1960 United States presidential election in Missouri
The 1960 United States presidential election in Missouri took place on November 8, 1960, as part of the 1960 United States presidential election. Missouri voters chose thirteen[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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| Elections in Missouri |
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In the nation's third-closest race, Missouri was won by Senator John F. Kennedy (D–Massachusetts), running with Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, with 50.26% of the popular vote against incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon (R–California), running with United States Ambassador to the United Nations Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., with 49.74% of the popular vote.[3][4] As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which Osage County voted for a Democratic Presidential candidate.[5] Although Northern Democrat Barack Obama from neighboring Illinois came very close to carrying the state in 2008, losing it by less than a percentage point, this also remains the most recent election when a Northern Democrat carried Missouri. The only three subsequent Democratic presidential candidates to carry the state were all from the South (Lyndon B. Johnson was from Texas, Jimmy Carter from Georgia, and Bill Clinton from neighboring Arkansas).
A 101,000-vote margin in Kennedy's favor in St. Louis was nearly 10 times Kennedy's statewide margin.
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | John F. Kennedy | 972,201 | 50.26% | |
| Republican | Richard Nixon | 962,221 | 49.74% | |
| Total votes | 1,934,422 | 100% | ||
Results by county
| John Fitzgerald Kennedy Democratic |
Richard Milhous Nixon Republican |
Margin | Total votes cast[6] | ||||
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| County | # | % | # | % | # | % | |
| Adair | 3,160 | 36.62% | 5,469 | 63.38% | -2,309 | -26.76% | 8,629 |
| Andrew | 2,170 | 36.87% | 3,716 | 63.13% | -1,546 | -26.27% | 5,886 |
| Atchison | 2,167 | 44.90% | 2,659 | 55.10% | -492 | -10.19% | 4,826 |
| Audrain | 6,410 | 56.40% | 4,955 | 43.60% | 1,455 | 12.80% | 11,365 |
| Barry | 3,919 | 36.88% | 6,706 | 63.12% | -2,787 | -26.23% | 10,625 |
| Barton | 2,417 | 39.49% | 3,703 | 60.51% | -1,286 | -21.01% | 6,120 |
| Bates | 3,906 | 41.84% | 5,429 | 58.16% | -1,523 | -16.31% | 9,335 |
| Benton | 1,496 | 30.04% | 3,484 | 69.96% | -1,988 | -39.92% | 4,980 |
| Bollinger | 1,935 | 40.14% | 2,886 | 59.86% | -951 | -19.73% | 4,821 |
| Boone | 11,514 | 52.41% | 10,453 | 47.59% | 1,061 | 4.83% | 21,967 |
| Buchanan | 19,348 | 47.43% | 21,448 | 52.57% | -2,100 | -5.15% | 40,796 |
