# Electoral history of Nelson Rockefeller

Electoral history of Nelson Rockefeller, who served as the 41st vice president of the United States (1974–1977), the 49th governor of New York (1959–1973), and was a three-time candidate for the Republican Party presidential nomination (1960; 1964; 1968).

## Gubernatorial elections

Governor of New York, 1958 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Republican | Nelson Rockefeller/Malcolm Wilson | 3,126,929 | 54.7% |
| Democratic | W. Averell Harriman/George B. DeLuca | 2,269,969 | |
| Liberal | W. Averell Harriman/George B. DeLuca | 283,926 | |
| Total | W. Averell Harriman/George B. DeLuca | 2,553,895 | 44.7% |
| Independent Socialist | John T. McManus/Annette Rubinstein | 31,658 | 0.6% |
Governor of New York, 1962 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Republican | Nelson Rockefeller/Malcolm Wilson (inc.) | 3,081,587 | 53.1% |
| Democratic | Robert M. Morgenthau/John J. Burns | 2,309,743 | |
| Liberal | Robert M. Morgenthau/John J. Burns | 242,675 | |
| Total | Robert M. Morgenthau/John J. Burns | 2,552,418 | 44% |
| Conservative | David H. Jaquith/E. Vernon Carbonara | 141,877 | 2.4% |
| Socialist Workers | Richard Garza/Sylvia Weinstein | 19,698 | 0.3% |
| Socialist Labor | Eric Hass/John Emanuel | 9,762 | 0.2% |

### 1966

1966 New York gubernatorial election :
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | Popular Vote |
| Nelson A. Rockefeller | Malcolm Wilson | Republican | 2,690,626 | (44.61%) |
| Frank D. O'Connor | Howard J. Samuels | Democratic | 2,298,363 | (38.11%) |
| Paul L. Adams | Kieran O'Doherty | Conservative | 513,023 | (8.46%) |
| Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr. | Donald S. Harrington | Liberal | 507,234 | (8.41%) |
| Milton Herder | Doris Ballantyne | Socialist Labor | 12,730 | (0.21%) |
| Judith White | Richard Garza | Socialist Workers | 12,506 | (0.21%) |

### 1970

1970 New York gubernatorial election :
| Governor candidate | Running Mate | Party | Popular Vote | Popular Vote |
| Nelson A. Rockefeller | Malcolm Wilson | Republican | 3,151,432 | (52.41%) |
| Arthur Goldberg | Basil Paterson | Democratic, Liberal | 2,421,426 | (40.27%) |
| Paul L. Adams | Edward F. Leonard | Conservative | 422,514 | (7.03%) |
| Rasheed Storey | Grace Mora-Newman | Communist | 7,760 | (0.13%) |
| Clifton DeBerry | Jonathan Rothschild | Socialist Workers | 5,766 | (0.10%) |
| Stephen Emery | Arnold Babel | Socialist Labor | 3,963 | (0.07%) |

## Presidential nomination elections
### 1960

1960 Republican Party presidential primaries: :
| Party | Candidate | Aggregate votes | % |
| Republican | Richard Nixon | 4,975,938 | 86.63 |
| Republican | Unpledged | 314,234 | 5.47 |
| Republican | George H. Bender | 211,090 | 3.68 |
| Republican | James M. Lloyd | 48,461 | 0.84 |
| Republican | Nelson Rockefeller | 30,639 | 0.53 |
| Republican | Frank R. Beckwith | 19,677 | 0.34 |

### 1964

1964 Republican Party presidential primaries: :
| Party | Candidate | Aggregate votes | % |
| Republican | Barry Goldwater | 2,267,079 | 38.33 |
| Republican | Nelson Rockefeller | 1,304,204 | 22.05 |
| Republican | James A. Rhodes | 615,754 | 10.41 |
| Republican | Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. | 386,661 | 6.54 |
| Republican | John W. Byrnes | 299,612 | 5.07 |
| Republican | William Scranton | 245,401 | 4.15 |
| Republican | Margaret Chase Smith | 227,007 | 3.84 |
| Republican | Richard Nixon | 197,212 | 3.33 |
| Republican | Unpledged | 173,652 | 2.94 |
| Republican | Harold Stassen | 114,083 | 1.93 |
1964 Republican presidential nomination :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Barry Goldwater | 883 | 67.51 |
| | Republican | William Scranton | 214 | 16.36 |
| | Republican | Nelson Rockefeller | 114 | 8.72 |
| | Republican | George Romney | 41 | 3.14 |
| | Republican | Margaret Chase Smith | 27 | 2.06 |
| | Republican | Walter H. Judd | 22 | 1.68 |
| | Republican | Hiram Fong | 5 | 0.38 |
| | Republican | Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. | 2 | 0.15 |
| First ballot Vote totals following vote shifts: Goldwater – 1,220; Scranton – 50; Smith – 22; Rockefeller – 6; Others – 10 |||||

### 1968

1968 Republican Party presidential primaries: :
| Party | Candidate | Aggregate votes | % |
| Republican | Ronald Reagan | 1,696,632 | 37.93 |
| Republican | Richard Nixon | 1,679,443 | 37.54 |
| Republican | James A. Rhodes | 614,492 | 13.74 |
| Republican | Nelson Rockefeller | 164,340 | 3.67 |
| Republican | Unpledged | 140,639 | 3.14 |
| Republican | Eugene McCarthy | 44,520 | 1.00 |
| Republican | Harold Stassen | 31,655 | 0.71 |
| Republican | Richard Nixon | 31,465 | 0.70 |
1968 Republican presidential nomination :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Richard Nixon | 692 | 51.92 |
| | Republican | Nelson Rockefeller | 277 | 20.78 |
| | Republican | Ronald Reagan | 182 | 13.66 |
| | Republican | James A. Rhodes | 55 | 4.13 |
| | Republican | George Romney | 50 | 3.75 |
| | Republican | Clifford Case | 22 | 1.65 |
| | Republican | Frank Carlson | 20 | 1.50 |
| | Republican | Winthrop Rockefeller | 18 | 1.35 |
| | Republican | Hiram Fong | 14 | 1.05 |
| | Republican | Harold Stassen | 2 | 0.14 |
| | Republican | John V. Lindsay | 1 | 0.07 |
| First ballot Vote totals following vote shifts: Nixon – 1,238; Rockefeller – 93; Reagan – 2 |||||

## 1974 vice presidential confirmation

1974 U.S. Senate Vice presidential confirmation :
| December 10, 1974 | Party | Party | Party | Party | Total votes |
| December 10, 1974 | Democratic | Republican | Conservative | Independent | Total votes |
| Yes | 52 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 90 |
| No | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
1974 U.S. House Vice presidential confirmation :
| December 19, 1974 | Party | Party | Total votes |
| December 19, 1974 | Democratic | Republican | Total votes |
| Yes | 134 | 153 | 287 |
| No | 98 | 30 | 128 |