The 1960 United States presidential election in Missouri took place on November 8, 1960, as part of the 1960 United States presidential election. Voters chose 13 representatives, or electors, to the United States Electoral College, Electoral College, who voted for President of the United States, president and Vice President of the United States, vice president.
In the nation's 1960 United States presidential election#Close states, third-closest race, Missouri was won by United States Senate, Senator John F. Kennedy (Democratic Party (United States), D–Massachusetts), running with Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, with 50.26% of the popular vote against incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon (Republican Party (United States), R–California), running with United States Ambassador to the United Nations Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., with 49.74% of the popular vote.
, this is the last election in which Osage County, Missouri, Osage County voted for a Democratic Presidential candidate.
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''America Magazine'' in ''The National Catholic Review''; June 29, 2016 It also remains the most recent election in which a Northern Democrat has carried Missouri. The only subsequent Democratic nominees to carry the state have been from the Southern United States, South (Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas, Jimmy Carter of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, and Bill Clinton of neighboring Arkansas)--although Northern Democrat Barack Obama of neighboring Illinois came very close to winning it in 2008 United States presidential election in Missouri, 2008, losing it by a razor-thin margin of 0.13% and fewer than 4,000 votes.
A 101,000-vote margin in Kennedy's favor in St. Louis, Missouri, St. Louis was nearly 10 times Kennedy's statewide margin.
Results
Results by county
See also
* United States presidential elections in Missouri
References
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1960 United States presidential election by state, Missouri
United States presidential elections in Missouri, 1960
1960 Missouri elections