Electoral history of John F. Kennedy

Electoral history of John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States

Massachusetts's 11th congressional district, 1946 [ [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=379302 Our Campaigns - MA District 11 Race - Nov 05, 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, 1950 [ [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=408912 Our Campaigns - MA District 11 Race - Nov 07, 1950 ] ] :
* John F. Kennedy (D) (inc.) - 87,699 (82.28%)
* Vincent J. Celeste (R) - 18,302 (17.17%)
* Martha E. Greer (Prohibition) - 582 (0.55%)

Massachusetts United States Senate election, 1952 [ [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=83027 Our Campaigns - MA US Senate Race - Nov 04, 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 [ [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=35891 Our Campaigns - MA US President - D Primary Race - Apr 24, 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 [ [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=55197 Our Campaigns - US President - D Primaries Race - Feb 01, 1956 ] ] :
* 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 [ [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=94556 Our Campaigns - MA US Senate Race - Nov 04, 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 [ [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=55200 Our Campaigns - US President - D Primaries Race - Feb 01, 1960 ] ] :
* 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) [ [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=58375 Our Campaigns - US President - D Convention Race - Jul 11, 1960 ] ] :
* 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%)

United States presidential election, 1960:
* 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%)

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