This is a correct answer to the following question about United States presidential election, 1968. Yes or no?
Answer: It was a wrenching national experience, conducted during a year of violence that included the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. , and subsequent race riots across the nation, the assasination of Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy , widespread opposition to the Vietnam War across university campuses, and violent confrontations between police and anti-war protesters at the 1968 Democratic National Convention as the Democratic party split again and again.
Question: who was the republican candidate for president in the 1969 elections
