Richard Nixon was in an election.
Richard Nixon . He was the running mate of Dwight D. Eisenhower , the Republican Party presidential nominee in the 1952 election . He was reelected in one of the largest electoral landslides in U.S. history in 1972 , when he defeated George McGovern . United States presidential election, 1960 . The Republican Party nominated incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon , while the Democratic Party nominated John F. Kennedy , U.S. Senator from Massachusetts .