Electoral history of Gerald Ford

Electoral history of Gerald Ford, 38th President of the United States and 40th Vice President of the United States

Congressional races (1948-1972)

Michigan's 5th congressional district, 1948 (Republican primary) [ [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=148314 Our Campaigns - MI District 05 R Primary Race - Sep 14, 1948 ] ] :
* Gerald Ford - 23,632 (62.23%)
* Bartel J. Jonkman (inc.) - 14,341 (37.77%)

Michigan's 5th congressional district, 1948 [ [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=148439 Our Campaigns - MI District 05 Race - Nov 02, 1948 ] ] :
* Gerald Ford (R) - 74,191 (60.51%)
* Fred J. Barr, Jr. (D) - 46,972 (38.31%)
* William H. Bartlette (Prohibition) - 853 (0.70%)
* Theodore Theodore (Progressive) - 504 (0.41%)
* Eugene Ten Brink, Jr. (Socialist) - 93 (0.08%)

Michigan's 5th congressional district, 1950 [ [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=148440 Our Campaigns - MI District 05 Race - Nov 07, 1950 ] ] :
* Gerald Ford (R) (inc.) - 72,829 (66.74%)
* James H. McLaughlin (D) - 35,927 (32.92%)
* Ella Fruin (Prohibition) - 376 (0.35%)

Michigan's 5th congressional district, 1952 [ [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=148441 Our Campaigns - MI District 05 Race - Nov 04, 1952 ] ] :
* Gerald Ford (R) (inc.) - 109,807 (66.26%)
* Vincent E. O'Neill (D) - 55,147 (33.28%)
* Ella Fruin (Prohibition) - 617 (0.37%)
* William Glenn (Progressive) - 146 (0.09%)

Michigan's 5th congressional district, 1954 [ [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=148442 Our Campaigns - MI District 05 Race - Nov 02, 1954 ] ] :
* Gerald Ford (R) (inc.) - 81,702 (63.26%)
* Robert S. McAllister (D) - 47,453 (36.74%)

Michigan's 5th congressional district, 1956 [ [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=148443 Our Campaigns - MI District 05 Race - Nov 06, 1956 ] ] :
* Gerald Ford (R) (inc.) - 120,349 (67.14%)
* George E. Clay (D) - 58,899 (32.86%)

Michigan's 5th congressional district, 1958 [ [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=148444 Our Campaigns - MI District 05 Race - Nov 04, 1958 ] ] :
* Gerald Ford (R) (inc.) - 88,156 (63.64%)
* Richard Vander Veen (D) - 50,203 (36.24%)
* Bernard Elve (Prohibition) - 156 (0.11%)

Michigan's 5th congressional district, 1960 [ [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=63182 Our Campaigns - MI District 5 Race - Nov 08, 1960 ] ] :
* Gerald Ford (R) (inc.) - 131,461 (66.84%)
* William G. Reamon (D) - 65,064 (33.08%)
* LeRoy A. Robert (Prohibition) - 115 (0.06%)
* Donald Teets (Socialist Labor) - 54 (0.03%)

Michigan's 5th congressional district, 1962 [ [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=66840 Our Campaigns - MI District 5 Race - Nov 06, 1962 ] ] :
* Gerald Ford (R) (inc.) - 110,043 (67.04%)
* William G. Reamon (D) - 54,112 (32.96%)

Michigan's 5th congressional district, 1964 [ [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=122846 Our Campaigns - MI District 5 Race - Nov 03, 1964 ] ] :
* Gerald Ford (R) (inc.) - 101,810 (61.22%)
* William G. Reamon (D) - 64,488 (38.78%)

Michigan's 5th congressional district, 1966 [ [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=150339 Our Campaigns - MI District 5 Race - Nov 08, 1966 ] ] :
* Gerald Ford (R) (inc.) - 87,914 (68.39%)
* James M. Catchick (D) - 40,629 (31.61%)

Michigan's 5th congressional district, 1968 [ [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=179208 Our Campaigns - MI District 5 Race - Nov 05, 1968 ] ] :
* Gerald Ford (R) (inc.) - 105,085 (62.75%)
* Lawrence E. Howard (D) - 62,219 (37.16%)
* Frank Girard (Socialist Labor) - 156 (0.09%)

Michigan's 5th congressional district, 1970 [ [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=54303 Our Campaigns - MI District 5 Race - Nov 03, 1970 ] ] :
* Gerald Ford (R) (inc.) - 88,208 (61.36%)
* Jean McKee (D) - 55,337 (38.50%)
* Frank Girard (Socialist Labor) - 120 (0.08%)
* Walter M. Kus (Socialist Workers) - 87 (0.06%)

Michigan's 5th congressional district, 1972 [ [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=54352 Our Campaigns - MI District 5 Race - Nov 07, 1972 ] ] :
* Gerald Ford (R) (inc.) - 118,027 (61.08%)
* Jean McKee (D) - 72,782 (37.67%)
* Dwight W. Johnson (American Independent) - 2,045 (1.06%)
* Frank Girard (Socialist Labor) - 235 (0.12%)
* Alan Lee Maki (Communist) - 140 (0.07%)

Vice Presidential nomination, 1973

Vice President of the United States (confirmation in the Congress) [ [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=36822 Our Campaigns - US Vice President Appointment Race - Nov 27, 1973 ] ] :

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 [ [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=55207 Our Campaigns - US President - R Primaries Race - Feb 01, 1976 ] ] :
** Gerald Ford (inc.) - 5,529,899 (53.29%)
** Ronald Reagan - 4,760,222 (45.88%)
** Unpledged - 34,717 (0.34%)

* States carried [ [http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Agora/8088/Rep1976.html Elections ] ] :
** Ford - 27
** Reagan - 23

1976 Republican National Convention (Presidential tally) [ [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=57992 Our Campaigns - US President - R Convention Race - Aug 16, 1976 ] ] :
* 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 D. 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 [ [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=51805 Our Campaigns - US President - R Primaries Race - Feb 17, 1980 ] ] :
** 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%)

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