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The 1960 Democratic National Convention was held in Los Angeles, California, on July 11–15, 1960. It nominated Senator John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts for president and Senate Majority Leader Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas for vice president.
Some of the nominees (e.g. the Whigs before 1860 and Theodore Roosevelt in 1912) received very large votes, while others who received less than 1% of the total national popular vote are listed to show historical continuity or transition.
Full text and audio mp3 and video of John F. Kennedy's 1960 Democratic National Convention Address.
Aug 13, 2020 · The first Republican National Convention, in Jackson, Michigan, 1854. Once Washington said he wouldn’t run for a third term, congressmen began choosing their parties’ nominee in private caucuses.
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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.
The convention that the Anti-Masons held that year brought in delegates from across the country to nominate William Wirt for president. The Democrats quickly followed suit later that year, nominating Andrew Jackson at their convention. The Whigs (predecessors to the Republicans) nominated Henry Clay at a convention that year.
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First time since 1888 that the Democratic convention preceded the Republican. Democratic nominee Adlai Stevenson declined to choose a Vice President, and the convention picked Estes Kefauver. 1960: Democratic convention met in Los Angeles, first ever in that city. John F. Kennedy was the first Catholic to be elected President. 1964
