Essays Tagged: "presidential election of 1972"
The American presidental election of 1972, Nixon and McGovern
The Presidential election of 1972 had two strong candidates,President Richard Nixon and George McGovern. ... w York City and Rep.Shirley Chisholm of New York. Chisholm was the first black to run in aseries of presidential primaries.' (Congressional Quarterly, 'Guide to U.S.Elections', Third ed., 1994, pg.603 ... r, he wanted to snare the nominationearly and so was committed to running in all of the first eight presidentialprimaries. Prominent Democratic politicians lined up eagerly to endorse him.Among them: ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Presidents