1972 United States presidential election

===Notable endorsements===
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'''Edmund Muskie'''
* Former [[Governor of New York|Governor]] of and [[U.S. Secretary of Commerce|Secretary of Commerce]] [[W. Averell Harriman]] from [[New York (state)|New York]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Byrd |first=Lee |date=April 28, 1972 |title=Bland, Crybaby Roles Cost Muskie His Lead |pages=1 |work=Lansing State Journal |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/206039697/?terms=%22Averell%20Harriman%22%20%22Edmund%20Muskie%22%20%22endorses%22%20%22endorsed%22&match=1 |access-date=May 13, 2022 |quote=But of likely greater impediment was the sheer number of those involved, the many "senior advisors" like Clark Clifford and W. Averell Harriman and Luther B. Hodges, and the 19 senators, 34 congressmen and nine governors who had publicly enorsed Muskie. |archive-date=May 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220513200131/https://www.newspapers.com/image/206039697/?terms=%22Averell%20Harriman%22%20%22Edmund%20Muskie%22%20%22endorses%22%20%22endorsed%22&match=1 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Senator [[Harold Hughes]] from [[Iowa]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Risser |first=James |date=June 9, 1972 |title=Hughes Stands By Muskie |pages=5 |work=[[The Des Moines Register]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/338798077/?terms=%22Harold%20Hughes%22%20%22Edmund%20Muskie%22%20%22endorses%22%20%22endorsed%22&match=1 |access-date=May 13, 2022 |quote=Hughes has spent much of this week helping Muskie, whom Hughes endorsed early this year as the candidate most likely to unify the party and defeat President Nixon in November. |archive-date=May 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220513200135/https://www.newspapers.com/image/338798077/?terms=%22Harold%20Hughes%22%20%22Edmund%20Muskie%22%20%22endorses%22%20%22endorsed%22&match=1 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Senator [[Birch Bayh]] from [[Indiana]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=March 17, 1972 |title=Bayh Endorses Sen. Muskie |pages=7 |work=The Logansport Press |agency=UPI |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/3773466/?terms=%22Birch%20Bayh%22%20%22Edmund%20Muskie%22%20%22endorses%22%20%22endorsed%22&match=1 |access-date=May 13, 2022 |archive-date=May 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220513200133/https://www.newspapers.com/image/3773466/?terms=%22Birch%20Bayh%22%20%22Edmund%20Muskie%22%20%22endorses%22%20%22endorsed%22&match=1 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Senator [[Adlai Stevenson III]] from [[Illinois]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 11, 1972 |title=Adlai Stevenson III Endorses Sen. Muskie |pages=17 |work=Tampa Bay Times |agency=UPI |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/317681727/?terms=%22adlai%20stevenson%22%20%22edmund%20muskie%22%20%22endorses%22%20%22endorsed%22&match=1 |access-date=May 13, 2022 |archive-date=May 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220513200136/https://www.newspapers.com/image/317681727/?terms=%22adlai%20stevenson%22%20%22edmund%20muskie%22%20%22endorses%22%20%22endorsed%22&match=1 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Senator [[Mike Gravel]] of [[Alaska]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://select.nytimes.com/mem/archive/pdf?res=F00D16F83C591A7493C7A8178AD85F468785F9|title=More Muskie Support|newspaper=New York Times|access-date=September 27, 2008 | date=January 15, 1972}}</ref>
* Former Senator [[Stephen M. Young]] from [[Ohio]]<ref name="StickingMuskie">{{Cite news |date=April 27, 1972 |title=Sticking by Muskie, Gilligan declares |pages=24 |work=[[The Cincinnati Post]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/764017935/?terms=%22stephen%20m.%20young%22%20%22edmund%20muskie%22%20%22endorses%22%20%22endorsed%22&match=1 |access-date=May 13, 2022 |archive-date=May 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220513200132/https://www.newspapers.com/image/764017935/?terms=%22stephen%20m.%20young%22%20%22edmund%20muskie%22%20%22endorses%22%20%22endorsed%22&match=1 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Governor of Pennsylvania|Governor]] [[Milton Shapp]] of [[Pennsylvania]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 26, 1972 |title=News Capsule: In the nation |pages=2 |work=[[The Baltimore Sun]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/377394769/?terms=%22Milton%20Shapp%22%20%22Edmund%20Muskie%22%20%22endorses%22%20%22endorsed%22&match=1 |access-date=May 13, 2022 |quote=Gov. Milton Shapp of Pennsylvania endorsed Senator Edmund S. Muskie, dealing a sharp blow to Senator Hubert H. Humphrey's presidential ambitions. |archive-date=May 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220513200129/https://www.newspapers.com/image/377394769/?terms=%22Milton%20Shapp%22%20%22Edmund%20Muskie%22%20%22endorses%22%20%22endorsed%22&match=1 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Former [[Governor of Ohio|Governor]] [[Michael DiSalle]] of [[Ohio]]<ref name="StickingMuskie"/>
* Ohio State Treasurer [[Gertrude W. Donahey]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 12, 1972 |title=Muskie, HHH calling in Ohio |pages=12 |work=The Journal Herald |agency=Associated Press |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/395118889/?terms=%22gertrude%20donahey%22%20%22edmund%20muskie%22%20%22endorses%22%20%22endorsed%22&match=1 |access-date=May 13, 2022 |archive-date=May 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220513200136/https://www.newspapers.com/image/395118889/?terms=%22gertrude%20donahey%22%20%22edmund%20muskie%22%20%22endorses%22%20%22endorsed%22&match=1 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Astronaut [[John Glenn]] from [[Ohio]]<ref name="StickingMuskie"/>

