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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)
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U.S. Senate elections (1952–1958)
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Presidential elections (1956–1960)
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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%
|
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 United States presidential election:
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
|
- ^ "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