President John F. Kennedy

This page is for the electoral history of John F. Kennedy, who served as the 35th president of the United States (1961–1963), as well as a United States senator (1953–1960) and United States representative (1947–1953) from Massachusetts.

U.S. House of Representatives elections (1946–1950)

1946 Massachusetts's 11th congressional district election, Democratic primary[1]
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%
1946 Massachusetts's 11th congressional district election[2]
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
1948 Massachusetts's 11th congressional district election[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John F. Kennedy (incumbent) 106,366 100.00%
Total votes 106,366 100.00%
Democratic hold
1950 Massachusetts's 11th congressional district election[4]
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)

1952 United States Senate election in Massachusetts[5]
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
1958 United States Senate election in Massachusetts[6]
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)

1956 Democratic presidential primaries[7]
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
1960 Democratic primaries results
  John F. Kennedy
  Lyndon B. Johnson
  Hubert H. Humphrey
  Various[a]
1960 Democratic presidential primaries[8]
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%
1960 Democratic National Convention, Presidential tally[9]
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%
Results of the 1960 presidential election

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%)
Electoral results
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

  1. ^ Favorite sons received the support of Missouri (Stuart Symington), Florida (George Smathers), New Jersey (Robert Meyner), Mississippi (Carroll Gartin), and Hawaii.

References

  1. ^ "Our Campaigns - MA District 11 - D Primary Race - Jun 18, 1946".
  2. ^ Our Campaigns – MA District 11 Race – Nov 5, 1946
  3. ^ Michael J. Dubin, "United States Congressional Elections, 1788-1997: The Official Results", McFarland & Company, 1998, p. 571.
  4. ^ Michael J. Dubin, "United States Congressional Elections, 1788-1997: The Official Results", McFarland & Company, 1998, p. 571.
  5. ^ Our Campaigns – MA US Senate Race – Nov 4, 1952
  6. ^ Our Campaigns – MA US Senate Race – Nov 4, 1958
  7. ^ Our Campaigns – US President – D Primaries Race – Feb 1, 1956
  8. ^ Our Campaigns – US President – D Primaries Race – Feb 1, 1960
  9. ^ Our Campaigns – US President – D Convention Race – Jul 11, 1960