Electoral history of John F. Kennedy

President John F. Kennedy

Electoral history of John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States (1961–1963); United States Senator (1953–1960) and United States Representative (1947–1953) from Massachusetts.

Massachusetts's 11th congressional district, 1946 (Democratic primary):

• John F. Kennedy – 22,183 (42.41%)
• Michael J. Neville – 11,341 (21.68%)
• John F. Cotter – 6,677 (12.76%)
• Joseph Russo – 5,661 (10.82%)
• Catherine E. Falvey – 2,446 (4.68%)
• Joseph Lee – 1,848 (3.53%)
• Joseph Russo – 799 (1.53%)
• Michael DeLuca – 536 (1.03%)
• Francis N. Rooney – 521 (1.00%)
• Robert B. DiFruscio – 298 (0.57%)

Massachusetts's 11th congressional district, 1946:

• John F. Kennedy (D) – 69,093 (71.87%)
• Lester Bowen (R) – 26,007 (27.05%)
• Philip Geer (Prohibition) – 1,036 (1.08%)

Massachusetts's 11th congressional district, 1948:

• John F. Kennedy (D) - 106,366 (100.00%)

Massachusetts's 11th congressional district, 1950:

• John F. Kennedy (D) (inc.) – 87,699 (82.28%)
• Vincent J. Celeste (R) – 18,302 (17.17%)
• Martha E. Geer (Prohibition) – 582 (0.55%)

Massachusetts United States Senate election, 1952:

• John F. Kennedy (D) – 1,211,984 (51.35%)
• Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (R) – 1,141,247 (48.35%)
• Thelma Ingersoll (Socialist Labor) – 4,683 (0.20%)
• Mark R. Shaw (Prohibition) – 2,508 (0.11%)

Democratic presidential primary in Massachusetts, 1956:

• John W. McCormack – 26,128 (47.92%)
• Adlai Stevenson II – 19,024 (34.89%)
• Estes Kefauver – 4,547 (8.34%)
• Dwight D. Eisenhower – 1,850 (3.39%)
• John F. Kennedy – 949 (1.74%)
• W. Averell Harriman – 394 (0.72%)
• Frank J. Lausche – 253 (0.46%)
• Others – 1,379 (2.53%)

(All candidates ran as write-ins)

1956 Democratic presidential primaries:

• Adlai Stevenson II – 3,069,504 (50.70%)
• Estes Kefauver – 2,283,172 (37.71%)
• Unpledged delegates – 380,300 (6.28%)
• Frank J. Lausche – 278,074 (4.59%)
• John W. McCormack – 26,128 (0.43%)
• Dwight D. Eisenhower – 6,358 (0.11%)
• W. Averell Harriman – 3,368 (0.06%)
• Robert Meyner – 1,129 (0.02%)
• John F. Kennedy – 949 (0.02%)
• Harry S. Truman – 728 (0.01%)
• Stuart Symington – 402 (0.01%)
• Paul A. Dever – 207 (0.00%)
• Lyndon B. Johnson – 2 (0.00%)
• Others – 3,610 (0.06%)

1956 Democratic National Convention (Vice Presidential tally):

First ballot:

• Estes Kefauver – 466.5
• John F. Kennedy – 294.5
• Albert Gore, Sr. – 178
• Robert F. Wagner, Jr. – 162.5
• Hubert Humphrey – 134
• Luther Hodges – 40
• P. T. Maner – 33
• LeRoy Collins – 29
• Clinton Anderson – 16
• Frank G. Clement – 14
• Pat Brown – 1
• Lyndon B. Johnson – 1
• Stuart Symington – 1

Second ballot:

• John F. Kennedy – 618
• Estes Kefauver – 551.5
• Albert Gore, Sr. – 110.5
• Hubert Humphrey – 74.5
• Robert F. Wagner, Jr. – 9.5
• Luther Hodges – 0.5

Third ballot:

• Estes Kefauver – 755.5
• John F. Kennedy – 589
• Albert Gore, Sr. – 13.5
• Robert F. Wagner, Jr. – 6
• Hubert Humphrey – 2

