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The 1960 United States presidential election in Texas was held on November 8, 1960, as part of the 1960 United States presidential election. The Democratic Party candidate John F. Kennedy , narrowly won the state of Texas with 50.52 percent of the vote to the Republican candidate Vice President Richard Nixon 's 48.52%, a margin of two percent ...
The 1960 United States House of Representatives elections was an election for the United States House of Representatives on November 8, 1960, to elect members to serve in the 87th United States Congress. They coincided with the election of President John F. Kennedy and was the first house election to feature all 50 current U.S. states.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 3 March 2025. For related races, see 1960 United States elections. 1960 United States presidential election ← 1956 November 8, 1960 1964 → 537 members of the Electoral College 269 electoral votes needed to win Opinion polls Turnout 63.8% 3.6 pp Nominee John F. Kennedy Richard Nixon Party Democratic ...
The district's best-known Representative was John Nance Garner, who represented the district from its creation in 1903 until 1933, and was Speaker of the House from 1931 to 1933. He ran with Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1932 and 1936 presidential campaigns, and was elected Vice President of the United States, serving from 1933 to 1941. The ...
Elections were held on November 8, 1960, and elected the members of the 87th United States Congress. Democratic Senator John F. Kennedy narrowly defeated Republican incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon in the presidential election, and although Republicans made gains in both chambers of Congress, the Democratic Party easily maintained control of Congress.
[48] [50] [51] The new map did not place any non-at-large congressman in the same district as another, and it left an open seat in East Texas for at-large congressman George B. Terrell to run in. [b] The map also gave Harris, Dallas, and Bexar counties individual congressmen, the first time any congressional district in Texas had been made up ...
Current U.S. representatives from Ohio District Member (Residence) [1] Party Incumbent since CPVI (2022) [2] District map 1st: Greg Landsman : Democratic January 3, 2023 D+2: 2nd: Dave Taylor : Republican January 3, 2025 R+25: 3rd: Joyce Beatty : Democratic January 3, 2013 D+20: 4th: Jim Jordan : Republican January 3, 2007 R+20: 5th: Bob Latta
June 16, 1960: Approved an amendment to the United States Constitution extending the right to vote in the presidential election to citizens residing in the District of Columbia by granting the District electors in the Electoral College, as if it were a state, and submitted it to the state legislatures for ratification