'''George McGovern'''
* Senator [[Frank Church]] from [[Idaho]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=August 3, 1972 |title=McGovern Picking Second V.P. Candidate Same Way He Picked First |pages=11 |work=Ironwood Daily Globe |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/55239132/?terms=%22Frank%20Church%22%20%22George%20McGovern%22%20%22endorses%22%20%22endorsed%22&match=1 |access-date=May 13, 2022 |archive-date=May 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220513200133/https://www.newspapers.com/image/55239132/?terms=%22Frank%20Church%22%20%22George%20McGovern%22%20%22endorses%22%20%22endorsed%22&match=1 |url-status=live }}</ref>

'''George Wallace'''
* Former Governor [[Lester Maddox]] of [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=July 14, 1972 |title=Maddox Against Demo Nominees |pages=10 |work=The Knoxville News-Sentinel |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/774056058/?terms=%22Lester%20Maddox%22%20%22George%20Wallace%22%20%22endorses%22%20%22endorsed%22&match=1 |access-date=May 13, 2022 |quote=Maddox, a booster of fellow Democrat Alabama Gov. George Wallace, said Thursday it may be best to turn the present party "over to the promoters of anarchy, Socialism and Communism" and form what he called a New Democratic Party of the People. |archive-date=May 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220513200130/https://www.newspapers.com/image/774056058/?terms=%22Lester%20Maddox%22%20%22George%20Wallace%22%20%22endorses%22%20%22endorsed%22&match=1 |url-status=live }}</ref>

'''Shirley Chisholm'''
* Representative [[Ron Dellums]] from California<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 14, 2020 |title="Catalyst for Change": The 1972 Presidential Campaign of Representative Shirley Chisholm |url=https://history.house.gov/Blog/2020/September/9-14-Chisholm-1972/ |access-date=May 13, 2022 |website=History, Art & Archives of the United States House of Representatives |archive-date=May 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220513200129/https://history.house.gov/Blog/2020/September/9-14-Chisholm-1972/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Feminist Movement in the United States|Feminist leader]] and author [[Betty Friedan]]<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Bb1kkyv9e5wC&q=Friedan+chisholm&pg=PA250 |title=Life So Far: A Memoir – Google Books |date=August 1, 2006 |access-date=May 28, 2010 |isbn=978-0-7432-9986-2 |last1=Friedan |first1=Betty |publisher=Simon and Schuster |archive-date=April 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230418145327/https://books.google.com/books?id=Bb1kkyv9e5wC&q=Friedan+chisholm&pg=PA250 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Feminist Movement in the United States|Feminist leader]], journalist, and DNC official [[Gloria Steinem]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/pov/chisholm/special_ticket_02.php |title=POV – Chisholm '72 . Video: Gloria Steinem reflects on Chisholm's legacy |publisher=PBS |access-date=May 28, 2010 |archive-date=June 16, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100616020557/http://www.pbs.org/pov/chisholm/special_ticket_02.php |url-status=dead }}</ref>

'''Terry Sanford'''
* Former President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] from [[Texas]]<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QN93ENX3_3sC&q=ranch&pg=PP4 |title=Terry Sanford: politics, progress ... – Google Books |access-date=May 28, 2010 |isbn=978-0-8223-2356-3 |year=1999 |last1=Covington |first1=Howard E. |last2=Ellis |first2=Marion A. |publisher=Duke University Press |archive-date=April 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230418145359/https://books.google.com/books?id=QN93ENX3_3sC&q=ranch&pg=PP4 |url-status=live }}</ref>

'''Henry M. Jackson'''
* Governor [[Jimmy Carter]] of Georgia<ref>{{Cite news |date=July 12, 1972 |title=Convention Briefs: Endorses Jackson |pages=40 |work=Wisconsin State Journal |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/401255613/?terms=%22jimmy%20carter%22%20%22henry%20jackson%22%20%22endorses%22%20%22endorsed%22&match=1 |access-date=May 13, 2022 |quote=Georgia Gov. Jimmy Carter endorsed Sen. Henry Jackson of Washington for the Democratic presidential nomination Tuesday and said he would nominate Jackson at the convention tonight. |archive-date=May 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220513200134/https://www.newspapers.com/image/401255613/?terms=%22jimmy%20carter%22%20%22henry%20jackson%22%20%22endorses%22%20%22endorsed%22&match=1 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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