Nixon's first choice for running mate was reportedly his longtime friend and ally robert finch, who was the lieutenant governor of california at the time Nixon’s democratic opponent, vice president hubert humphrey, was weakened by internal divisions within his own party and. Finch declined that offer, but later accepted an appointment as the secretary of health, education, and welfare in nixon's administration.
The republican candidate was richard nixon, and his running mate was spiro t Agnew, the governor of maryland, as his running mate Nixon had been vice president under eisenhower, and lost to john f kennedy in 1960.
Nixon believed agnew could appeal to southern voters and neutralize the threat posed by george wallace, as the former governor of alabama ran for president as an independent candidate. Nixon accepted tonight the nomination of a republican party that was surprised and to a large extent unhappy over his choice of gov At the 1968 republican national convention in miami, richard nixon was victorious on the first ballot He chose the relatively unknown governor of maryland, spiro agnew, to be his running mate.
In 1952, general dwight d Eisenhower chose nixon to be his running mate on the gop presidential ticket Nixon served two terms as vice president in the eisenhower administration.
