1968 United States presidential election in Missouri
The 1968 United States presidential election in Missouri took place on November 5, 1968. All 50 states and the District of Columbia were part of the 1968 United States presidential election. Missouri voters chose twelve electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.
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Former Vice President Richard Nixon, the Republican nominee, narrowly won the state with 811,932 votes and 44.87% of the vote, with Vice President Hubert Humphrey, the Democratic nominee, taking 791,444 votes and 43.74% of the vote, followed by American Independent George Wallace, who took 206,126 votes and 11.39% of the vote. Wallace's strongest support came from the Missouri Bootheel, with its significant rural black population and powerful cultural and geographic ties to Kentucky's Jackson Purchase, the Arkansas Delta and West Tennessee.[1] He carried the state's southeasternmost county, Pemiscot, and ran second ahead of Nixon in two others nearby.
Results
| Presidential Candidate | Running Mate | Party | Electoral Vote (EV) | Popular Vote (PV) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard M. Nixon | Spiro Agnew | Republican | 12[2] | 811,932 | 44.87% |
| Hubert H. Humphrey | Edmund Muskie | Democrat | 0 | 791,444 | 43.74% |
| George Wallace | S. Marvin Griffin | American Party of Missouri | 0 | 206,126 | 11.39% |
Results by county
| County | Richard Milhous Nixon Republican |
Hubert Horatio Humphrey Democratic |
George Corley Wallace American Party of Missouri |
Margin | Total votes cast[3] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adair | 4,624 | 58.82% | 2,645 | 33.65% | 592 | 7.53% | 1,979 | 25.17% | 7,861 |
| Andrew | 3,398 | 58.97% | 2,005 | 34.80% | 359 | 6.23% | 1,393 | 24.18% | 5,762 |
| Atchison | 2,206 | 51.36% | 1,752 | 40.79% | 337 | 7.85% | 454 | 10.57% | 4,295 |
| Audrain | 5,005 | 46.24% | 4,806 | 44.41% | 1,012 | 9.35% | 199 | 1.84% | 10,823 |
| Barry | 5,537 | 57.12% | 3,398 | 35.06% | 758 | 7.82% | 2,139 | 22.07% | 9,693 |
| Barton | 2,928 | 55.68% | 1,832 | 34.84% | 499 | 9.49% | 1,096 | 20.84% | 5,259 |
| Bates | 4,087 | 49.49% | 3,370 | 40.81% | 801 | 9.70% | 717 | 8.68% | 8,258 |
| Benton | 2,899 | 61.13% | 1,345 | 28.36% | 498 | 10.50% | 1,554 | 32.77% | 4,742 |
| Bollinger | 2,283 | 50.08% | 1,693 | 37.14% | 583 | 12.79% | 590 | 12.94% | 4,559 |
| Boone | 11,917 | 46.36% | 11,771 | 45.80% | 2,015 | 7.84% | 146 | 0.57% | 25,703 |
| Buchanan | 16,101 | 46.38% | 15,860 | 45.69% | 2,752 | 7.93% | 241 | 0.69% | 34,713 |
