| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
County Results
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Elections in Oklahoma |
---|
Government |
The 1960 United States presidential election in Oklahoma took place on November 8, 1960, as part of the 1960 United States presidential election. Voters chose eight [2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Oklahoma was won by incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon (R–California), running with United States Ambassador to the United Nations Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., with 59.02% of the popular vote, against Senator John F. Kennedy (D–Massachusetts), running with Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, with 40.98% of the popular vote. In the Electoral College, Nixon received seven of Oklahoma's eight electoral votes; the eighth was cast by a faithless elector for Harry F. Byrd of Virginia. [2]
With 59.02% of the popular vote, Oklahoma would prove to be Nixon's third strongest state in 1960 after Nebraska and Kansas. [3] This election marked the first time since statehood that a Democrat won the presidency without carrying Oklahoma.
1960 United States presidential election in Oklahoma | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Running mate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
Republican | Richard Nixon | Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. | 533,039 | 59.02% | 7 | |
Democratic | John F. Kennedy | Lyndon B. Johnson | 370,111 | 40.98% | 0 | |
Democratic | Harry F. Byrd | Barry Goldwater | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | |
Totals | 903,150 | 100.00% | 8 |
County | Richard Nixon Republican | John F. Kennedy Democratic | Margin | Total votes cast | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
# | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Adair | 3,655 | 65.76% | 1,903 | 34.24% | 1,752 | 31.52% | 5,558 |
Alfalfa | 3,332 | 75.74% | 1,067 | 24.26% | 2,265 | 51.48% | 4,399 |
Atoka | 1,892 | 51.82% | 1,759 | 48.18% | 133 | 3.64% | 3,651 |
Beaver | 2,442 | 73.36% | 887 | 26.64% | 1,555 | 46.72% | 3,329 |
Beckham | 4,258 | 61.01% | 2,721 | 38.99% | 1,537 | 22.02% | 6,979 |
Blaine | 3,646 | 67.88% | 1,725 | 32.12% | 1,921 | 35.76% | 5,371 |
Bryan | 3,845 | 46.48% | 4,428 | 53.52% | -583 | -7.04% | 8,273 |
Caddo | 5,920 | 53.65% | 5,115 | 46.35% | 805 | 7.30% | 11,035 |
Canadian | 5,697 | 57.37% | 4,234 | 42.63% | 1,463 | 14.74% | 9,931 |
Carter | 6,288 | 42.69% | 8,441 | 57.31% | -2,153 | -14.62% | 14,729 |
Cherokee | 3,571 | 57.06% | 2,687 | 42.94% | 884 | 14.12% | 6,258 |
Choctaw | 2,531 | 46.25% | 2,941 | 53.75% | -410 | -7.50% | 5,472 |
Cimarron | 1,316 | 65.41% | 696 | 34.59% | 620 | 30.82% | 2,012 |
Cleveland | 9,292 | 59.23% | 6,397 | 40.77% | 2,895 | 18.46% | 15,689 |
Coal | 1,019 | 44.54% | 1,269 | 55.46% | -250 | -10.92% | 2,288 |
Comanche | 10,691 | 52.79% | 9,562 | 47.21% | 1,129 | 5.58% | 20,253 |
Cotton | 1,619 | 49.77% | 1,634 | 50.23% | -15 | -0.46% | 3,253 |
Craig | 3,770 | 57.45% | 2,792 | 42.55% | 978 | 14.90% | 6,562 |
Creek | 8,785 | 58.61% | 6,205 | 41.39% | 2,580 | 17.22% | 14,990 |
Custer | 5,050 | 64.80% | 2,743 | 35.20% | 2,307 | 29.60% | 7,793 |
Delaware | 3,639 | 61.46% | 2,282 | 38.54% | 1,357 | 22.92% | 5,921 |
Dewey | 2,115 | 66.16% | 1,082 | 33.84% | 1,033 | 32.32% | 3,197 |
Ellis | 2,085 | 74.62% | 709 | 25.38% | 1,376 | 49.24% | 2,794 |
Garfield | 14,860 | 69.30% | 6,582 | 30.70% | 8,278 | 38.60% | 21,442 |
Garvin | 5,125 | 51.66% | 4,795 | 48.34% | 330 | 3.32% | 9,920 |
Grady | 5,913 | 52.06% | 5,446 | 47.94% | 467 | 4.12% | 11,359 |
Grant | 2,810 | 61.99% | 1,723 | 38.01% | 1,087 | 23.98% | 4,533 |
Greer | 2,158 | 55.96% | 1,698 | 44.04% | 460 | 11.92% | 3,856 |
Harmon | 1,142 | 47.44% | 1,265 | 52.56% | -123 | -5.12% | 2,407 |
Harper | 2,057 | 73.44% | 744 | 26.56% | 1,313 | 46.88% | 2,801 |
Haskell | 1,858 | 52.04% | 1,712 | 47.96% | 146 | 4.08% | 3,570 |