| Butler | 5,406 | 38.19% | 8,751 | 61.81% | -3,345 | -23.63% | 14,157 |
| Caldwell | 1,736 | 35.79% | 3,115 | 64.21% | -1,379 | -28.43% | 4,851 |
| Callaway | 5,344 | 56.86% | 4,054 | 43.14% | 1,290 | 13.73% | 9,398 |
| Camden | 1,759 | 33.39% | 3,509 | 66.61% | -1,750 | -33.22% | 5,268 |
| Cape Girardeau | 8,172 | 41.90% | 11,331 | 58.10% | -3,159 | -16.20% | 19,503 |
| Carroll | 3,296 | 41.98% | 4,555 | 58.02% | -1,259 | -16.04% | 7,851 |
| Carter | 683 | 39.43% | 1,049 | 60.57% | -366 | -21.13% | 1,732 |
| Cass | 5,718 | 46.71% | 6,523 | 53.29% | -805 | -6.58% | 12,241 |
| Cedar | 1,547 | 29.32% | 3,730 | 70.68% | -2,183 | -41.37% | 5,277 |
| Chariton | 3,550 | 53.37% | 3,102 | 46.63% | 448 | 6.73% | 6,652 |
| Christian | 1,622 | 25.96% | 4,627 | 74.04% | -3,005 | -48.09% | 6,249 |
| Clark | 2,039 | 43.56% | 2,642 | 56.44% | -603 | -12.88% | 4,681 |
| Clay | 17,318 | 47.74% | 18,955 | 52.26% | -1,637 | -4.51% | 36,273 |
| Clinton | 3,167 | 48.29% | 3,391 | 51.71% | -224 | -3.42% | 6,558 |
| Cole | 8,532 | 46.64% | 9,763 | 53.36% | -1,231 | -6.73% | 18,295 |
| Cooper | 3,858 | 45.23% | 4,672 | 54.77% | -814 | -9.54% | 8,530 |
| Crawford | 2,387 | 37.00% | 4,065 | 63.00% | -1,678 | -26.01% | 6,452 |
| Dade | 1,217 | 28.95% | 2,987 | 71.05% | -1,770 | -42.10% | 4,204 |
| Dallas | 1,482 | 29.62% | 3,522 | 70.38% | -2,040 | -40.77% | 5,004 |
| Daviess | 2,220 | 41.03% | 3,191 | 58.97% | -971 | -17.94% | 5,411 |
| DeKalb | 1,697 | 40.59% | 2,484 | 59.41% | -787 | -18.82% | 4,181 |
| Dent | 2,593 | 44.67% | 3,212 | 55.33% | -619 | -10.66% | 5,805 |
| Douglas | 1,014 | 21.92% | 3,611 | 78.08% | -2,597 | -56.15% | 4,625 |
| Dunklin | 6,568 | 49.47% | 6,708 | 50.53% | -140 | -1.05% | 13,276 |
| Franklin | 10,324 | 47.07% | 11,610 | 52.93% | -1,286 | -5.86% | 21,934 |
| Gasconade | 1,651 | 25.38% | 4,854 | 74.62% | -3,203 | -49.24% | 6,505 |
| Gentry | 2,439 | 45.79% | 2,888 | 54.21% | -449 | -8.43% | 5,327 |
| Greene | 20,457 | 35.64% | 36,943 | 64.36% | -16,486 | -28.72% | 57,400 |
| Grundy | 2,415 | 35.32% | 4,422 | 64.68% | -2,007 | -29.35% | 6,837 |
| Harrison | 2,200 | 34.56% | 4,166 | 65.44% | -1,966 | -30.88% | 6,366 |
| Henry | 4,601 | 43.35% | 6,012 | 56.65% | -1,411 | -13.30% | 10,613 |
| Hickory | 615 | 24.60% | 1,885 | 75.40% | -1,270 | -50.80% | 2,500 |
| Holt | 1,551 | 36.31% | 2,720 | 63.69% | -1,169 | -27.37% | 4,271 |
| Howard | 3,302 | 61.41% | 2,075 | 38.59% | 1,227 | 22.82% | 5,377 |
| Howell | 2,734 | 27.82% | 7,095 | 72.18% | -4,361 | -44.37% | 9,829 |
| Iron | 1,851 | 46.59% | 2,122 | 53.41% | -271 | -6.82% | 3,973 |
| Jackson | 142,869 | 53.62% | 123,589 | 46.38% | 19,280 | 7.24% | 266,458 |
| Jasper | 14,962 | 40.70% | 21,804 | 59.30% | -6,842 | -18.61% | 36,766 |
