Hubert H. Humphrey was the 38th US Vice President who unsuccessfully ran for president, losing to Richard Nixon.
Hubert Humphrey was the VP in 1968.
Hubert Humphrey
No. LBJ was unpopular enough that he knew he would not get re-elected. Hubert Humphrey was made the Democratic candidate for president, and he ended up losing to Richard Nixon in 1968.
The election was actually held in 1968 . Hubert Humphrey, the incumbent vice-president was the losing Democratic candidate. George Wallace ran as a third party candidate ,won 13.5 % of the popular vote and carried five Southern states. ( Nixon then took office in January , 1969)
the 1968 presidential election
Hubert H. Humphrey (born May 27, 1911 in Wallace, South Dakota; died January 13, 1978 in Waverly, Minnesota) succeeded Lyndon B. Johnson as the thirty-eighth Vice-President of the United States, serving between January 20, 1965 and January 20, 1969, including the whole of 1968.
Hubert Humphrey was a Democratic senator from Minnesota who ran against and lost to Richard Nixon in 1968.
As no US President was ever born in or elected from the state, the question cannot be answered. At least one Vice-President was a US Senator from Minnesota, Hubert H. Humphrey. However, Humphrey (a Presidential candidate in 1968) was born in South Dakota. The chief executive of Minnesota is the Governor. (see related question)
Richard Nixon ran for president against1960 John F. Kennedy1968 Hubert Humphrey and George Wallace(Independent)1972 George McGovernNixon lost in 1960 and won in 1968 and 1972.
Was a landslide for President Nixon
Nixon ran against Herbert Humphrey in 1968. Humphrey was the incumbent vice president and the Democratic hopeful for that election period.Nixon ran against Democrat Hubert Humprey and Nixon won in 1969Richard Nixon won the 1968 presidential election defeating Hubert Humphrey. In the 1968 presidential election Richard Nixon received 301 electoral votes, Hubert Humphrey received 191 electoral votes and George Wallace received 46 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Nixon 31,785,480, Humphrey 31,275,166, and George Wallace 9,906,473.