#the kennedys

November 8th, 1960: 60 years ago, Senator John F. Kennedy (D-MA) defeated incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon (R-CA) in a closely contested election. Kennedy carried 303 electoral votes in comparison to Nixon’s 219. Kennedy won the popular vote by approximately 112,827 votes. Kennedy became the youngest man to be elected to the office of POTUS. Extra facts about the 1960 election: it was the first election where the incumbent president (Gen. Eisenhower) was ineligible to run for a third term due to the 22nd amendment ratified in 1951. This was also the first election where all 50 states participated in the election and the last when the District of Columbia did not.

17 days later, FLOTUS designate Jacqueline Kennedy gave birth to their third child and first son, John F. Kennedy Jr.