1960 Democratic National Convention

The 1960 Democratic National Convention was held in Los Angeles from July 11-15, 1960.  The central work of the convention was the nomination of a ticket for the 1960 Presidential Election.  John F. Kennedy was in the lead coming out of the primaries but was challenged by two significant rivals at the convention.  Senate Majority Leader Lyndon B. Johnson and former Democratic Presidential Candidate Adlai Stevenson entered the race in the week before the convention.

Kennedy went on to win the nomination on the first ballot.  In a move to unite the party and bring Southern Democrats aboard he chose LBJ to be his running mate.  Ballot results were as follows:

John F. Kennedy 806 (52.89%)
Lyndon Johnson 409 (26.84%)
Stuart Symington 86 (5.64%)
Adlai Stevenson 79.5 (5.25%)
Robert B. Meyner 43 (2.82%)
Hubert Humphrey 41 (2.76%)

The following post includes a couple of videos that highlight the convention.

Bye for now... Rob

"The world has been close to war before–but now man, who has survived all previous threats to his existence, has taken into his mortal hands the power to exterminate the entire species some seven times over."   JFK  July 15, 1960