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Elected President. John F. Kennedy. Democratic. The 1960 United States presidential election was the 44th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 8, 1960. In a closely contested election, Democratic Senator John F. Kennedy defeated the incumbent Republican Vice President Richard Nixon.
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Presidential election year: Election day: November 8: Incumbent president: Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican) Next Congress: 87th: Presidential election; Partisan control: Democratic gain: Popular vote margin: Democratic +0.2%: Electoral vote: John F. Kennedy (D) 303: Richard Nixon (R) 219: 1960 presidential election results.
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Federal government
1. President: Dwight D. Eisenhower (R-Kansas/Pennsylvania) 2. Vice President: Richard Nixon (R-California) 3. Chief Justice: Earl Warren (California) 4. Speaker of the House of Representatives: Sam Rayburn (D-Texas) 5. Senate Majority Leader: Lyndon B. Johnson (D-Texas) 6. Congress: 86th
January
1. January 2 – U.S. Senator John F. Kennedy (D-MA) announces his candidacy for the Democraticpresidential nomination. 2. January 19 – The Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between the United States and Japan is signed in Washington, D.C. 3. January 23 – Jacques Piccard and Don Walsh descend into the Mariana Trench in the bathyscaphe Trieste, reaching the depth of 10,916 meters. 4. January 25 – In Washington, D.C., the National Association of Broadcasters reacts to the payola scandal b...
February
1. February 1 – Greensboro sit-ins: In Greensboro, North Carolina, four black students from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University begin a sit-in at a segregated Woolworth's lunch counter. Although they are refused service, they are allowed to stay at the counter. The event triggers many similar nonviolent protests throughout the Southern United States, and six months later, the original four protesters are served lunch at the same counter. 2. February 9 2.1. Adolph Coors...
March
1. March 3 – Elvis Presleyreturns home from Germany to the United States, after being away on military duty for 2 years. 2. March 5 – Elvis Presleyreceives his honorable discharge from the U.S. Army. 3. March 6 – Vietnam War: The United States announces that 3,500 American soldiers will be sent to Vietnam. 4. March 17 – Northwest Airlines Flight 710crashes near Tell City, Indiana, killing all 61 on board. 5. March 22 – Arthur Leonard Schawlow and Charles Hard Townes receive the first patent f...
January 1 – Michael Seibert, ice dancer and choreographerJanuary 4January 6 – Howie Long, American football playerJanuary 12 – Dominique Wilkins, French-born basketball playerJanuary–June
1. January 1 – Margaret Sullavan, film actress (b. 1909) 2. January 4 – Dudley Nichols, screenwriter (b. 1895) 3. January 10 – Arthur S. Carpender, admiral (b. 1884) 4. January 12 – William Adams Delano, architect (b. 1874) 5. January 16 – Rudulph Evans, sculptor (b. 1878) 6. January 24 6.1. John Miljan, film actor (b. 1892) 6.2. Matt Moore, Irish-American film actor (b. 1888) 7. January 25 – Diana Barrymore, stage & film actress (b. 1921) 8. January 28 – Zora Neale Hurston, African-American...
July–December
1. July 12 – Buddy Adler, film producer (b. 1906) 2. July 15 – Lawrence Tibbett, operatic baritone (b. 1896) 3. July 16 – John P. Marquand, novelist (b. 1893) 4. July 26 – Cedric Gibbons, Irish-American art director (b. 1893) 5. August 7 – Walden L. Ainsworth, admiral (b. 1886) 6. August 9 – Richard Cramer, actor (b. 1889) 7. August 10 – Frank Lloyd, film director (b. 1886) 8. August 14 – Fred Clarke, baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates), member of MLB Hall of Fame (b. 1872) 9. August 23 – Os...
The Presidential Election of 1960. White House, District of Columbia. John F. Kennedy, a wealthy Democratic senator from Massachusetts, was elected president in 1960, defeating Vice President Richard Nixon. Though he clearly won the electoral vote, Kennedy's received only 118,000 more votes than Nixon in this close election.
November 8 – 1960 United States presidential election: In a close race, Democratic U. S. Senator John F. Kennedy is elected over Republican U. S. Vice President Richard Nixon, to become (at 43) the second youngest man to serve as President of the United States, and the youngest man elected to this position.
1960. Party Nominees: Electoral Vote: Popular Vote Presidential: Vice Presidential ...
The 1960 Democratic National Convention was held in Los Angeles, California, on July 11–15, 1960. It nominated Senator John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts for president and Senate Majority Leader Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas for vice president .
