1960 United States elections

1960 United States elections← 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 →
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. Red denotes states won by Nixon, blue denotes states won by Kennedy, and light blue denotes the electoral votes for Harry F. Byrd. Numbers indicate the electoral votes won by each candidate.
Senate elections
Overall control| Democratic hold
Seats contested| 35 of 100 seats
(33 Class 2 seats + 3 special elections)[1]
Net seat change| Republican +2
1960 Senate results

Republican gain
Democratic hold Republican hold
No election
House elections
Overall control| Democratic hold
Seats contested| All 437 voting members
Popular vote margin| Democratic +10%
Net seat change| Republican +22
1960 House of Representatives results

Democratic gain Republican gain
Democratic hold Republican hold
No election
Gubernatorial elections
Seats contested| 27
Net seat change| Democratic +1
1960 gubernatorial election results

Democratic gain Republican gain
Democratic hold Republican hold
No election

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.

In the presidential election, Democratic Senator John F. Kennedy from Massachusetts defeated sitting Republican Vice President Richard Nixon. Kennedy carried a mix of Southern, Midwestern, and Northeastern states, while Nixon dominated the West and won a majority of states. Fourteen unpledged electors from Alabama and Mississippi voted for Democratic Senator Harry F. Byrd from Virginia, as many Southern Democrats opposed the national party's stance on civil rights. Kennedy's popular vote margin of victory was the closest in any presidential election in the 20th century, with Kennedy garnering 0.17% more of the popular vote than his opponent.[2][3] Nixon, the first sitting vice president to win either party's nomination since John C. Breckinridge in 1860, easily won his party's nomination. Sitting Republican President Dwight D. Eisenhower was the first president in American history to be legally ineligible for re-election, due to the 1951 ratification of the 22nd Amendment. Kennedy won the Democratic nomination on the first ballot, defeating Texas Senator Lyndon B. Johnson. Kennedy's general election victory made him the first Catholic president.

This was the second consecutive presidential election where the winning candidate did not have coattails in either house of Congress.[4][5]

## See also

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* 1960 United States presidential election
* 1960 United States House of Representatives elections
* 1960 United States Senate elections
* 1960 United States gubernatorial elections

## References

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1. ^ The Class 2 Senate seat in Oregon held concurrent regular and special elections. That special election is not counted as part of the overall total of seats contested.
2. ^ "The 1960 Kennedy v. Nixon Election". Southeast Missouri State University. Archived from the original on April 25, 2012. Retrieved October 9, 2011.
3. ^ "Kennedy Wins 1960 Presidential Election". United Press International. Retrieved October 9, 2011.
4. ^ "1960 Presidential Election". The American Presidency Project. Retrieved April 9, 2017.
5. ^ "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 8, 1960" (PDF). U.S. House of Reps, Office of the Clerk. Retrieved April 9, 2017.

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