| Butler | 6,326 | 46.98% | 4,379 | 32.52% | 2,759 | 20.49% | 1,947 | 14.46% | 13,464 |
| Caldwell | 2,631 | 57.81% | 1,490 | 32.74% | 430 | 9.45% | 1,141 | 25.07% | 4,551 |
| Callaway | 4,277 | 46.03% | 3,738 | 40.23% | 1,276 | 13.73% | 539 | 5.80% | 9,291 |
| Camden | 3,500 | 61.00% | 1,605 | 27.97% | 633 | 11.03% | 1,895 | 33.03% | 5,738 |
| Cape Girardeau | 10,298 | 53.34% | 6,656 | 34.48% | 2,351 | 12.18% | 3,642 | 18.87% | 19,305 |
| Carroll | 3,680 | 54.13% | 2,473 | 36.38% | 645 | 9.49% | 1,207 | 17.76% | 6,798 |
| Carter | 861 | 45.60% | 738 | 39.09% | 289 | 15.31% | 123 | 6.51% | 1,888 |
| Cass | 5,271 | 45.14% | 4,468 | 38.26% | 1,938 | 16.60% | 803 | 6.88% | 11,677 |
| Cedar | 2,940 | 64.08% | 1,218 | 26.55% | 430 | 9.37% | 1,722 | 37.53% | 4,588 |
| Chariton | 2,404 | 45.50% | 2,371 | 44.87% | 509 | 9.63% | 33 | 0.62% | 5,284 |
| Christian | 4,019 | 64.43% | 1,586 | 25.42% | 633 | 10.15% | 2,433 | 39.00% | 6,238 |
| Clark | 2,111 | 53.55% | 1,489 | 37.77% | 342 | 8.68% | 622 | 15.78% | 3,942 |
| Clay | 19,643 | 44.48% | 17,547 | 39.73% | 6,972 | 15.79% | 2,096 | 4.75% | 44,162 |
| Clinton | 2,659 | 45.82% | 2,525 | 43.51% | 619 | 10.67% | 134 | 2.31% | 5,803 |
| Cole | 11,575 | 60.55% | 5,916 | 30.95% | 1,625 | 8.50% | 5,659 | 29.60% | 19,116 |
| Cooper | 4,115 | 55.29% | 2,798 | 37.59% | 530 | 7.12% | 1,317 | 17.69% | 7,443 |
| Crawford | 3,525 | 55.78% | 2,123 | 33.60% | 671 | 10.62% | 1,402 | 22.19% | 6,319 |
| Dade | 2,250 | 64.34% | 917 | 26.22% | 330 | 9.44% | 1,333 | 38.12% | 3,497 |
| Dallas | 2,835 | 62.49% | 1,237 | 27.26% | 465 | 10.25% | 1,598 | 35.22% | 4,537 |
| Daviess | 2,288 | 53.23% | 1,676 | 38.99% | 334 | 7.77% | 612 | 14.24% | 4,298 |
| DeKalb | 2,112 | 54.87% | 1,452 | 37.72% | 285 | 7.40% | 660 | 17.15% | 3,849 |
| Dent | 2,369 | 50.97% | 1,810 | 38.94% | 469 | 10.09% | 559 | 12.03% | 4,648 |
| Douglas | 2,836 | 67.11% | 978 | 23.14% | 412 | 9.75% | 1,858 | 43.97% | 4,226 |
| Dunklin | 4,366 | 35.40% | 5,063 | 41.06% | 2,903 | 23.54% | -697 | -5.65% | 12,332 |
| Franklin | 9,823 | 50.77% | 7,566 | 39.10% | 1,960 | 10.13% | 2,257 | 11.66% | 19,349 |
| Gasconade | 4,400 | 74.64% | 1,131 | 19.19% | 364 | 6.17% | 3,269 | 55.45% | 5,895 |
| Gentry | 2,286 | 48.73% | 2,189 | 46.66% | 216 | 4.60% | 97 | 2.07% | 4,691 |
| Greene | 32,638 | 55.27% | 19,659 | 33.29% | 6,751 | 11.43% | 12,979 | 21.98% | 59,048 |
| Grundy | 3,213 | 57.29% | 1,976 | 35.24% | 419 | 7.47% | 1,237 | 22.06% | 5,608 |