Hughes | 3,117 | 50.49% | 3,057 | 49.51% | 60 | 0.98% | 6,174 |
Jackson | 3,375 | 47.30% | 3,761 | 52.70% | -386 | -5.40% | 7,136 |
Jefferson | 1,343 | 40.85% | 1,945 | 59.15% | -602 | -18.30% | 3,288 |
Johnston | 1,441 | 44.16% | 1,822 | 55.84% | -381 | -11.68% | 3,263 |
Kay | 15,156 | 64.76% | 8,249 | 35.24% | 6,907 | 29.52% | 23,405 |
Kingfisher | 3,501 | 65.78% | 1,821 | 34.22% | 1,680 | 31.56% | 5,322 |
Kiowa | 3,515 | 57.13% | 2,638 | 42.87% | 877 | 14.26% | 6,153 |
Latimer | 1,454 | 48.66% | 1,534 | 51.34% | -80 | -2.68% | 2,988 |
LeFlore | 5,302 | 52.26% | 4,844 | 47.74% | 458 | 4.52% | 10,146 |
Lincoln | 5,528 | 62.94% | 3,255 | 37.06% | 2,273 | 25.88% | 8,783 |
Logan | 5,121 | 64.49% | 2,820 | 35.51% | 2,301 | 28.98% | 7,941 |
Love | 932 | 39.24% | 1,443 | 60.76% | -511 | -21.52% | 2,375 |
McClain | 2,547 | 51.85% | 2,365 | 48.15% | 182 | 3.70% | 4,912 |
McCurtain | 3,562 | 45.88% | 4,202 | 54.12% | -640 | -8.24% | 7,764 |
McIntosh | 2,221 | 50.41% | 2,185 | 49.59% | 36 | 0.82% | 4,406 |
Major | 2,892 | 80.16% | 716 | 19.84% | 2,176 | 60.32% | 3,608 |
Marshall | 1,325 | 42.50% | 1,793 | 57.50% | -468 | -15.00% | 3,118 |
Mayes | 5,194 | 58.26% | 3,721 | 41.74% | 1,473 | 16.52% | 8,915 |
Murray | 1,993 | 48.35% | 2,129 | 51.65% | -136 | -3.30% | 4,122 |
Muskogee | 12,403 | 52.81% | 11,082 | 47.19% | 1,321 | 5.62% | 23,485 |
Noble | 3,198 | 62.61% | 1,910 | 37.39% | 1,288 | 25.22% | 5,108 |
Nowata | 3,014 | 58.65% | 2,125 | 41.35% | 889 | 17.30% | 5,139 |
Okfuskee | 2,510 | 56.05% | 1,968 | 43.95% | 542 | 12.10% | 4,478 |
Oklahoma | 102,992 | 61.44% | 64,648 | 38.56% | 38,344 | 22.88% | 167,640 |
Okmulgee | 7,107 | 49.46% | 7,262 | 50.54% | -155 | -1.08% | 14,369 |
Osage | 7,508 | 56.41% | 5,801 | 43.59% | 1,707 | 12.82% | 13,309 |
Ottawa | 6,520 | 53.33% | 5,705 | 46.67% | 815 | 6.66% | 12,225 |
Pawnee | 3,153 | 65.80% | 1,639 | 34.20% | 1,514 | 31.60% | 4,792 |
Payne | 9,943 | 63.59% | 5,694 | 36.41% | 4,249 | 27.18% | 15,637 |
Pittsburg | 5,834 | 44.39% | 7,310 | 55.61% | -1,476 | -11.22% | 13,144 |
Pontotoc | 5,863 | 55.75% | 4,654 | 44.25% | 1,209 | 11.50% | 10,517 |
Pottawatomie | 9,421 | 53.87% | 8,067 | 46.13% | 1,354 | 7.74% | 17,488 |
Pushmataha | 1,728 | 51.46% | 1,630 | 48.54% | 98 | 2.92% | 3,358 |
Roger Mills | 1,463 | 64.39% | 809 | 35.61% | 654 | 28.78% | 2,272 |
Rogers | 5,412 | 63.08% | 3,167 | 36.92% | 2,245 | 26.16% | 8,579 |
Seminole | 5,505 | 56.40% | 4,256 | 43.60% | 1,249 | 12.80% | 9,761 |
Sequoyah | 3,862 | 56.76% | 2,942 | 43.24% | 920 | 13.52% | 6,804 |
Stephens | 8,084 | 53.95% | 6,899 | 46.05% | 1,185 | 7.90% | 14,983 |
Texas | 4,314 | 73.58% | 1,549 | 26.42% | 2,765 | 47.16% | 5,863 |
Tillman | 2,678 | 49.46% | 2,736 | 50.54% | -58 | -1.08% | 5,414 |
Tulsa | 89,899 | 63.03% | 52,725 | 36.97% | 37,174 | 26.06% | 142,624 |
Wagoner | 3,570 | 56.87% | 2,707 | 43.13% | 863 | 13.74% | 6,277 |
Washington | 13,700 | 71.43% | 5,479 | 28.57% | 8,221 | 42.86% | 19,179 |
Washita | 3,209 | 57.07% | 2,414 | 42.93% | 795 | 14.14% | 5,623 |
Woods | 4,064 | 68.12% | 1,902 | 31.88% | 2,162 | 36.24% | 5,966 |
Woodward | 4,185 | 73.78% | 1,487 | 26.22% | 2,698 | 47.56% | 5,672 |
Totals | 533,039 | 59.02% | 370,111 | 40.98% | 162,928 | 18.04% | 903,150 |
The 1960 United States presidential election was the 44th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 8, 1960. In a closely contested election, Democratic Senator John F. Kennedy defeated the incumbent Republican Vice President Richard Nixon. This was the first election in which 50 states participated, marking the first participation of Alaska and Hawaii, and the last in which the District of Columbia did not. This made it the only presidential election where the threshold for victory was 269 electoral votes. It was also the first election in which an incumbent president—in this case, Dwight D. Eisenhower—was ineligible to run for a third term because of the term limits established by the 22nd Amendment.
