From March 12 to June 11, 1968, Democratic Party voters of several states elected delegates to the

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. Incumbent

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Hubert Humphrey Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. (May 27, 1911 – January 13, 1978) was an American pharmacist and politician who served as the 38th vice president of the United States from 1965 to 1969. He twice served in the United States Senate, representing ...

was selected as the nominee in the 1968 Democratic National Convention held from August 26 to August 29, 1968, in

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Candidates

The following political leaders were candidates for the 1968 Democratic presidential nomination:

Nominee

Competed in primaries

These candidates participated in multiple state primaries or were included in multiple major national polls.

Bypassing primaries

The following candidate did not place his name directly on the ballot for any state's presidential primary, but instead sought to influence selection from unelected delegates or sought the support of uncommitted delegates.

Favorite sons

The following candidates ran only in their home state's primary or caucus for the purpose of controlling its delegate slate at the convention and did not appear to be considered national candidates by the media. * Governor Roger D. Branigin of

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(endorsed Humphrey) * State Attorney General

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(endorsed Humphrey) * Senator George Smathers of

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(endorsed Humphrey) * Senator

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(endorsed Humphrey)

Declined to run

The following persons were listed in two or more major national polls or were the subject of media speculation surrounding their potential candidacy, but declined to actively seek the nomination. * Senator

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* Former Governor

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Polling

Nationwide polling

Primary race

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Lyndon B. Johnson had served for two presidential terms, but the 22nd Amendment did not disqualify Johnson from running for another term because he had served only 14 months after John F. Kennedy's assassination before he was

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for his full term in January 1965. As a result, it was widely assumed when 1968 began that Johnson would be a Democratic candidate and that he would have little trouble in winning the Democratic nomination. Despite the growing opposition to Johnson's policies in Vietnam in both Congress and the public, no prominent Democratic politician was prepared to run against a sitting president of his own party. Antiwar activists of the new " Dump Johnson movement" initially approached

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Robert F. Kennedy of

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, an outspoken critic of Johnson's policies with a large base of support, for a candidacy, but he declined to run. They then appealed to US Senator

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, who was willing to challenge Johnson openly although prior to entering the race, McCarthy had hoped that Kennedy would run as well. Running as an antiwar candidate in the

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, McCarthy hoped to pressure the Democrats into publicly opposing the Vietnam War. Trailing badly in national polls and with little chance to influence delegate selection absent primary wins, McCarthy decided to pour most of his resources into New Hampshire, the first state to hold a

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. He was boosted by thousands of young college students who volunteered throughout the state, who shaved their beards and cut their hair to "Get Clean for Gene." On March 12, McCarthy won 42% of the primary vote to Johnson's 49%, an extremely strong showing for such a challenger, which gave McCarthy's campaign legitimacy and momentum. In a surprise move on March 16, Kennedy renounced his earlier support for Johnson and proclaimed his own candidacy. McCarthy and his supporters viewed that as opportunism, which created a lasting enmity between the campaigns. To make matters worse, a poll in Wisconsin showed McCarthy beating Johnson badly, with the latter getting only 12% of the vote. McCarthy and Kennedy engaged in a series of state primaries. Despite Kennedy's high profile, McCarthy won most of the early primaries, including Kennedy's native state of

and some primaries in which he and Kennedy were in direct competition. After his victory in the key battleground state of

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, it was assumed that McCarthy was the preferred choice among the young voters.

Johnson withdraws

Johnson was now faced with two strong primary challenges. In declining health and facing bleak political forecasts in the upcoming primaries, Johnson concluded that he could not win the nomination without a major political and personal struggle. On March 31, 1968, at the end of a televised address regarding the War, he shocked the nation by announcing that he would not seek re-election. By withdrawing from the race, he could avoid the stigma of defeat and could keep control of the party machinery to support

, his loyal

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. As the year developed, it also became clear that Johnson believed he could secure his place in the history books by ending the war before the election in November, which would give Humphrey the boost he would need to win. With Johnson's withdrawal, the New Deal Coalition effectively dissolved into support for different candidates: *

, Johnson's Vice-President, gained the support of labor unions and big-city party bosses (such as Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley), who had been the Democratic Party's primary power base since the days of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. It was also believed that Johnson himself was covertly supporting Humphrey, despite the public claims of neutrality. * McCarthy rallied students and intellectuals who had been the early activists against the war in Vietnam. * Kennedy gained some support from the poor,

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, and other racial and ethnic minorities. * Conservative white

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, or " Dixiecrats," had their influence decline swiftly in the national party and tended to support either Humphrey or former

Governor

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, who was running in a third-party campaign for the general election.

