With Different Presidential Nominees, Who Would Be A Good Running Mate For Them?

[Lincoln Republican]

Following are some of the candidates who unsuccessfully sought their party Presidential nominations for various elections.

If these candidates were in fact the Presidential nominee of their party for that particular election, who would you say would have made a good Vice Presidential running mate for them?

Pick whichever names you like from the lists and name the running mate.

1960

Republican
Governor Nelson Rockefeller of New York

Democrat
Senator Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota
Senator and Senate Majority Leader Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas
Former Governor, 1952 Presidential nominee, 1956 Presidential nominee Adlai Stevenson of Illinois
Senator Stuart Symington of Missouri

1964

Republican
Former Senator, former U.N. Ambassador, and 1960 VP nominee Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts
Governor Nelson Rockefeller of New York
Governor William Scranton of Pennsylvania

1968

Republican
Governor Ronald Reagan of California
Governor Nelson Rockefeller of New York
Governor George Romney of Michigan

Democrat
Senator Robert Kennedy of New York
Senator Eugene McCarthy of Minnesota

1972

Democrat
Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm of New York
Senator Vance Hartke of Indiana
Senator Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota
Senator Henry Jackson of Washington
Mayor John Lindsay of New York City, former Congressman, New York
Senator Eugene McCarthy of Minnesota
Congressman Wilbur Mills of Arkansas
Congresswoman Patsy Mink of Hawaii
Senator Edmund Muskie of Maine
Former Governor Terry Sanford of North Carolina
Governor George Wallace of Alabama
Mayor Sam Yorty of Los Angeles, former Congressman, California

1976

Republican
Former Governor Ronald Reagan of California

Democrat
Senator Birch Bayh of Indiana
Senator Lloyd Bentsen of Texas
Governor Jerry Brown of California
Senator Frank Church of Idaho
Former Senator Fred Harris of Oklahoma
Senator Henry Jackson of Washington
Congressman Mo Udall of Arizona
Governor George Wallace of Alabama

1980

Republican
Congressman John Anderson of Illinois
Senator Howard Baker of Tennessee
Former Congressman, former U.N. Ambassador, former CIA Director George Bush of Texas
Former Governor, former Nixon Treasury Secretary John Connally of Texas
Senator Bob Dole of Kansas

Democrat
Governor Jerry Brown of California
Senator Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts

1984

Democrat
Senator Alan Cranston of California
Senator John Glenn of Ohio
Senator Gary Hart of Colorado
Senator Ernest Hollings of South Carolina
Reverend Jesse Jackson of Illinois

1988

Republican
Senator Bob Dole of Kansas
Governor Pete du Pont of Delaware
Former Nixon White House Chief of Staff, former Supreme Allied Commander for NATO in Europe, former Reagan Secretary of State General Alexander Haig of Pennsylvania
Congressman Jack Kemp of New York
Evangelist Pat Robertson of Virginia

Democrat
Senator Joe Biden of Delaware
Congressman Dick Gepardt of Missouri
Senator Al Gore of Tennessee
Senator Gary Hart of Colorado
Reverend Jesse Jackson of Illinois
Senator Paul Simon of Illinois

1992

Republican
Author, syndicated columnist, and broadcaster Pat Buchanan of DC

Democrat
Former Governor Jerry Brown of California
Senator Tom Harkin of Iowa
Senator Bob Kerrey of Nebraska
Senator Paul Simon of Illinois
Former Senator Paul Tsongas of Massachusetts
Governor Douglas Wilder of Virginia

1996

Republican
Former Governor, former Bush Secretary of Education Lamar Alexander of Tennessee
Author, syndicated columnist, broadcaster Pat Buchanan of DC
Publisher Stever Forbes of New Jersey
Senator Phil Gramm of Texas
Senator Richard Lugar of Indiana

2000

Republican
Former Governor, former Bush Secretary of Education Lamar Alexander of Tennessee
Former President of American Red Cross, former Bush Secretary of Labor, former Reagan Secretary of Transportation Elizabeth Dole of North Carolina
Publisher Steve Forbes of New Jersey
Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah
Senator John McCain of Arizona
Former Vice President, former Senator Dan Quayle of Indiana

Democrat
Former Senator Bill Bradley of New Jersey

2004

Democrat
Senator John Edwards of North Carolina
Former Senator Carol Moseley-Braun of Illinois
Former Supreme Allied Commander for NATO in Europe General Wesley Clark of Arkansas
Former Governor Howard Dean of Vermont
Congressman Dick Gephardt of Missouri
Senator Bob Graham of Florida
Congressman Dennis Kucinich of Ohio
Senator Joe Lieberman of Connecticut
Reverend Al Sharpton of New York

[Lincoln Republican]

bbt, welcome to the forum.

[Lincoln Republican]

Since no one else seems interested in replying, I suppose this listing could serve as some sort of a database of candidates who have unsuccessfully sought Presidential nominations since 1960.

[Lincoln Republican]

Thank you for your detailed reply, Warner for Senate '08.

Very interesting names.  You have really done your research.

Great work.

[Lincoln Republican]

Thank you very much for your comments, Bob Loblaw.

Very true indeed.

As I said in my original post,

Pick whichever names you like from the lists and name the running mate.

I really did not expect anyone to name running mates for all of the names on my list.

And thank you for your intention to reply to some of the names later.