In United States presidential elections, an unpledged elector is a person nominated to stand as an elector but who has not pledged to support any particular presidential or vice presidential candidate, and is free to vote for any candidate when elected a member of the Electoral College. Presidential elections are indirect, with voters in each state choosing electors on Election Day in November, and these electors choosing the president and vice president of the United States in December. Electors in practice have since the 19th century almost always agreed in advance to vote for a particular candidate — that is, they are said to have been pledged to that candidate. In several elections in the 20th century, however, competitive campaigns were mounted by candidates who made no pledge to any presidential nominee before the election. These anomalies largely arose from fissures within the Democratic Party over the issues of civil rights and segregation. No serious general election campaign has been mounted to elect unpledged electors in any state since 1964.
In the United States Electoral College, a faithless elector is an elector who does not vote for the candidates for U.S. President and U.S. Vice President for whom the elector had pledged to vote, and instead votes for another person for one or both offices or abstains from voting. As part of United States presidential elections, each state selects the method by which its electors are to be selected, which in modern times has been based on a popular vote in most states, and generally requires its electors to have pledged to vote for the candidates of their party if appointed. A pledged elector is only considered a faithless elector by breaking their pledge; unpledged electors have no pledge to break. The consequences of an elector voting in a way inconsistent with their pledge vary from state to state.
Henry D. Irwin was a Republican presidential elector for the 1960 U.S. presidential election who became a "faithless elector" when he declined to vote as pledged.
The 2004 United States presidential election in Massachusetts took place on November 2, 2004, and was part of the 2004 United States presidential election. Voters chose 12 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
The 2004 United States presidential election in Minnesota took place on November 2, 2004 as part of the 2004 United States presidential election. Voters chose ten representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
The 2004 United States presidential election in Wyoming took place on November 2, 2004, and was part of the 2004 United States presidential election. Voters chose three representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Richard Nixon served as the 37th president of the United States from 1969 to 1974. He previously served as the 36th vice president of the United States from 1953 to 1961, and as a United States senator from 1950 to 1953 and United States representative from 1947 to 1950.
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.
Lloyd W. Bailey was a physician and ophthalmologist from Rocky Mount, North Carolina, who achieved notoriety as a faithless elector during the 1968 U.S. presidential election. On December 16, 1968, he became the 145th faithless elector in the history of the United States Electoral College. Because Bailey did not vote for Nixon, the candidate received 301 electoral votes instead of the expected 302 electoral votes. But Bailey's vote did not affect the outcome of the election, and Nixon was elected.
The election of the president and the vice president of the United States is an indirect election in which citizens of the United States who are registered to vote in one of the fifty U.S. states or in Washington, D.C., cast ballots not directly for those offices, but instead for members of the Electoral College. These electors then cast direct votes, known as electoral votes, for president, and for vice president. The candidate who receives an absolute majority of electoral votes is then elected to that office. If no candidate receives an absolute majority of the votes for president, the House of Representatives elects the president; likewise if no one receives an absolute majority of the votes for vice president, then the Senate elects the vice president.
The 1960 United States presidential election in New York took place on November 8, 1960. All 50 states were part of the 1960 United States presidential election. Voters chose 45 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.
The 1960 United States presidential election in Alabama was held on November 8, 1960 as part of that year's national presidential election. Eleven Democratic electors were elected, of whom six voted for Senator Harry F. Byrd of Virginia and five for Senator John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts.
The 1960 United States presidential election in Kentucky took place on November 8, 1960, as part of the 1960 United States presidential election. Kentucky voters chose 10 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
The 1960 United States presidential election in Georgia took place on November 8, 1960, as part of the 1960 United States presidential election. Georgia voters chose 12 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
The 1960 United States presidential election in Louisiana took place on November 8, 1960, as part of the 1960 United States presidential election. State voters chose ten representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
The 1952 United States presidential election in Oklahoma took place on November 4, 1952, as part of the 1952 United States presidential election. Voters chose eight electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.