Contest for nomination and assassination of Kennedy

After Johnson's withdrawal,

announced his candidacy on April 27. Kennedy was successful in four state primaries (Indiana, Nebraska, South Dakota, and California) and McCarthy won six (Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Oregon, New Jersey, and Illinois); however, in primaries where they campaigned directly against one another, Kennedy won three primaries (Indiana, Nebraska, and California) and McCarthy won one (Oregon). Humphrey did not compete in the primaries, leaving

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s to collect favorable surrogates, notably

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George A. Smathers from

, United States Senator

from

, and

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Roger D. Branigin of

. Humphrey's campaign concentrated on winning the delegates in non-primary states, where party leaders controlled the delegate votes. Kennedy defeated Branigin and McCarthy in the Indiana primary, and then defeated McCarthy in the Nebraska primary. However, McCarthy upset Kennedy in the Oregon primary. After Kennedy's defeat in Oregon, the California primary was seen as crucial to both Kennedy and McCarthy. McCarthy stumped the state's many colleges and universities, where he was treated as a hero for being the first presidential candidate to oppose the war. Kennedy campaigned in the ghettos and

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s of the state's larger cities, where he was mobbed by enthusiastic supporters. Kennedy and McCarthy engaged in a television debate a few days before the election that was generally considered a draw. On June 4, Kennedy defeated McCarthy in California, 46% to 42%, and also won the South Dakota primary held the same day. McCarthy, who defeated Kennedy in New Jersey that very same night, refused to withdraw from the presidential race and made it clear that he would contest Kennedy in the upcoming

primary, where McCarthy had much support from antiwar activists in

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. After giving his victory speech at the Ambassador Hotel in

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, California, Kennedy was assassinated in the kitchen service pantry in the early morning of June 5. A Palestinian immigrant with Jordanian citizenship, Sirhan Sirhan, was arrested. Kennedy died 26 hours later at Good Samaritan Hospital. At the moment of Kennedy's death, the delegate totals were: *

561 * Robert F. Kennedy 393 *

258

Primaries

Only 14 states held primaries at this time (

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Wisconsin Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by total area and the 20th-most populous. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake M ...

, and

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), in addition to Washington, D.C. Results by winners:

Statewide results by winner

Total popular vote: *

- 2,914,933 (38.73%) * Robert F. Kennedy - 2,305,148 (30.63%) * Lyndon B. Johnson - 383,590 (5.10%) *

- 166,463 (2.21%) * Unpledged - 161,143 (2.14%) Johnson/Humphrey surrogates: *

- 549,140 (7.30%) *

- 380,286 (5.05%) * Roger D. Branigin - 238,700 (3.17%) * George Smathers - 236,242 (3.14%) * Scott Kelly - 128,899 (1.71%) Minor candidates and write-ins: *

- 34,489 (0.46%) *

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- 13,610 (0.18%) *

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- 5,309 (0.07%) *

- 4,052 (0.05%) * Paul C. Fisher - 506 (0.01%) * John G. Crommelin - 186 (0.00%) 1968DemocraticPrimariesByCounty

Primary Map By County (Massachusetts not Included)

- Red Lyndon B. Johnson - Yellow (outside of Florida) Robert F. Kennedy - Purple

- Green

- Lime Green Roger D. Branigin - Orange George Smathers - Yellow (Florida Only) Stephen Young - Brown