| Jefferson | 17,054 | 56.91% | 12,910 | 43.09% | 4,144 | 13.83% | 29,964 |
| Johnson | 4,712 | 40.34% | 6,970 | 59.66% | -2,258 | -19.33% | 11,682 |
| Knox | 1,796 | 48.94% | 1,874 | 51.06% | -78 | -2.13% | 3,670 |
| Laclede | 3,156 | 35.22% | 5,805 | 64.78% | -2,649 | -29.56% | 8,961 |
| Lafayette | 5,555 | 40.95% | 8,011 | 59.05% | -2,456 | -18.10% | 13,566 |
| Lawrence | 4,483 | 34.78% | 8,406 | 65.22% | -3,923 | -30.44% | 12,889 |
| Lewis | 2,726 | 51.57% | 2,560 | 48.43% | 166 | 3.14% | 5,286 |
| Lincoln | 3,793 | 52.22% | 3,471 | 47.78% | 322 | 4.43% | 7,264 |
| Linn | 4,534 | 47.13% | 5,086 | 52.87% | -552 | -5.74% | 9,620 |
| Livingston | 3,795 | 42.93% | 5,045 | 57.07% | -1,250 | -14.14% | 8,840 |
| Macon | 4,208 | 46.07% | 4,925 | 53.93% | -717 | -7.85% | 9,133 |
| Madison | 1,874 | 38.77% | 2,960 | 61.23% | -1,086 | -22.47% | 4,834 |
| Maries | 1,716 | 50.47% | 1,684 | 49.53% | 32 | 0.94% | 3,400 |
| Marion | 6,758 | 51.24% | 6,431 | 48.76% | 327 | 2.48% | 13,189 |
| McDonald | 2,496 | 38.69% | 3,955 | 61.31% | -1,459 | -22.62% | 6,451 |
| Mercer | 1,146 | 32.74% | 2,354 | 67.26% | -1,208 | -34.51% | 3,500 |
| Miller | 2,584 | 36.57% | 4,482 | 63.43% | -1,898 | -26.86% | 7,066 |
| Mississippi | 3,855 | 59.45% | 2,629 | 40.55% | 1,226 | 18.91% | 6,484 |
| Moniteau | 2,271 | 39.68% | 3,453 | 60.32% | -1,182 | -20.65% | 5,724 |
| Monroe | 4,011 | 72.53% | 1,519 | 27.47% | 2,492 | 45.06% | 5,530 |
| Montgomery | 2,804 | 44.81% | 3,454 | 55.19% | -650 | -10.39% | 6,258 |
| Morgan | 1,979 | 37.93% | 3,239 | 62.07% | -1,260 | -24.15% | 5,218 |
| New Madrid | 7,373 | 63.68% | 4,205 | 36.32% | 3,168 | 27.36% | 11,578 |
| Newton | 5,678 | 38.66% | 9,010 | 61.34% | -3,332 | -22.69% | 14,688 |
| Nodaway | 5,318 | 47.02% | 5,993 | 52.98% | -675 | -5.97% | 11,311 |
| Oregon | 1,934 | 49.49% | 1,974 | 50.51% | -40 | -1.02% | 3,908 |
| Osage | 2,900 | 51.99% | 2,678 | 48.01% | 222 | 3.98% | 5,578 |
| Ozark | 721 | 21.74% | 2,595 | 78.26% | -1,874 | -56.51% | 3,316 |
| Pemiscot | 7,312 | 62.09% | 4,464 | 37.91% | 2,848 | 24.18% | 11,776 |
| Perry | 2,991 | 43.49% | 3,886 | 56.51% | -895 | -13.01% | 6,877 |
| Pettis | 6,997 | 43.56% | 9,066 | 56.44% | -2,069 | -12.88% | 16,063 |
| Phelps | 4,576 | 44.69% | 5,663 | 55.31% | -1,087 | -10.62% | 10,239 |
| Pike | 4,096 | 51.23% | 3,900 | 48.77% | 196 | 2.45% | 7,996 |
| Platte | 5,860 | 55.12% | 4,771 | 44.88% | 1,089 | 10.24% | 10,631 |
| Polk | 2,440 | 33.48% | 4,849 | 66.52% | -2,409 | -33.05% | 7,289 |
| Pulaski | 3,096 | 48.52% | 3,285 | 51.48% | -189 | -2.96% | 6,381 |
| Putnam | 1,060 | 28.11% | 2,711 | 71.89% | -1,651 | -43.78% | 3,771 |
| Ralls | 2,495 | 62.69% | 1,485 | 37.31% | 1,010 | 25.38% | 3,980 |
