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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.
20. Mai 2024 · On the late Friday afternoon of July 15, 1960, Senator John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts appeared before a crowd of eighty thousand people in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum to deliver his formal acceptance of the Democratic party’s nomination for President of the United States.
Starting with the 1796 election, congressional party or a state legislature party caucus selected the party's presidential candidates. [3] That system collapsed in 1824, and since 1832 the preferred mechanism for nomination has been a national convention. [4]
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. Just before the convention Senator Johnson the Majority Leader of the Senate announced his intention to seek the nomination.
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
