1960 Presidential Election

108,458,000
Voting Age Population
63.5%
Turnout by VAP

Results of the presidential election of 1960, won by John F. Kennedy with 303 electoral votes.

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John F. Kennedy’s Cabinet

President: John F. Kennedy (1961-1963) and Lyndon B. Johnson (1963)

Vice President: Lyndon B. Johnson (1961-1963)

Secretary of State: Dean Rusk (1961-1963)

Secretary of the Treasury: C. Douglas Dillon (1961-1963)

Secretary of Defense: Robert McNamara (1961-1963)

Attorney General: Robert F. Kennedy (1961-1963)

Postmaster General: J. Edward Day (1961-1963), John A. Gronouski (1963-1963)

Secretary of the Interior: Stewart Udall (1961-1963)

Secretary of Agriculture: Orville Freeman (1961-1963)

Secretary of Commerce: Luther H. Hodges (1961-1963)

Secretary of Labor: Arthur Goldberg (1961-1962), W. Willard Wirtz (1962-1963)

Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare: Abraham Ribicoff (1961-1962), Anthony J. Celebrezze (1962-1963)

Electoral Vote Totals

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1960 Candidate Electoral Votes

270 to win
34,226,731 popular votes (49.7%)
Running Mate: Lyndon B. Johnson
34,108,157 popular votes (49.5%)
Running Mate: Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.

Kennedy is first Catholic, and youngest person ever elected President. He was assassinated on November 22, 1963, replaced by Lyndon B. Johnson. Democratic candidate Harry F. Byrd received 116,248 votes and 15 electoral votes.

State Electoral Votes

Alabama

11

Alaska

3

Arizona

4

Arkansas

8

California

32

Colorado

6

Connecticut

8

Delaware

3

District of Columbia

Florida

10

Georgia

12

Hawaii

3

Idaho

4

Illinois

27

Indiana

13

Iowa

10

Kansas

8

Kentucky

10

Louisiana

10

Maine

5

Maryland

9

Massachusetts

16

Michigan

20

Minnesota

11

Mississippi

8

Missouri

13

Montana

4

Nebraska

6

Nevada

3

New Hampshire

4

New Jersey

16

New Mexico

4

New York

45

North Carolina

14

North Dakota

4

Ohio

25

Oklahoma

8

Oregon

6

Pennsylvania

32

Rhode Island

4

South Carolina

8

South Dakota

4

Tennessee

11

Texas

24

Utah

4

Vermont

3

Virginia

12

Washington

9

West Virginia

8

Wisconsin

12

Wyoming

3