Nixon picks 52 year old Attorney General Herbert Brownell Jr. of New York for Vice President. Brownell has been serving as Attorney General in the Eisenhower administration since 1953. Brownell served as a member of the New York State Assembly from 1933 to 1937, and as an advisor to Governor Thomas Dewey. As Attorney General, Brownell was known for his strong advocacy of civil rights, and desegragating public schools in the south. Brownell was regarded as a brilliant attorney and a gifted administrator.
Stevenson picks 61 year old Senator Clinton Anderson of New Mexico for Vice President. He had served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives 1941-1945, Secretary of Agriculture in the Truman administration 1945-1948, and has been a U.S. Senator since 1949. Anderson was known for devoting himself to causes he believed important, and for seeing a task through to it's completion.
Vowing to carry on the "historic work and monumental accomplishments of President Eisenhower," Nixon leads a positive and upbeat campaign, achieving a comfortable victory over the already once defeated Presidential nominee Stevenson.
Nixon/Brownell 300
Stevenson/Anderson 231