| Harrison | 3,092 | 59.55% | 1,688 | 32.51% | 412 | 7.94% | 1,404 | 27.04% | 5,192 |
| Henry | 3,824 | 47.68% | 3,514 | 43.82% | 682 | 8.50% | 310 | 3.87% | 8,020 |
| Hickory | 1,484 | 66.55% | 537 | 24.08% | 209 | 9.37% | 947 | 42.47% | 2,230 |
| Holt | 2,031 | 56.09% | 1,211 | 33.44% | 379 | 10.47% | 820 | 22.65% | 3,621 |
| Howard | 1,825 | 39.12% | 2,333 | 50.01% | 507 | 10.87% | -508 | -10.89% | 4,665 |
| Howell | 5,631 | 57.24% | 2,763 | 28.08% | 1,444 | 14.68% | 2,868 | 29.15% | 9,838 |
| Iron | 1,600 | 41.60% | 1,755 | 45.63% | 491 | 12.77% | -155 | -4.03% | 3,846 |
| Jackson | 91,086 | 39.22% | 112,154 | 48.30% | 28,980 | 12.48% | -21,068 | -9.07% | 232,220 |
| Jasper | 16,794 | 54.24% | 10,987 | 35.49% | 3,181 | 10.27% | 5,807 | 18.76% | 30,962 |
| Jefferson | 11,708 | 37.70% | 13,230 | 42.60% | 6,115 | 19.69% | -1,522 | -4.90% | 31,053 |
| Johnson | 4,834 | 51.78% | 3,484 | 37.32% | 1,018 | 10.90% | 1,350 | 14.46% | 9,336 |
| Knox | 1,562 | 49.29% | 1,257 | 39.67% | 350 | 11.04% | 305 | 9.62% | 3,169 |
| Laclede | 4,860 | 56.06% | 2,958 | 34.12% | 852 | 9.83% | 1,902 | 21.94% | 8,670 |
| Lafayette | 6,840 | 53.42% | 4,859 | 37.95% | 1,105 | 8.63% | 1,981 | 15.47% | 12,804 |
| Lawrence | 6,834 | 59.73% | 3,710 | 32.42% | 898 | 7.85% | 3,124 | 27.30% | 11,442 |
| Lewis | 2,038 | 43.90% | 2,067 | 44.53% | 537 | 11.57% | -29 | -0.62% | 4,642 |
| Lincoln | 3,185 | 41.78% | 3,142 | 41.21% | 1,297 | 17.01% | 43 | 0.56% | 7,624 |
| Linn | 3,795 | 46.05% | 3,933 | 47.72% | 513 | 6.22% | -138 | -1.67% | 8,241 |
| Livingston | 3,827 | 48.99% | 3,467 | 44.38% | 518 | 6.63% | 360 | 4.61% | 7,812 |
| Macon | 3,804 | 47.04% | 3,462 | 42.81% | 821 | 10.15% | 342 | 4.23% | 8,087 |
| Madison | 2,164 | 50.33% | 1,521 | 35.37% | 615 | 14.30% | 643 | 14.95% | 4,300 |
| Maries | 1,438 | 47.52% | 1,185 | 39.16% | 403 | 13.32% | 253 | 8.36% | 3,026 |
| Marion | 4,732 | 41.62% | 5,416 | 47.64% | 1,221 | 10.74% | -684 | -6.02% | 11,369 |
| McDonald | 3,025 | 51.32% | 2,188 | 37.12% | 681 | 11.55% | 837 | 14.20% | 5,894 |
| Mercer | 1,406 | 60.76% | 783 | 33.84% | 125 | 5.40% | 623 | 26.92% | 2,314 |
| Miller | 4,425 | 64.88% | 1,727 | 25.32% | 668 | 9.79% | 2,698 | 39.56% | 6,820 |
| Mississippi | 1,421 | 26.82% | 2,303 | 43.46% | 1,575 | 29.72% | 728[lower-alpha 2] | -13.74% | -5,299 |
| Moniteau | 3,210 | 58.54% | 1,687 | 30.77% | 586 | 10.69% | 1,523 | 27.78% | 5,483 |
| Monroe | 1,349 | 29.07% | 2,776 | 59.81% | 516 | 11.12% | -1,427 | -30.75% | 4,641 |
| Montgomery | 2,903 | 53.59% | 1,891 | 34.91% | 623 | 11.50% | 1,012 | 18.68% | 5,417 |
