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Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 8, 1960. The Democratic ticket of Senator John F. Kennedy and his running mate, Senate Majority Leader Lyndon B. Johnson, narrowly defeated the Republican ticket of incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon and his running mate, U.N. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.
On November 8, Kennedy defeated Nixon in one of the closest presidential elections of the 20th century. In the national popular vote, by most accounts, Kennedy led Nixon by just two-tenths of one percent (49.7% to 49.5%), while in the Electoral College, he won 303 votes to Nixon's 219 (269 were needed to win). [87]
Kennedy won New York with 52.53% of the vote to Nixon's 47.27%, a victory margin of 5.26%. New York weighed in for this election as 5% more Democratic than the national average. The presidential election of 1960 was a very partisan election for New York, with 99.8% of the electorate voting for either the Democratic or the Republican Parties. [ 2 ]
The 1960 United States elections were held on November 8, 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.
Richard Nixon for President 1960; Campaign: 1960 Republican primaries 1960 U.S. presidential election: Candidate: Richard Nixon 36th Vice President of the United States (1953–1961) Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (1953–1960) Affiliation: Republican Party: Status: Announced: January 9, 1960 Official nominee: July ...
Incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon easily won the 1960 Republican Party presidential primaries. Nixon chose Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., the chief U.S. delegate to the United Nations, as his running mate. [3] Both presidential nominees traveled extensively during the course of the campaign.
Presidential candidate Party Home state Popular vote Electoral vote Running mate Count Percentage Vice-presidential candidate Home state Electoral vote John F. Kennedy: Democratic: Massachusetts: 34,220,984 (a) 49.72% 303 Lyndon B. Johnson: Texas: 303 Richard Nixon: Republican: California: 34,108,157 49.55% 219 Henry Cabot Lodge Jr ...
In 1960, the Republican Party nominated the incumbent vice president Richard Nixon as their presidential nominee, with Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., the United States ambassador to the United Nations, as his running mate. [2] John F. Kennedy, a senator from Massachusetts, was nominated by the Democratic Party as their presidential nominee. [3]