senator richard nixon ran against eisenhower in the 1952 election.
senator richard nixon ran against eisenhower in the 1952 election.
who ran against eisenhower in the 1952 election?
senator richard nixon
this article lists those who were potential candidates for the democratic nomination for vice president of the united states in the 1952 election. after winning the presidential nomination on the third ballot of the 1952 democratic national convention, illinois governor adlai stevenson consulted with democratic party leaders such as president harry s. truman and speaker sam rayburn. stevenson chose alabama senator john sparkman, a southern centrist, as his running mate. sparkman won the vice presidential nomination on the first ballot as no serious rival tried to displace stevenson's choice. however, many northerners were not enthused with the choice of sparkman due to sparkman's stance on civil rights. during the 1952 convention, sparkman, who had supported senator richard russell for president, played a part in watering down the party's platform on civil rights. new york representative adam clayton powell jr. and others walked out of the convention after the choice of sparkman was announced. the democratic ticket lost the 1952 election to the republican ticket of dwight d. eisenhower and richard nixon.
1952 democratic party vice presidential candidate selection
this article lists those who were potential candidates for the republican nomination for vice president of the united states in the 1952 election. after defeating ohio senator robert a. taft for the republican presidential nomination at the 1952 republican national convention, general dwight d. eisenhower needed to choose a running mate. taft recommended illinois senator everett dirksen, but eisenhower rejected the suggestion. eisenhower and his advisers put together a list of prominent republicans who were acceptable to both the conservative taft and liberal dewey wings of the party, anti-communist, talented at campaigning, relatively young (to balance eisenhower's age), and who contributed to eisenhower's nomination victory. after conferring with republican party leaders, eisenhower decided to ask california senator richard nixon to be his running mate; nixon accepted the offer. nixon had carefully campaigned for the post of vice president since meeting eisenhower in 1951, and nixon helped deliver the california delegation to eisenhower in the presidential ballot. the republican convention ratified eisenhower's choice of nixon. months after the convention, eisenhower considered asking nixon to step down as running mate due to controversy surrounding campaign expenses, but nixon rallied public opinion with his checkers speech and remained on the ticket. the eisenhower-nixon ticket won the 1952 election, as well as the 1956 election, defeating the stevenson-sparkman and stevenson-kefauver tickets, respectively.
1952 republican party vice presidential candidate selection