Candidate

John F. Kennedy

Democratic

Elections

Won

Electoral votes, all elections

303

Years

1960

Record

John F. Kennedy: result of each presidential election
Year	Electoral votes	Popular vote	Result
1960	303 of 537	34,227,096 49.7%	Won

Popular vote is the sum of the sourced state counts, shown only where every state that held a popular vote has one; sums from county returns (1868–1972) can run a few tenths of a point below national totals published elsewhere.

Electoral votesNational Archives, Electoral College results: 1960 (public domain, read 2026-10-03). How these figures were compiled

SourceStatistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 8, 1960 (Public domain: a work of the United States government (17 U.S.C. 105), retrieved 2026-10-03). How these figures were compiled

Election by election

1960Democratic · Won

States carried · 22 of 50

Closest states won

Hawaiiby 115 · 0.06 pts
Illinoisby 8,858 · 0.2 pts
Missouriby 9,980 · 0.5 pts

Closest states lost

CaliforniaNixon by 35,623 · 0.5 pts
AlaskaNixon by 1,144 · 1.9 pts
WashingtonNixon by 29,975 · 2.4 pts

Margins computed for 50 of 50 states: those with a sourced popular vote that names Kennedy.

From the National Archives

Byrd received electoral votes for President from Alabama (6), Mississippi (8) and Oklahoma (1).

Thurmond received electoral votes for Vice President from Alabama (6) and Mississippi (8).

Goldwater received 1 electoral vote for Vice President from Oklahoma.

John F. Kennedy, the thirty-fifth President of the United States, was assassinated on November 22, 1963. He was succeeded by Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, who took the oath of office in Dallas, Texas that day.

National Archives, Electoral College results for 1960, archives.gov, read October 3, 2026. Quoted as published.