Electoral history of Gerald Ford

Electoral history of Gerald Ford, who served as the 38th president of the United States (1974–1977), the 40th vice president (1973–1974); and as a United States representative from Michigan (1949–1973).

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gerald Ford	23,632	62.23%
	Republican	Bartel J. Jonkman*	14,341	37.77%

	Candidate	Votes	%
Republican	Gerald Ford	74,191	60.51%
Democratic	Fred J. Barr, Jr.	46,972	38.31%
Prohibition	William H. Barlette	853	0.70%
Progressive	Theodore Theodore	504	0.41%
Socialist	Eugene Ten Brink, Jr.	93	0.08%

	Candidate	Votes	%
Republican	Gerald Ford*	72,829	66.74%
Democratic	James H. McLaughlin	35,927	32.92%
Prohibition	Ella Fruin	376	0.35%

	Candidate	Votes	%
Republican	Gerald Ford*	109,807	66.26%
Democratic	Vincent E. O’Neill	55,147	33.28%
Prohibition	Ella Fruin	617	0.37%
Progressive	William Glenn	146	0.09%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gerald Ford*	81,702	63.26 %
	Democratic	Robert S. McAllister	47,453	36.74%

Electoral history of Gerald Ford

Congressional elections (1948–1972)

1948

1950

1952

1954

1956

1958

1960

1962

1964

1966

1968

1970

1972

Speaker of the House elections (1965–1973)

1965

1967

1969

1971

1973

Vice presidential confirmation (1973)

Presidential election (1976)

Notes

References

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gerald Ford*	120,349	67.14%
	Democratic	George E. Clay	58,899	32.86%

	Candidate	Votes	%
Republican	Gerald Ford*	88,156	63.64%
Democratic	Richard Vander Veen	50,203	36.24%
Prohibition	Bernard Elve	156	0.11%

	Candidate	Votes	%
Republican	Gerald Ford*	131,461	66.84%
Democratic	William G. Reamon	65,064	33.08%
Prohibition	LeRoy A. Robert	115	0.06%
Socialist Labor	Donald Teets	54	0.03%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gerald Ford*	110,043	67.04%
	Democratic	William G. Reamon	54,112	32.96%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gerald Ford*	101,810	61.22%
	Democratic	William G. Reamon	64,488	38.78%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gerald Ford*	87,914	68.39%
	Democratic	James M. Catchick	40,629	31.61%

	Candidate	Votes	%
Republican	Gerald Ford*	105,085	62.75%
Democratic	Lawrence E. Howard	62,219	37.16%
Socialist Labor	Frank Girard	156	0.09%

	Candidate	Votes	%
Republican	Gerald Ford*	88,208	61.36%
Democratic	Jean McKee	55,337	38.50%
Socialist Labor	Frank Girard	120	0.08%
Socialist Workers	Walter M. Kus	87	0.06%

	Candidate	Votes	%
Republican	Gerald Ford*	118,027	61.08%
Democratic	Jean McKee	72,782	37.67%
American Independent	Dwight W. Johnson	2,045	1.06%
Socialist Labor	Frank Girard	235	0.12%
Communist	Alan Lee Maki	140	0.07%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	*John McCormack (MA 9)**	289	67.52
	Republican	Gerald Ford (MI 5)	139	32.48
Total votes			428	100
Votes necessary			215	>50

1976 Republican Party presidential primaries^[22] * denotes incumbent
Party		Candidate	Aggregate votes	%	#W
	Republican	Gerald Ford*	5,529,899	53.29	27
		Ronald Reagan	4,760,222	45.88	24
		Others	44,626	0.43	0
		Unpledged	34,717	0.34	0

1976 Republican presidential nomination^[23] * denotes incumbent
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gerald Ford*	1,187	52.57
		Ronald Reagan	1,070	47.39
		Elliot Richardson	1	0.04

1976 United States presidential election^[24] * denotes incumbent
Party		Presidential candidate	Vice presidential Candidate	PV (%)	EV
	Democratic	Jimmy Carter	Walter Mondale	40,831,881 (50.08)	297
	Republican	Gerald Ford*	Bob Dole	39,148,634 (48.01)	240^[a]
	Independent	Eugene McCarthy	^[b]	744,763 (0.91)	0
	Libertarian	Roger MacBride	David Bergland	172,557 (0.21)	0
	American Independent	Lester Maddox	William Dyke	170,373 (0.21)	0
	American	Thomas J. Anderson	Rufus Shackelford	158,724 (0.19)	0
	Others			313,848 (0.39)	0
Total votes:				81,540,780	538
Votes necessary:					270

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	*John McCormack (MA 9)**	246	56.94
	Republican	Gerald Ford (MI 5)	186	43.06
Total votes			432	100
Votes necessary			217	>50

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	*John McCormack (MA 9)**	241	56.31
	Republican	Gerald Ford (MI 5)	187	43.69
Total votes			428	100
Votes necessary			215	>50

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Carl Albert (OK 3)	250	58.68
	Republican	Gerald Ford (MI 5)	176	41.32
Total votes			426	100
Votes necessary			214	>50

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	*Carl Albert (OK 3)**	236	55.66
	Republican	Gerald Ford (MI 5)	188	44.34
Total votes			424	100
Votes necessary			213	>50

1973 U.S. Senate Vice presidential confirmation
November 27, 1973 ^[20]	Party				Total votes

	Democratic	Republican	Conservative	Independent
Yes	51	39	1	1	92
No	3	0	0	0	3

1973 U.S. House Vice presidential confirmation
December 6, 1973 ^[21]	Party		Total votes

	Democratic	Republican
Yes	199	188	387
No	35	0	35