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The 1960 Republican National Convention was held in Chicago, Illinois, from July 25 to July 28, 1960, at the International Amphitheatre. It was the 14th and most recent time overall that Chicago hosted the Republican National Convention, more times than any other city.
The convention nominated Vice President Richard M. Nixon for president and former Senator Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. of Massachusetts for vice president.
Presidential nomination
= Presidential candidates
=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, in which he called on conservatives to "take back" the party. Nixon won easily, earning 1,321 votes to 10 for Goldwater. At the convention, Nixon promised that he would visit every state during his campaign.
Presidential Balloting / 3rd Day of Convention (July 27, 1960)
Vice Presidential nomination
= Vice Presidential candidates
=After winning the presidential nomination, Nixon considered several candidates for the vice presidential nomination. Incumbent President Dwight D. Eisenhower strongly supported Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., the United States Ambassador to the United Nations. Though Lodge was not viewed by Republicans as a charismatic speaker, his foreign policy experience as well as his longtime Republican Party ties as a descendant of the Lodge family made him an appealing candidate.
Lodge was unpopular with the conservative wing of the party, who regarded him as a Northeastern moderate. As a result of the conservatives' coolness toward Lodge, Nixon strongly considered conservative Minnesota Representative Walter Judd and U.S. Senator Thruston Morton of Kentucky, an establishment Republican who was more moderate than Judd but had a high profile as chairman of the Republican National Committee.
Other candidates Nixon may have considered include:
Barry M. Goldwater, U.S. Senator from Arizona (Would be nominated for President in 1964)
Charles A. Halleck, U.S. House Minority Leader from Indiana
Neil H. McElroy, former Secretary of Defense from Ohio
Charles H. Percy, businessman from Illinois
William P. Rogers, U.S. Attorney General from Maryland
After deciding on Lodge, Nixon participated in a closed session with party leaders, who concurred with his preference. After the session, Nixon announced his choice publicly, and the convention ratified it.
Vice Presidential Balloting / 4th Day of Convention (July 28, 1960)
General election
The Nixon-Lodge ticket lost the 1960 election to the Democratic ticket of John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson.
See also
1960 Democratic National Convention
1960 United States presidential election
History of the United States Republican Party
List of Republican National Conventions
United States presidential nominating convention
Richard Nixon 1960 presidential campaign
1960 Republican Party presidential primaries
References
External links
Republican Party platform of 1960 at The American Presidency Project
Nixon nomination acceptance speech for President at RNC (transcript) at The American Presidency Project
Universal newsreel footage of the convention
Video of Nixon nomination acceptance speech for President at RNC from C-SPAN (via YouTube)
Audio of Nixon nomination acceptance speech for President at RNC
Video of Lodge nomination acceptance speech for Vice President at RNC from C-SPAN (via YouTube)
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