Democratic Convention and antiwar protests

Robert Kennedy's death threw the Democratic Party into disarray. The loss of his campaign, which had relied on his popularity and charisma convincing non-primary delegates to support him at the convention, meant that the antiwar movement was effectively over, and that Humphrey would be the prohibitive favorite for the nomination. Some of Kennedy's support went to McCarthy, but many of Kennedy's delegates, remembering their bitter primary battles with McCarthy, rallied around the late-starting candidacy of Senator

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, a Kennedy supporter in the spring primaries. When the 1968 Democratic National Convention opened in

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, thousands of young antiwar activists from around the nation gathered in the city to protest the Vietnam War. In a clash covered on live television, Americans were shocked to see

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officers brutally beating antiwar protesters. While the protesters chanted "the whole world is watching," the police used clubs and tear gas to beat back the protesters, leaving many of them bloody and dazed. The tear gas even wafted into numerous hotel suites. In one of them, Humphrey was watching the proceedings on television. Meanwhile, the convention itself was marred by the strong-armed tactics of Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley, who was seen on television angrily cursing Connecticut Senator Abraham Ribicoff, who had made a speech at the convention denouncing the excesses of the Chicago police in the riots. In the end, the nomination itself was anticlimactic, with Humphrey handily beating McCarthy and McGovern on the first ballot. The convention then chose Senator

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as Humphrey's running mate. However, the tragedy of the antiwar riots crippled the Humphrey campaign from the start, and it never fully recovered. (White, pp. 377-378;) Source: Keating Holland, "All the Votes... Really," CNN

Endorsements

Hubert Humphrey * President Johnson * Mayor Richard J. Daley of

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* Former

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Harry S. Truman of

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* Entertainer

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Robert F. Kennedy * Senator Ralph Yarborough of

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* Senator Abraham Ribicoff of

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* Senator

of Massachusetts, the candidate's brother * Governor Harold E. Hughes of

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* Senator

Vance Hartke Rupert Vance Hartke (May 31, 1919July 27, 2003) was an American politician who served as a Democratic United States Senator from Indiana from 1959 until 1977. Hartke won election to the Senate after serving as the mayor of Evansville, Indiana. I ...

* Writer

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* Labor Leader

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* Actress

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* Actress

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* Actress

Stefanie Powers Stefanie Powers (born November 2, 1942) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Jennifer Hart on the mystery television series '' Hart to Hart'' (1979–1984), for which she received nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards a ...

* Actor

Peter Lawford Peter Sydney Ernest Lawford ( Aylen; 7 September 1923 – 24 December 1984) was an English-American actor.Obituary '' Variety'', 26 December 1984. He was a member of the " Rat Pack" and the brother-in-law of US president John F. Kennedy and se ...

, the candidate's brother-in-law * Actor

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* Musician Sammy Davis Jr. * Musician

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* Musicians

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* Musicians

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* Musician

Bobby Darin Bobby Darin (born Walden Robert Cassotto; May 14, 1936 – December 20, 1973) was an American musician and actor. He performed jazz, pop, rock and roll, folk, swing, and country music. He started his career as a songwriter for Connie ...

* Artist

Andy Warhol Andy Warhol (; born Andrew Warhola Jr.; August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was an American visual artist, film director, and producer who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art. His works explore the relationsh ...

* Astronaut

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* NFL football

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* NFL football

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* NFL football

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* Film and television director

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* Documentary film director Charles Guggenheim * Actor

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* Actor Tony Curtis * Actor

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* Actor

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* Actor

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Eugene McCarthy * Representative Don Edwards of

* Actor

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* Actor

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* Actor

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* Musicians

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George McGovern (during convention) * Senator Abraham Ribicoff of

* Senator

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The Rise of a Prairie Statesman: The Life and Times of George McGovern, p. 405 * Governor Harold E. Hughes of

Candidates

Nominee

Competed in primaries

Bypassing primaries

Favorite sons

Declined to run

Polling

Nationwide polling

Primary race

Johnson withdraws

Contest for nomination and assassination of Kennedy

Primaries

Statewide results by winner

Democratic Convention and antiwar protests

Endorsements

See also

References

Further reading