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1968 presidential election | |
  Nominees Nixon and Agnew | |
| Convention | |
|---|---|
| Date(s) | August 5–8, 1968 |
| City | Miami Beach, Florida |
| Venue | Miami Beach Convention Center |
| Keynote speaker | Daniel J. Evans |
| Candidates | |
| Presidential nominee | Richard Nixon of New York |
| Vice-presidential nominee | Spiro Agnew of Maryland |
| Voting | |
| Total delegates | 1,333 |
| Votes needed for nomination | 667 (majority) |
| Results (president) | Nixon (NY): 1,238 (92.87%) Rockefeller (NY): 93 (6.98%) Reagan: (CA): 2 (0.15%) |
| Results (vice president) | Agnew (MD): 1,119 (83.95%) Romney (MI): 186 (13.95%) Lindsay (NY): 10 (0.75%) Others: 2 (0.15%) Not Voting: 16 (1.20%) |
The 1968 Republican National Convention was held at the Miami Beach Convention Center in Miami Beach, Dade County, Florida, USA, from August 5 to August 8, 1968, to select the party's nominee in the general election. It nominated former Vice President Richard Nixon for president and Maryland Governor Spiro Agnew for vice president. It was the fourth time Nixon had been nominated on the Republican ticket as either its vice presidential (1952 and 1956) or presidential candidate (1960). Symbolic of the South's changing political affiliation, this was the first Republican National Convention held in a prior Confederate State.