Campaigning at Case: Presidential Elections,
1892-2008
1964: Civil Rights
The delegates at the Case Mock Political Convention nominated
Governor William Scranton of Pennsylvania and Governor Mark
Hatfield of Oregon on the fifth ballot as the Republication
nominees for president and vice president. Associated activities
included a debate between Congressmen Charles Vanik (D-Ohio)
and Fred Schwengel (R-Ohio), a civil rights forum featuring
Ruth Turner, Executive Secretary of the Cleveland Chapter of
the Congress on Racial Equality (CORE), and the Frontiers of
Knowledge lecture series.
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Mayor Ralph S. Locher was the main speaker
at the opening of the Johnson-Humphrey headquarters.
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The Young Citizens for Johnson-Humphrey
Organization held its first meeting on campus.
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Case once again held a Mock Republican
Convention (below). Featured was a debate between Republican
Congressman Fred Schwengel and Democratic Congressman
Charles Vanik, an alumnus of WRU and one of the organizers
of the 1932 Mock Democratic Convention at WRU.
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After the keynote address delivered by
Maryland Congressman Charles M. Mathias, Jr., debate on
the platform planks began. As reported by the yearbook,
"Highlights of the platform debate were the revoking
of the Mann Act and a heated filibuster by the southern
states on the Civil Rights plank."
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Ohio Popular Vote |
National Popular Vote |
Electoral Vote |
Lyndon B. Johnson (D) 2,498,331 (62.9%)
Barry M. Goldwater (R) 1,470,865 (37.1%) |
Lyndon B. Johnson (D) 43,126,584 (61.05%)
Barry M. Goldwater (R) 27,177,838 (38.47%)
Eric Hass (Socialist Labor) 45,187 (.06%)
Clifton DeBerry (Socialist Workers) 32,701 (.05%) |
Lyndon B. Johnson (D) 486
Barry M. Goldwater (R) 52 |
Information was compiled by staff of the Case Western Reserve
University Archives, September 2004.
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