John F. Kennedy won the 1960 presidential election defeating Richard Nixon. In the 1960 presidential election John F. Kennedy received 303 electoral votes, Richard Nixon received 219 electoral votes, and Harry Byrd received 15 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Kennedy 34,226,731 and Nixon 34,108,157.
a good television presence.
The Democratic candidate for President in 1960 was John F. Kennedy and the Republican candidate was Richard M. Nixon. The election was held on November 8, 1960, with John F. Kennedy winning the Presidency. The election was the closest Presidential race since 1916.
The first televised debate was done in the 1960 election between Nixon and JFK. Even though it was in black and white Nixon looked old, nervous, and sweaty while JFK looked young, smart, and good looking. This debate changed campaign history.
He won by a small number of votes.
Check that coin again. Kennedy wasn't put on the half dollar until 1964.
Richard Milhous Nixon
Nixonâ??s opponent in the 1960 Presidential Election was John F. Kennedy. Nixon lost the election when he only received the 219 electoral votes from the states.
John F. Kennedy won the 1960 presidential election defeating Richard Nixon. In the 1960 presidential election John F. Kennedy received 303 electoral votes, Richard Nixon received 219 electoral votes, and Harry Byrd received 15 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Kennedy 34,226,731 and Nixon 34,108,157.
John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon were the parties in the 1960 Presidential election. Kennedy won and carried 23 states.
John F. Kennedy won the presidential election of 1960. A democrat, Kennedy was preceded by republican president Dwight D. Eisenhower.
John F. Kennedy won the 1960 presidential election defeating Richard Nixon. In the 1960 presidential election John F. Kennedy received 303 electoral votes, Richard Nixon received 219 electoral votes, and Harry Byrd received 15 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Kennedy 34,226,731 and Nixon 34,108,157.
John F. Kennedy won the 1960 presidential election defeating Richard Nixon. In the 1960 presidential election John F. Kennedy received 303 electoral votes, Richard Nixon received 219 electoral votes, and Harry Byrd received 15 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Kennedy 34,226,731 and Nixon 34,108,157.
The Republican nominee for U.S. President in 1960 was the incumbent Vice President, Richard M. Nixon of California.In 1960, Vice President Richard M. Nixon was the Republican opponent of Democrat John F. Kennedy. Kennedy won in a tight election campaign.
Incumbent President Dwight Eisenhower won reelection in the 1956 presidential election defeating Adlai Stevenson. John F. Kennedy won the 1960 presidential election defeating Richard Nixon. Lyndon Johnson won the 1964 presidential election defeating Barry Goldwater.
No. He lost the 1960 election to John F. Kennedy. Nixon later won the election in 1968.
The televised debates between Kennedy and Nixon may have tipped the election to Kennedy.
John F. Kennedy won the 1960 presidential election defeating Richard Nixon. In the 1960 presidential election John F. Kennedy received 303 electoral votes, Richard Nixon received 219 electoral votes, and Harry Byrd received 15 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Kennedy 34,226,731 and Nixon 34,108,157.