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The list below shows the location of the party convention, along with the winner of the election. Bold font indicates that party won the presidential election. If the party won the state where the convention was held the box is shaded.
With 81 delegates to the 1960 Democratic National Convention, Pennsylvania was among the largest states to hold a primary. Pennsylvania's nonbinding Democratic primary did not list candidate's names. However, write-in presidential preference votes were allowed. Delegates were elected directly.
- Massachusetts
- Democratic
- John F. Kennedy
- Lyndon B. Johnson
A United States presidential nominating convention is a political convention held every four years in the United States by most of the political parties who will be fielding nominees in the upcoming U.S. presidential election.
NOMINATING CONVENTIONS IN PENNSYLVANIA A NATIONAL nominating convention and all that such a system of delegated authority implies was the outgrowth of state conventions. In many states self-nominations, caucuses and mixed caucuses mark the steps toward a regular representative nominating body. In
1960 Republican National Convention Delegates (may be incomplete!) At-Large: George I. Bloom , Washington - Jay Cooke , Blue Bell - Gilbert O. Day , Mifflinburg - Gaynelle M. Dixon , Butler - Thomas B. McCabe , Swarthmore - Thomas H. McIntosh , Pittsburgh - Ruth Glenn Pennell , Mifflintown - Joseph N. Pew, Jr. , Ardmore - Hugh Scott , Philadelphia - M. Harvey Taylor , Harrisburg
1960 Democratic Convention. Los Angeles, California. July 11 to 15, 1960. Nominated: John F Kennedy of Massachusetts for President. Nominated: Lyndon B Johnson of Texas for Vice President. Senator Kennedy had worked tirelessly for the nomination from the time of the 56 election. Kennedy had won the majority of the primaries.
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