1960 Republican National Convention

Highlights of 1960 Republican convention

The 1960 National Convention of the Republican Party of the United States was held in Chicago, Illinois, from July 25 to July 28, 1960, at the International Amphitheatre.

The convention nominated Vice President Richard M. Nixon for President and former Senator Henry Cabot Lodge II of Massachusetts for Vice President.

By the time the Republican convention opened, Nixon had no opponents for the nomination. The highlight of the convention was the speech by U.S. Senator Barry Goldwater of Arizona removing himself from the race where he called on the Conservatives to take back the party.

It was at this convention that Nixon promised to campaign in every state during his campaign.Nixon still managed victory, earning 1,321 votes to 10 for the nomination.http://www.chicagohs.org/history/politics/1960.html

Before choosing Lodge, Nixon considered the following vice-presidential candidates, among others:

Robert B. Anderson, U.S. Treasury Secretary from Texas
Prescott S. Bush, U.S. Senator from Connecticut
Everett M. Dirksen, U.S. Senate Minority Leader from Illinois
Arthur S. Flemming, U.S. HEW Secretary from Ohio
Gerald R. Ford, U.S. Representative from Michigan
Barry M. Goldwater, U.S. Senator from Arizona
Alfred M. Gruenther, former NATO Supreme Commander from Nebraska
Charles A. Halleck, U.S. House Minority Leader from Indiana
Walter H. Judd, U.S. Representative from Minnesota
Neil H. McElroy, former Secretary of Defense from Ohio
James P. Mitchell, U.S. Labor Secretary from New Jersey
Thurston B. Morton, U.S. Senator from Kentucky
Charles H. Percy, businessman from Illinois
Nelson A. Rockefeller, Governor of New York
William P. Rogers, U.S. Attorney General from Maryland
Hugh D. Scott, U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania
Frederick A. Seaton, U.S. Interior Secretary from Nebraska
William G. Stratton, Governor of Illinois
Philip Willkie, son of Wendell Willkie (the GOP's 1940 presidential candidate) and businessman and state representative from Indiana

In the election, Nixon and Lodge lost to the Democratic ticket of John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson.

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Universal newsreel footage of the convention

Preceded by 1956 San Francisco, California	Republican National Conventions	Succeeded by 1964 San Francisco, California

United States presidential election, 1960

Democratic Party

Convention
Primaries

Nominee: John F. Kennedy

VP nominee: Lyndon B. Johnson

Candidates: Ross Barnett; Pat Brown; Michael DiSalle; Paul C. Fisher; Hubert Humphrey; Lyndon B. Johnson; George H. McLain; Robert B. Meyner; Wayne Morse; Albert S. Porter; Adlai Stevenson; George Smathers; Stuart Symington

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Nominee: Richard Nixon

VP nominee: Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.

Candidates: Barry Goldwater; Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.; James M. Lloyd; Nelson Rockefeller

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American Vegetarian Party	Nominee Symon Gould

National States' Rights Party	Nominee Orval Faubus VP nominee J. B. Stoner

Prohibition Party	Nominee Rutherford Decker VP nominee E. Harold Munn

Socialist Labor Party	Nominee Eric Hass VP nominee Georgia Cozzini

Socialist Workers Party	Nominee Farrell Dobbs VP nominee Myra Tanner Weiss

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Richard Nixon

January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994 37th President of the United States (1969–1974) 36th Vice President of the United States (1953–1961) U.S. Senator from California (1950–1953) U.S. Representative for CA-12 (1947–1950)

Presidency	First inauguration Second inauguration Nixon Doctrine "Bring Us Together" Economic policies Nixon Shock Environmental Protection Agency creation National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Space exploration Vietnam War Cambodian bombing Paris Peace Accords "Peace with Honor" Silent majority Cold War period Linkage policy 1972 Visit to China Shanghai Communiqué Détente 1972 Moscow Summit Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty SALT I Treaty Prevention of Nuclear War Agreement Threshold Test Ban Treaty Endangered Species Act National Cancer Act of 1971 Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act War on Drugs Drug Enforcement Administration Enemies List list of opponents Operation CHAOS Watergate timeline White House tapes United States v. Nixon Resignation Pardon Cabinet State of the Union Address (1970 1973 1974) Wilson desk Judicial appointments Supreme Court controversies

Life and politics	Presidential Library and Museum Richard Nixon Foundation Birthplace and boyhood home Checkers speech Kitchen Debate Operation 40 "Last press conference" Florida White House "La Casa Pacifica" Nixon Center Nixon v. General Services Administration Death and funeral

Books	Six Crises (1962) Biographical works and bibliography

Elections	United States House of Representative elections, 1946 1948 U.S. Senate election, 1950 California gubernatorial election, 1962 Republican Party presidential primaries, 1960 1964 1968 1972 Republican National Conventions, 1952 1956 1960 1968 1972 Nixon Presidential campaign, 1968 United States presidential elections, 1952 1956 1960 1968 1972

Popular culture	The Frost-Nixon Interviews (2006 play, 2008 film) Nixon in China (1987 opera) Nixon (1995 film) Nixon goes to China (phrase) Nixon in film and TV

Related	Presidential Recordings and Materials Preservation Act Presidential Townhouse

Family	Thelma "Pat" Ryan Nixon (wife) Tricia Nixon Cox (daughter) Julie Nixon Eisenhower (daughter) Frank Nixon (father) Hannah Nixon (mother) Donald Nixon (brother) Edward Nixon (brother) Donald A. Nixon (nephew) Christopher Nixon Cox (grandson) Jennie Eisenhower (granddaughter)

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