236'''
{{Election box total no change|
| style="text-align:right" | '''{{nowrap|55.66}}'''
|votes = 424
|-
|percentage = 100
| style="background-color: {{Republican Party (United States)/meta/color}}" |
}}
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
{{Election box necessary no change|
| [[Gerald Ford]] ([[Michigan]])
|votes = 213
| style="text-align:right" | 188
|percentage = >50
| style="text-align:right" | {{nowrap|44.34}}
}}
|-
{{Election box end}}
! colspan=3 style="text-align:right" | Total votes:
| '''424'''
! rowspan=2 |
|-
! colspan=3 style="text-align:right" | Votes necessary:
| '''213'''
|}


==Vice presidential confirmation (1973)==
==Vice presidential confirmation (1973)==

Revision as of 21:27, 30 May 2019

President Gerald R. 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 elections (1948–1972)

1948

Michigan's 5th congressional district Republican primary election, 1948[1]
* denotes incumbent
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Gerald Ford 23,632 62.23%
Republican Bartel J. Jonkman* 14,341 37.77%
Michigan's 5th congressional district election, 1948[2]
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

Michigan's 5th congressional district election, 1950[3]
* denotes incumbent
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Gerald Ford* 72,829 66.74%
Democratic James H. McLaughlin 35,927 32.92%
Prohibition Ella Fruin 376 0.35%

1952

Michigan's 5th congressional district election, 1952[4]
* denotes incumbent
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Gerald Ford* 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

Michigan's 5th congressional district election, 1954[5]
* denotes incumbent
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Gerald Ford* 81,702 63.26 %
Democratic Robert S. McAllister 47,453 36.74%

1956

Michigan's 5th congressional district election, 1956[6]
* denotes incumbent
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Gerald Ford* 120,349 67.14%
Democratic George E. Clay 58,899 32.86%

1958

Michigan's 5th congressional district election, 1958[7]
* denotes incumbent
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Gerald Ford* 88,156 63.64%
Democratic Richard Vander Veen 50,203 36.24%
Prohibition Bernard Elve 156 0.11%

1960

Michigan's 5th congressional district election, 1960[8]
* denotes incumbent
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Gerald Ford* 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

Michigan's 5th congressional district election, 1962[9]
* denotes incumbent
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Gerald Ford* 110,043 67.04%
Democratic William G. Reamon 54,112 32.96%

1964

Michigan's 5th congressional district election, 1964[10]
* denotes incumbent
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Gerald Ford* 101,810 61.22%
Democratic William G. Reamon 64,488 38.78%

1966

Michigan's 5th congressional district election, 1966[11]
* denotes incumbent
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Gerald Ford* 87,914 68.39%
Democratic James M. Catchick 40,629 31.61%

1968

Michigan's 5th congressional district election, 1968[12]
* denotes incumbent
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Gerald Ford* 105,085 62.75%
Democratic Lawrence E. Howard 62,219 37.16%
Socialist Labor Frank Girard 156 0.09%

1970

Michigan's 5th congressional district election, 1970[13]
* denotes incumbent
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Gerald Ford* 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

Michigan's 5th congressional district election, 1972[14]
* denotes incumbent
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Gerald Ford* 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%

Speaker of the House elections (1965–1973)

1965

1965 election for Speaker – 89th Congress[15]
* denotes incumbent
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John McCormack* (Massachusetts) 289 67.52
Republican Gerald Ford (Michigan) 139 32.48
Total votes 428 100
Votes necessary 215 >50

1967

1967 election for Speaker – 90th Congress[16]
* denotes incumbent
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John McCormack* (Massachusetts) 246 56.94
Republican Gerald Ford (Michigan) 186 43.06
Total votes 432 100
Votes necessary 217 >50

1969

1969 election for Speaker – 91st Congress[17]
* denotes incumbent
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John McCormack* (Massachusetts) 241 56.32
Republican Gerald Ford (Michigan) 187 43.69
Total votes 428 100
Votes necessary 215 >50

1971

1971 election for Speaker – 92nd Congress[18]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Carl Albert (Oklahoma) 250 58.68
Republican Gerald Ford (Michigan) 176 41.32
Total votes 426 100
Votes necessary 214 >50

1973

1973 election for Speaker – 93rd Congress[19]
* denotes incumbent
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Carl Albert* (Oklahoma) 236 55.66
Republican Gerald Ford (Michigan) 188 44.34
Total votes 424 100
Votes necessary 213 >50

Vice presidential confirmation (1973)

1973 U.S. Senate Vice presidential confirmation
November 27, 1973
[20]
Party Total votes
style="background-color:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color" | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color" | style="background-color:Template:Conservative Party (New York)/meta/color" | style="background-color:Template:Independent Party (United States)/meta/color" |
Democratic Republican Conservative Independent
Yes 51 39 1 1 92
No 3 0 0 0 3
1973 U.S. House Vice presidential confirmation
December 6, 1973
[21]
Party Total votes
style="background-color:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color" | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color" |
Democratic Republican
Yes 199 188 387
No 35 0 35

Presidential election (1976)

1976 Republican Party presidential primaries[22]
* denotes incumbent
Party Candidate Aggregate votes % #W
style="background-color: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color" | Republican Gerald Ford* 5,529,899 53.29 27
style="background-color: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color" | Ronald Reagan 4,760,222 45.88 24
style="background-color: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color" | Others 44,626 0.43 0
style="background-color: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color" | Unpledged 34,717 0.34 0
1976 Republican presidential nomination[23]
* denotes incumbent
Party Candidate Votes %
style="background-color: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color" | Republican Gerald Ford* 1,187 52.57
style="background-color: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color" | Ronald Reagan 1,070 47.39
style="background-color: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color" | Elliot Richardson 1 0.04
1976 United States presidential election[24]
* denotes incumbent
Party Presidential
candidate
Vice presidential
Candidate
PV  (%) EV
style="background-color: Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color" | Democratic Jimmy Carter Walter Mondale 40,831,881  (50.08) 297
style="background-color: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color" | Republican Gerald Ford* Bob Dole 39,148,634  (48.01) 240[a]
style="background-color: Template:Independent (United States)/meta/color" | Independent Eugene McCarthy [b] 744,763  (0.91) 0
style="background-color: Template:Libertarian Party (United States)/meta/color" | Libertarian Roger MacBride David Bergland 172,557  (0.21) 0
style="background-color: Template:American Independent Party/meta/color" | American Independent Lester Maddox William Dyke 170,373  (0.21) 0
style="background-color: Template:American Party (1969)/meta/color" | American Thomas J. Anderson Rufus Shackelford 158,724  (0.19) 0
Others 313,848 (0.39) 0
Total votes: 81,540,780 538
Votes necessary: 270

Notes

  1. ^ One faithless elector in the state of Washington cast his electoral vote for Ronald Reagan (president) and Robert Dole (vice president).
  2. ^ The running mate of Eugene McCarthy varied from state to state.

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