June 29, 1968:
The Arkansas Republican Party awards its delegates to its presidential favorite son, Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller.
The expectation that most, if not all, of the delegates will switch to Winthrop's brother, New York Gov. Nelson Rockefeller, never happens. The delegates stick with WinRock on the first roll call vote at the GOP convention in Miami Beach, but they soon switch to ultimate nominee Richard Nixon, who wins it before a second ballot is taken.
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