Electoral history of John F. Kennedy
List of elections featuring John F. Kennedy as a candidate
Electoral history of John F. Kennedy, who served as the 35th president of the United States (1961–1963) and as a United States senator (1953–1960) and United States representative (1947–1953) from Massachusetts.
U.S. House of Representatives elections (1946–1950)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | John F. Kennedy | 22,183 | 42.41% | |
Democratic | Michael J. Neville | 11,341 | 21.68% | |
Democratic | John F. Cotter | 6,677 | 12.76% | |
Democratic | Joseph Russo | 5,661 | 10.82% | |
Democratic | Catherine E. Falvey | 2,446 | 4.68% | |
Democratic | Joseph Lee | 1,848 | 3.53% | |
Democratic | Joseph Russo | 799 | 1.53% | |
Democratic | Michael DeLuca | 536 | 1.03% | |
Democratic | Francis N. Rooney | 521 | 1.00% | |
Democratic | Robert B. DiFruscio | 298 | 0.57% | |
Total votes | 52,310 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | John F. Kennedy | 69,093 | 71.87% | ||
Republican | Lester Bowen | 26,007 | 27.05% | ||
Prohibition | Philip Geer | 1,036 | 1.08% | ||
Total votes | 96,136 | 100.00% | |||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | John F. Kennedy (incumbent) | 106,366 | 100.00% | ||
Total votes | 106,366 | 100.00% | |||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | John F. Kennedy (incumbent) | 87,699 | 82.28% | ||
Republican | Vincent J. Celeste | 18,302 | 17.17% | ||
Prohibition | Martha E. Geer | 582 | 0.55% | ||
Total votes | 106,583 | 100.00% | |||
Democratic hold |
U.S. Senate elections (1952–1958)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | John F. Kennedy | 1,211,984 | 51.35% | |
Republican | Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (incumbent) | 1,141,247 | 48.35% | |
Socialist Labor | Thelma Ingersoll | 4,683 | 0.20% | |
Prohibition | Mark R. Shaw | 2,508 | 0.11% | |
Total votes | 2,360,422 | 100.00% | ||
Democratic gain from Republican |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | John F. Kennedy (incumbent) | 1,362,926 | 73.20% | |
Republican | Vincent J. Celeste | 488,318 | 26.23% | |
Socialist Labor | Lawrence Gilfedder | 5,457 | 0.29% | |
Prohibition | Mark R. Shaw | 5,335 | 0.29% | |
Total votes | 1,862,036 | 100.00% | ||
Democratic hold |
Presidential elections (1956–1960)
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
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% | |
Others | 3,819 | 0.06% | |
Total votes | 6,053,931 | 100.00% |
1956 Democratic National Convention, Vice Presidential tally | |||
---|---|---|---|
Candidates | First ballot | Second ballot | Third ballot |
Estes Kefauver | 466.5 | 551.5 | 755.5 |
John F. Kennedy | 294.5 | 618 | 589 |
Albert Gore Sr. | 178 | 110.5 | 13.5 |
Robert F. Wagner Jr. | 162.5 | 9.5 | 6 |
Hubert Humphrey | 134 | 74.5 | 2 |
Luther Hodges | 40 | 0.5 | |
P. T. Maner | 33 | ||
LeRoy Collins | 29 | ||
Clinton Anderson | 16 | ||
Frank G. Clement | 14 | ||
Pat Brown | 1 | ||
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1 | ||
Stuart Symington | 1 | ||
Total | 1,370.5 | 1,364.5 | 1,366 |
Votes needed | 685 | 682 | 683 |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
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% | |
Total votes | 5,724,744 | 100.00% |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
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% | |
Total votes | 1,524 | 100.00% | |
Votes necessary | 762 | 50.00% |
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%)
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 |
Notes
- ^ Favorite sons received the support of Missouri (Stuart Symington), Florida (George Smathers), New Jersey (Robert Meyner), Mississippi (Carroll Gartin), and Hawaii.
References
- ^ "Our Campaigns - MA District 11 - D Primary Race - Jun 18, 1946".
- ^ Our Campaigns – MA District 11 Race – Nov 5, 1946
- ^ Michael J. Dubin, "United States Congressional Elections, 1788-1997: The Official Results", McFarland & Company, 1998, p. 571.
- ^ Michael J. Dubin, "United States Congressional Elections, 1788-1997: The Official Results", McFarland & Company, 1998, p. 571.
- ^ Our Campaigns – MA US Senate Race – Nov 4, 1952
- ^ Our Campaigns – MA US Senate Race – Nov 4, 1958
- ^ Our Campaigns – US President – D Primaries Race – Feb 1, 1956
- ^ Our Campaigns – US President – D Primaries Race – Feb 1, 1960
- ^ Our Campaigns – US President – D Convention Race – Jul 11, 1960
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- 35th President of the United States (1961–1963)
- U.S. Senator from Massachusetts (1953–1960)
- U.S. Representative for MA–11 (1947–1953)
(timeline)
- Transition
- Inauguration
- Cabinet
- Judicial appointments
- Executive Orders
- Presidential Proclamations
- Presidential pardons
- Presidential limousine
- Presidential yacht
- Resolute desk
- Situation Room
speeches
- U.S. House of Representatives elections: 1946
- 1948
- 1950
- U.S. Senate elections in Massachusetts: 1952
- 1958
- 1960 presidential primaries
- 1960 presidential campaign
- Democratic National Conventions: 1956
- 1960
- U.S. presidential election 1960
- Birthplace and childhood home
- Kennedy Compound
- Hickory Hill
- Wexford
- Navy service: PT-109
- PT-59
- Castle Hot Springs
- Hammersmith Farm
- Coretta Scott King phone call
- "Happy Birthday, Mr. President"
- John F. Kennedy document hoax
- Why England Slept (1940)
- Profiles in Courage (1956)
- A Nation of Immigrants (1958)
namesakes
- Harvard Kennedy School
- Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
- John F. Kennedy Federal Building (Boston)
- John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Boston statue
- Brooklyn memorial
- Dallas memorial
- Hyannis memorial
- London memorial
- Portland memorial
- Runnymede memorial
- John F. Kennedy Arboretum
- John F. Kennedy Memorial Bridge
- John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School
- John F. Kennedy University (defunct)
- John F. Kennedy Stadium
- Kennedy Expressway
- Mount Kennedy
- MV John F. Kennedy
- USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67)
- USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79)
- Yad Kennedy
- Jacqueline Bouvier (wife)
- Caroline Kennedy (daughter)
- John F. Kennedy Jr. (son)
- Patrick Bouvier Kennedy (son)
- Rose Schlossberg (granddaughter)
- Tatiana Schlossberg (granddaughter)
- Jack Schlossberg (grandson)
- Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. (father)
- Rose Fitzgerald (mother)
- Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. (brother)
- Rosemary Kennedy (sister)
- Kathleen Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington (sister)
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver (sister)
- Patricia Kennedy Lawford (sister)
- Robert F. Kennedy (brother)
- Jean Kennedy Smith (sister)
- Ted Kennedy (brother)
- P. J. Kennedy (grandfather)
- John F. Fitzgerald (grandfather)
- Pushinka (dog)