Massachusetts United States Senate election, 1958:

• John F. Kennedy (D) (inc.) – 1,362,926 (73.20%)
• Vincent J. Celeste (R) – 488,318 (26.23%)
• Lawrence Gilfedder (Socialist Labor) – 5,457 (0.29%)
• Mark R. Shaw (Prohibition) – 5,335 (0.29%)

1960 Democratic presidential primaries:

• John F. Kennedy – 1,847,259 (31.43%)
• Pat Brown – 1,354,031 (23.04%)
• George H. McLain – 646,387 (11.00%)
• Hubert Humphrey – 590,410 (10.05%)
• George Smathers – 322,235 (5.48%)
• Michael DiSalle – 315,312 (5.37%)
• Unpledged delegates – 241,958 (4.12%)
• Albert S. Potter – 208,057 (3.54%)
• Wayne Morse – 147,262 (2.51%)
• Adlai Stevenson II – 51,833 (0.88%)

1960 Democratic National Convention (Presidential tally):

• John F. Kennedy – 806 (52.89%)
• Lyndon B. Johnson – 409 (26.84%)
• Stuart Symington – 86 (5.64%)
• Adlai Stevenson II – 80 (5.25%)
• Robert Meyner – 43 (2.82%)
• Hubert Humphrey – 42 (2.76%)
• George Smathers – 30 (1.97%)
• Ross Barnett – 23 (1.51%)
• Herschel C. Loveless – 2 (0.13%)
• Pat Brown – 1 (0.07%)
• Orval E. Faubus – 1 (0.07%)
• Albert Rosellini – 1 (0.07%)

1960 United States presidential election:

• John F. Kennedy/Lyndon B. Johnson (D) – 34,220,984 (49.7%) and 303 electoral votes (22 states carried)
• Richard Nixon/Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (R) – 34,108,157 (49.5%) and 219 electoral votes (26 states carried)
• Harry F. Byrd/Strom Thurmond (I) – 286,359 (0.4%) and 14 electoral votes (2 states carried)
• Harry F. Byrd/Barry Goldwater (I) – 1 electoral vote (Oklahoma faithless elector)
• Orval E. Faubus/James G. Crommelin (States' Rights) – 44,984 (0.1%)

Electoral results

Presidential candidate	Party	Home state	Popular vote		Electoral vote	Running mate
			Count	Percentage		Vice-presidential candidate	Home state	Electoral vote
John F. Kennedy	Democratic	Massachusetts	34,220,984(a)	49.72%	303	Lyndon B. Johnson	Texas	303
Richard Nixon	Republican	California	34,108,157	49.55%	219	Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.	Massachusetts	219
Harry F. Byrd	Southern Democratic	Virginia	—(b)	—(b)	15	James Strom Thurmond	South Carolina	14
						Barry Morris Goldwater(c)	Arizona	1(c)
(unpledged electors)	Democratic	(n/a)	610,409	0.42%	—(d)	(n/a)	(n/a)	—(d)
Eric Hass	Socialist Labor	New York	47,522	0.07%	0	Georgia Cozzini	Wisconsin	0
Rutherford L. Decker	Prohibition	Missouri	46,203	0.07%	0	E. Harold Munn	Michigan	0
Orval Faubus	States' Rights	Arkansas	44,984	0.07%	0	John G. Crommelin	Alabama	0
Farrell Dobbs	Socialist Workers	New York	40,175	0.06%	0	Myra Tanner Weiss	New York	0
Charles Sullivan	Constitution	Mississippi	(TX) 18,162	0.03%	0	Merritt Curtis	California	0
J. Bracken Lee	Conservative	Utah	(NJ) 8,708	0.01%	0	Kent Courtney	Louisiana	0
Other			11,128	0.02%	—	Other		—
Total			68,832,482	100%	537			537
Needed to win					269			269

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  1960 Democratic presidential primaries
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  1960 U.S. presidential election