| Morgan | 2,906 | 57.44% | 1,649 | 32.60% | 504 | 9.96% | 1,257 | 24.85% | 5,059 |
| New Madrid | 2,317 | 24.40% | 4,195 | 44.18% | 2,984 | 31.42% | 1,211[lower-alpha 2] | -12.75% | -9,496 |
| Newton | 7,343 | 52.87% | 5,064 | 36.46% | 1,481 | 10.66% | 2,279 | 16.41% | 13,888 |
| Nodaway | 4,736 | 48.11% | 4,494 | 45.65% | 615 | 6.25% | 242 | 2.46% | 9,845 |
| Oregon | 1,213 | 34.03% | 1,726 | 48.43% | 625 | 17.54% | -513 | -14.39% | 3,564 |
| Osage | 3,107 | 61.63% | 1,540 | 30.55% | 394 | 7.82% | 1,567 | 31.09% | 5,041 |
| Ozark | 1,967 | 68.37% | 606 | 21.06% | 304 | 10.57% | 1,361 | 47.31% | 2,877 |
| Pemiscot | 2,191 | 28.01% | 2,681 | 34.28% | 2,950 | 37.71% | -269[lower-alpha 2] | -3.44% | 7,822 |
| Perry | 3,858 | 61.45% | 1,958 | 31.19% | 462 | 7.36% | 1,900 | 30.26% | 6,278 |
| Pettis | 6,738 | 46.08% | 6,334 | 43.32% | 1,549 | 10.59% | 404 | 2.76% | 14,621 |
| Phelps | 5,577 | 47.33% | 4,211 | 35.74% | 1,995 | 16.93% | 1,366 | 11.59% | 11,783 |
| Pike | 3,072 | 43.47% | 3,192 | 45.17% | 803 | 11.36% | -120 | -1.70% | 7,067 |
| Platte | 4,836 | 42.74% | 4,665 | 41.22% | 1,815 | 16.04% | 171 | 1.51% | 11,316 |
| Polk | 4,145 | 59.82% | 2,170 | 31.32% | 614 | 8.86% | 1,975 | 28.50% | 6,929 |
| Pulaski | 2,555 | 45.82% | 2,303 | 41.30% | 718 | 12.88% | 252 | 4.52% | 5,576 |
| Putnam | 1,971 | 63.75% | 952 | 30.79% | 169 | 5.47% | 1,019 | 32.96% | 3,092 |
| Ralls | 1,175 | 33.07% | 1,900 | 53.48% | 478 | 13.45% | -725 | -20.41% | 3,553 |
| Randolph | 3,582 | 38.58% | 4,810 | 51.80% | 893 | 9.62% | -1,228 | -13.23% | 9,285 |
| Ray | 2,587 | 35.90% | 3,541 | 49.14% | 1,078 | 14.96% | -954 | -13.24% | 7,206 |
| Reynolds | 898 | 34.79% | 1,245 | 48.24% | 438 | 16.97% | -347 | -13.44% | 2,581 |
| Ripley | 1,973 | 48.24% | 1,440 | 35.21% | 677 | 16.55% | 533 | 13.03% | 4,090 |
| Saint Charles | 13,533 | 45.63% | 10,374 | 34.98% | 5,752 | 19.39% | 3,159 | 10.65% | 29,659 |
| Saint Clair | 2,271 | 54.36% | 1,496 | 35.81% | 411 | 9.84% | 775 | 18.55% | 4,178 |
| Saint Francois | 7,492 | 47.60% | 6,379 | 40.53% | 1,867 | 11.86% | 1,113 | 7.07% | 15,738 |
| Saint Louis County | 180,355 | 46.80% | 165,786 | 43.02% | 39,234 | 10.18% | 14,569 | 3.78% | 385,375 |
| Saint Louis City | 58,252 | 26.37% | 143,010 | 64.74% | 19,652 | 8.90% | -84,758 | -38.37% | 220,914 |
| Sainte Genevieve | 1,937 | 42.09% | 2,225 | 48.35% | 440 | 9.56% | -288 | -6.26% | 4,602 |
| Saline | 4,698 | 46.76% | 4,646 | 46.24% | 704 | 7.01% | 52 | 0.52% | 10,048 |
| Schuyler | 1,291 | 53.17% | 969 | 39.91% | 168 | 6.92% | 322 | 13.26% | 2,428 |
