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Dec 16, 2020 · But in 1960, some irregularities in Illinois votes, specifically the ones in Chicago, prompted calls for an investigation from Republicans over then-Sen. John F. Kennedy’s victory.
- amartin@suntimes.com
In later years, Nixon also claimed in an autobiography that widespread fraud happened in Illinois and Texas during the 1960 election. However, despite Nixon’s requests and decisions to not ask for a recount, the Republican Party had other ideas.
Jan 18, 2022 · Jan. 18, 2022. CAMPAIGN OF THE CENTURY. Kennedy, Nixon, and the Election of 1960. By Irwin F. Gellman. For Richard Nixon, the holiday season of 1960 was a sullen affair. Weeks before, on Nov. 8, he...
Apr 21, 2022 · While it is possible that Chicago Mayor Richard Daley fraudulently provided John F. Kennedy the 8,800 votes to carry Illinois, Richard Nixon would have also needed Texas, which he lost by...
The 1960 presidential election was the closest and the most controversial of the twentieth century. John F. Kennedy defeated Richard M. Nixon nationally by fewer than 119,000 votes. Not only was the final national count extremely close but so were the individual state contests.
United States presidential election of 1960, American presidential election held on November 8, 1960, in which Democrat John F. Kennedy narrowly defeated Republican Vice Pres. Richard M. Nixon. Kennedy thus became the first Roman Catholic and the youngest person ever elected president.
The election was held on November 8, 1960. Nixon watched the election returns from his suite at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, while Kennedy watched them at the Kennedy Compound in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts.