| Randolph | 6,434 | 60.62% | 4,180 | 39.38% | 2,254 | 21.24% | 10,614 |
| Ray | 4,565 | 56.31% | 3,542 | 43.69% | 1,023 | 12.62% | 8,107 |
| Reynolds | 1,044 | 47.82% | 1,139 | 52.18% | -95 | -4.35% | 2,183 |
| Ripley | 1,717 | 37.92% | 2,811 | 62.08% | -1,094 | -24.16% | 4,528 |
| Saint Charles | 11,890 | 52.20% | 10,888 | 47.80% | 1,002 | 4.40% | 22,778 |
| Saint Clair | 1,865 | 36.85% | 3,196 | 63.15% | -1,331 | -26.30% | 5,061 |
| Saint Francois | 7,205 | 41.56% | 10,131 | 58.44% | -2,926 | -16.88% | 17,336 |
| Saint Louis County | 166,508 | 51.31% | 157,992 | 48.69% | 8,516 | 2.62% | 324,500 |
| Saint Louis City | 202,319 | 66.63% | 101,331 | 33.37% | 100,988 | 33.26% | 303,650 |
| Sainte Genevieve | 3,211 | 62.14% | 1,956 | 37.86% | 1,255 | 24.29% | 5,167 |
| Saline | 5,969 | 49.52% | 6,085 | 50.48% | -116 | -0.96% | 12,054 |
| Schuyler | 1,361 | 44.96% | 1,666 | 55.04% | -305 | -10.08% | 3,027 |
| Scotland | 1,884 | 49.80% | 1,899 | 50.20% | -15 | -0.40% | 3,783 |
| Scott | 6,349 | 52.23% | 5,807 | 47.77% | 542 | 4.46% | 12,156 |
| Shannon | 1,386 | 49.24% | 1,429 | 50.76% | -43 | -1.53% | 2,815 |
| Shelby | 2,870 | 58.19% | 2,062 | 41.81% | 808 | 16.38% | 4,932 |
| Stoddard | 5,317 | 45.51% | 6,366 | 54.49% | -1,049 | -8.98% | 11,683 |
| Stone | 890 | 21.76% | 3,201 | 78.24% | -2,311 | -56.49% | 4,091 |
| Sullivan | 2,504 | 43.88% | 3,202 | 56.12% | -698 | -12.23% | 5,706 |
| Taney | 1,439 | 28.05% | 3,692 | 71.95% | -2,253 | -43.91% | 5,131 |
| Texas | 3,606 | 40.68% | 5,258 | 59.32% | -1,652 | -18.64% | 8,864 |
| Vernon | 4,186 | 43.73% | 5,387 | 56.27% | -1,201 | -12.55% | 9,573 |
| Warren | 1,407 | 32.32% | 2,946 | 67.68% | -1,539 | -35.35% | 4,353 |
| Washington | 2,649 | 43.53% | 3,437 | 56.47% | -788 | -12.95% | 6,086 |
| Wayne | 2,152 | 41.22% | 3,069 | 58.78% | -917 | -17.56% | 5,221 |
| Webster | 2,707 | 37.03% | 4,603 | 62.97% | -1,896 | -25.94% | 7,310 |
| Worth | 1,323 | 49.40% | 1,355 | 50.60% | -32 | -1.19% | 2,678 |
| Wright | 1,953 | 27.34% | 5,191 | 72.66% | -3,238 | -45.32% | 7,144 |
| Totals | 972,201 | 50.26% | 962,221 | 49.74% | 9,980 | 0.52% | 1,934,422 |
References
- "United States Presidential election of 1960 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved June 8, 2017.
- "1960 Election for the Forty-Fourth Term (1961-65)". Retrieved June 8, 2017.
- "1960 Presidential General Election Results – Missouri". Retrieved June 8, 2017.
- "The American Presidency Project – Election of 1960". Retrieved June 8, 2017.
- Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
- Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; pp. 266-267 ISBN 0405077114
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