| Scotland | 1,554 | 50.06% | 1,340 | 43.17% | 210 | 6.77% | 214 | 6.89% | 3,104 |
| Scott | 3,856 | 36.23% | 4,313 | 40.52% | 2,474 | 23.25% | -457 | -4.29% | 10,643 |
| Shannon | 1,048 | 38.67% | 1,216 | 44.87% | 446 | 16.46% | -168 | -6.20% | 2,710 |
| Shelby | 1,693 | 41.33% | 2,045 | 49.93% | 358 | 8.74% | -352 | -8.59% | 4,096 |
| Stoddard | 3,919 | 44.43% | 3,150 | 35.71% | 1,751 | 19.85% | 769 | 8.72% | 8,820 |
| Stone | 3,006 | 67.32% | 1,004 | 22.49% | 455 | 10.19% | 2,002 | 44.84% | 4,465 |
| Sullivan | 2,332 | 52.24% | 1,907 | 42.72% | 225 | 5.04% | 425 | 9.52% | 4,464 |
| Taney | 3,289 | 66.82% | 1,219 | 24.77% | 414 | 8.41% | 2,070 | 42.06% | 4,922 |
| Texas | 4,022 | 49.53% | 3,117 | 38.39% | 981 | 12.08% | 905 | 11.15% | 8,120 |
| Vernon | 3,590 | 45.27% | 3,557 | 44.85% | 783 | 9.87% | 33 | 0.42% | 7,930 |
| Warren | 2,669 | 62.55% | 1,033 | 24.21% | 565 | 13.24% | 1,636 | 38.34% | 4,267 |
| Washington | 2,641 | 46.26% | 2,292 | 40.15% | 776 | 13.59% | 349 | 6.11% | 5,709 |
| Wayne | 2,156 | 47.79% | 1,714 | 38.00% | 641 | 14.21% | 442 | 9.80% | 4,511 |
| Webster | 4,118 | 56.90% | 2,547 | 35.19% | 572 | 7.90% | 1,571 | 21.71% | 7,237 |
| Worth | 924 | 48.55% | 853 | 44.82% | 126 | 6.62% | 71 | 3.73% | 1,903 |
| Wright | 3,576 | 66.22% | 1,337 | 24.76% | 487 | 9.02% | 2,239 | 41.46% | 5,400 |
| Totals | 811,932 | 44.87% | 791,444 | 43.74% | 206,126 | 11.39% | 20,488 | 1.13% | 1,809,502 |
Notes
- Although he was born in California and he served as a U.S. Senator from California, in 1968 Richard Nixon's official state of residence was New York, because he moved there to practice law after his defeat in the 1962 California gubernatorial election. During his first term as president, Nixon re-established his residency in California. Consequently, most reliable reference books list Nixon's home state as New York in the 1968 election and his home state as California in the 1972 (and 1960) election.
- In this county where Nixon ran third behind both Humphrey and Wallace, margin given is Humphrey vote minus Wallace vote and percentage margin Humphrey percentage minus Wallace percentage.
References
- Phillips, Kevin P.; The Emerging Republican Majority, pp. 368-370 ISBN 9780691163246
- 1968 Presidential General Election Results – Missouri
- Missouri Secretary of State, ‘General Election Returns Vote for President, By Counties, at General Election November 5, 1968,’ State of Missouri Official Manual for the Years 1969-1970 (Jefferson City, 1969)
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