July 15, 1964 | Goldwater Nominated at Republican Convention

July 15, 1964 - Barry Goldwater, grandson of an immigrant peddler and the shining knight of conservatives, was nominated on the first ballot tonight as the Republican candidate for President of the United States.
The 55-year-old Arizona Senator easily defeated his only rival, Gov. William Scranton of Pennsylvania.
The final vote tally showed Goldwater with 883 votes; Gov. Scranton with 214, and Gov. Nelson Rockefeller of New York with 114.
Pandemonium broke loose in San Francisco’s Cow Palace as Goldwater and his bandwagon, which had never been seriously slowed in recent weeks, rolled to victory with the 16 votes cast by South Carolina.
The nation will choose on Election Day, Nov. 3, between the Republican conservative and President Johnson, the Democratic incumbent who succeeded to the White House after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy Nov. 22, 1963.

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