US/1972 Presidential Election
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| Date | 8 November 1972 |
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| Interest of | Hunter S. Thompson |
| Description | The subject of Hunter S. Thompson's Fear And Loathing On The Campaign Trail. |
The 1972 United States presidential election was the subject of Hunter S. Thompson's Fear And Loathing On The Campaign Trail.
Republican candidates
- Richard Nixon, President of the United States from California
- Pete McCloskey, Representative from California
- John M. Ashbrook, Representative from Ohio
- George C. Wallace Governor of Alabama
Democrat candidates
Overall, fifteen people declared their candidacy for the Democratic Party nomination. They were:[1][2]
- George McGovern, senator from South Dakota
- Hubert Humphrey, senator from Minnesota, former vice president, and presidential nominee in 1968
- George Wallace, Governor of Alabama
- Edmund Muskie, senator from Maine, vice presidential nominee in 1968
- Eugene J. McCarthy, former senator from Minnesota
- Henry M. Jackson, senator from Washington
- Shirley Chisholm, Representative of New York's 12th congressional district
- Terry Sanford, former governor of North Carolina
- John Lindsay, Mayor of New York City
- Wilbur Mills, representative of Arkansas's 2nd congressional district
- Vance Hartke, senator from Indiana
- Fred Harris, senator from Oklahoma
- Sam Yorty, Mayor of Los Angeles
- Patsy Mink, representative of Hawaii's 2nd congressional district
- Walter Fauntroy, Delegate from Washington, D. C.
Shooting of George Wallace
Alabama Governor George Wallace, an infamous segregationist who ran on a third-party ticket in 1968, did well in the South (winning nearly every county in the Florida primary) and among alienated and dissatisfied voters in the North.[3] What might have become a forceful campaign was cut short when Wallace was shot in an assassination attempt by Arthur Bremer on May 15. Wallace was struck by five bullets and left paralyzed from the waist down. The day after the assassination attempt, Wallace won the Michigan and Maryland primaries, but the shooting effectively ended his campaign, and he pulled out in July.
