U.S. political event held in Los Angeles, California
1960 Democratic National Convention
1960 presidential election
Nominees Kennedy and Johnson
Convention
Date(s)
July 11–15, 1960
City
Los Angeles, California
Venue
Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena and Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Candidates
Presidential nominee
John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts
Vice presidential nominee
Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas
‹ 1956 · 1964 ›
The 1960 Democratic National Convention was held in Los Angeles, California, on July 11–15, 1960. It nominated Senator John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts for president and Senate Majority Leader Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas for vice president.
In the general election that November, the Kennedy–Johnson ticket won an electoral college victory and a narrow popular vote plurality (slightly over 110,000 nationally) over the Republican candidates Vice President Richard M. Nixon and UN Ambassador Henry C. Lodge II.
Due to its size, the Biltmore Hotel was selected to serve as the headquarters hotel for the Democratic National Committee. It also housed command-posts for the campaigns of the various candidates seeking the nomination, temporary studio spaces for the television networks, and workspaces for select print journalists.[1]
^Oliphant, Thomas; Wilkie, Curtis (2017). Road to Camelot. Simon & Schuster.
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