1960 Electoral College Results
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 was assassinated November 22, 1963. He was succeeded by Lyndon B. Johnson. |
Electoral College 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 |
Notes | John F. Kennedy, the thirty-fifth President of the United States, was assassinated on November 22, 1963. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson took the oath of office in Dallas, Texas that day and became the thirty-sixth President of the United States. |