any serious chance of denying Eagleton the nomination. Eventually, Eagleton secured the nomination at 1:40 AM. This delay forced the acceptance speeches of the candidates to be given well past the television prime time hours, and probably hurt the McGovern campaign by not creating the so-called "convention bounce". Several days after the convention, it was revealed that Senator Eagleton had been hospitalized for depression and had electric shock treatment, and was also rumored to be more than a social drinker. McGovern stood behind his choice and stated that he was behind Senator Eagleton "1000 percent". The news media and many political pros, especially in the Democratic Party, lobbied hard for his removal from the ticket. Eventually, McGovern felt compelled to accept Senator Eagleton's withdrawal from the ticket. The episode had placed McGovern in a "no-win" situation: if he kept Eagleton, the selection did not look good for the decision-making ability of the McGovern team, while if he removed Eagleton, he appeared to be weak and vacillating. Since this incident, front-running presidential candidates have developed short lists of potential running mates, and have meticulously performed background checks. McGovern chose Sargent Shriver as his running mate a few weeks later: the McGovern-Shriver ticket went on to win electoral votes in only Massachusetts and D.C., and lost the election to incumbents Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew by the largest percentage of the vote since 1936. Delegate vote for vice-presidential nomination Thomas Eagleton – 1,742 (59.07%) Frances Farenthold – 405 (13.73%) Mike Gravel – 226 (7.66%) Endicott Peabody – 108 (3.66%) Clay Smothers – 74 (2.51%) Birch Bayh – 62 (2.10%) Peter W. Rodino – 57 (1.93%) Jimmy Carter – 30 (1.02%) Shirley Chisholm – 20 (0.68%) Moon Landrieu – 19 (0.64%) Edward T. Breathitt – 18 (0.61%) Ted Kennedy – 15 (0.51%) Fred R. Harris – 14 (0.48%) Richard G. Hatcher – 11 (0.37%) Harold Hughes – 10 (0.34%) Joseph Montoya – 9 (0.31%) William L. Guy – 8 (0.27%) Adlai Stevenson III – 8 (0.27%) Robert Bergland – 5 (0.17%) Hodding Carter (deceased) – 5 (0.17%) César Chávez – 5 (0.17%) Wilbur Mills – 5 (0.17%) Wendell Anderson – 4 (0.14%) Stanley Arnold – 4 (0.14%) Ron Dellums – 4 (0.14%) John J. Houlihan – 4 (0.14%) Roberto A. Mondragon – 4 (0.14%) Reubin O'Donovan Askew – 3 (0.10%) Herman Badillo – 3 (0.10%) Eugene McCarthy – 3 (0.10%) Claiborne Pell –