William E. Miller Spiro Agnew This article lists those who were potential candidates for the Republican nomination for Vice President of the United States in the 1968 election.

After winning the Republican presidential nomination at the 1968 Republican National Convention, former Vice President Richard Nixon convened a series of meetings with close advisers and party leaders such as Strom Thurmond in order to choose his running mate.

[1] Nixon ultimately asked the convention to nominate Maryland Governor Spiro Agnew as his running mate.

By a large margin, Agnew won the vice presidential nomination on the first ballot over Michigan Governor George W. Romney, who was supported by a faction of liberal Republicans.

However, Agnew was forced to resign as vice president in 1973 due to a controversy regarding his personal taxes.