1960 Presidential Election
303
Electoral votes — John F. Kennedy
219
Electoral votes — Richard M. Nixon
269
Needed for a majority
Electoral College record, as published by the National Archives
President
John F. Kennedy [D]
Main Opponent
Richard M. Nixon [R]
Electoral Vote
Winner: 303 · Main Opponent: 219 · Total/Majority: 537/269
Votes for Others
Harry F. Byrd (15)
Vice President
Lyndon B. Johnson (303)
V.P. Opponents
Henry Cabot Lodge (219), J. Strom Thurmond (14), Barry Goldwater (1)
Notes
Byrd received electoral votes for President from Alabama (6), Mississippi (8) and Oklahoma (1). Thurmond received electoral votes for Vice President from Alabama (6) and Mississippi (8). Goldwater received 1 electoral vote for Vice President from Oklahoma.
John F. Kennedy, the thirty-fifth President of the United States, was assassinated on November 22, 1963. He was succeeded by Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, who took the oath of office in Dallas, Texas that day.
Electoral votes by state
| State | Electoral Vote of Each State | For President | For Vice-President | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts | Richard M. Nixon of California | Harry F. Byrd of Virginia | Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas | Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts | Strom Thurmond of South Carolina | Barry Goldwater of Arizona | ||
| Alabama | 11 | 5 | - | 6 | 5 | - | 6 | - |
| Alaska | 3 | - | 3 | - | - | 3 | - | - |
| Arizona | 4 | - | 4 | - | - | 4 | - | - |
| Arkansas | 8 | 8 | - | - | 8 | - | - | - |
| California | 32 | - | 32 | - | - | 32 | - | - |
| Colorado | 6 | - | 6 | - | - | 6 | - | - |
| Connecticut | 8 | 8 | - | - | 8 | - | - | - |
| Delaware | 3 | 3 | - | - | 3 | - | - | - |
| Florida | 10 | - | 10 | - | - | 10 | - | - |
| Georgia | 12 | 12 | - | - | 12 | - | - | - |
| Hawaii* | 3 | 3 | - | - | 3 | - | - | - |
| Idaho | 4 | - | 4 | - | - | 4 | - | - |
| Illinois | 27 | 27 | - | - | 27 | - | - | - |
| Indiana | 13 | - | 13 | - | - | 13 | - | - |
| Iowa | 10 | - | 10 | - | - | 10 | - | - |
| Kansas | 8 | - | 8 | - | - | 8 | - | - |
| Kentucky | 10 | - | 10 | - | - | 10 | - | - |
| Louisiana | 10 | 10 | - | - | 10 | - | - | - |
| Maine | 5 | - | 5 | - | - | 5 | - | - |
| Maryland | 9 | 9 | - | - | 9 | - | - | - |
| Massachusetts | 16 | 16 | - | - | 16 | - | - | - |
| Michigan | 20 | 20 | - | - | 20 | - | - | - |
| Minnesota | 11 | 11 | - | - | 11 | - | - | - |
| Mississippi | 8 | - | - | 8 | - | - | 8 | - |
| Missouri | 13 | 13 | - | - | 13 | - | - | - |
| Montana | 4 | - | 4 | - | - | 4 | - | - |
| Nebraska | 6 | - | 6 | - | - | 6 | - | - |
| Nevada | 3 | 3 | - | - | 3 | - | - | - |
| New Hampshire | 4 | - | 4 | - | - | 4 | - | - |
| New Jersey | 16 | 16 | - | - | 16 | - | - | - |
| New Mexico | 4 | 4 | - | - | 4 | - | - | - |
| New York | 45 | 45 | - | - | 45 | - | - | - |
| North Carolina | 14 | 14 | - | - | 14 | - | - | - |
| North Dakota | 4 | - | 4 | - | - | 4 | - | - |
| Ohio | 25 | - | 25 | - | - | 25 | - | - |
| Oklahoma | 8 | - | 7 | 1 | - | 7 | - | 1 |
| Oregon | 6 | - | 6 | - | - | 6 | - | - |
| Pennsylvania | 32 | 32 | - | - | 32 | - | - | - |
| Rhode Island | 4 | 4 | - | - | 4 | - | - | - |
| South Carolina | 8 | 8 | - | - | 8 | - | - | - |
| South Dakota | 4 | - | 4 | - | - | 4 | - | - |
| Tennessee | 11 | - | 11 | - | - | 11 | - | - |
| Texas | 24 | 24 | - | - | 24 | - | - | - |
| Utah | 4 | - | 4 | - | - | 4 | - | - |
| Vermont | 3 | - | 3 | - | - | 3 | - | - |
| Virginia | 12 | - | 12 | - | - | 12 | - | - |
| Washington | 9 | - | 9 | - | - | 9 | - | - |
| West Virginia | 8 | 8 | - | - | 8 | - | - | - |
| Wisconsin | 12 | - | 12 | - | - | 12 | - | - |
| Wyoming | 3 | - | 3 | - | - | 3 | - | - |
| Totals | 537 | 303 | 219 | 15 | 303 | 219 | 14 | 1 |
*The State of Hawaii appointed two sets of electors and officially sent both sets of certificates to Congress. Following a court decision, Congress counted the Democratic votes.
Official records
Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives
- Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election, 1960
National Archives — Office of the Federal Register
- 1960 Electoral College Results
Provenance
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