Election in Georgia
1960 United States presidential election in Georgia
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| | | Nominee | John F. Kennedy | Richard Nixon | | Party | Democratic | Republican | Home state | Massachusetts | California | Running mate | Lyndon B. Johnson | Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. | Electoral vote | 12 | 0 | Popular vote | 458,638 | 274,472 | Percentage | 62.54% | 37.43% | |
County Results Kennedy 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% 80-90% 90-100% | Nixon 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% | |
President before election Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican | Elected President John F. Kennedy Democratic | |
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The 1960 United States presidential election in Georgia took place on November 8, 1960, as part of the 1960 United States presidential election. Georgia voters chose 12[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Georgia was won by Senator John F. Kennedy (D–Massachusetts), running with Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, with 62.54% of the popular vote against incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon (R–California), running with United States Ambassador to the United Nations Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., with 37.43% of the popular vote.[3][4] This is the first election where any Georgia county cast more than one hundred thousand votes, namely Fulton. Following this election Georgia would transfer from being a Deep South Democratic state, to a Sun Belt Republican state, and the state has only voted Democratic four times since. This was due to The Civil Rights Act, and the growth of Atlanta suburban counties such as Gwinnett and Cobb, which would not support the Democratic nominee again until 2020, with the exception of Jimmy Carter in 1976.
Results
1960 United States presidential election in Georgia Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Democratic | John F. Kennedy | 458,638 | 62.54% |
| Republican | Richard Nixon | 274,472 | 37.43% |
| Write-ins | — | 239[a] | 0.03% |
Total votes | 733,349 | 100% |
Results by congressional districts
1st congressional districtCandidate | Party | Votes | % |
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| James L. Gillis | Democratic Party | 455,720 | 62.53 |
| James L. Sundy | Republican Party | 273,080 | 37.47 |
Total | 728,800 | 100.00 |
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2nd congressional districtCandidate | Party | Votes | % |
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| James H. Gray | Democratic Party | 455,576 | 62.53 |
| Russell E. Kaliher | Republican Party | 272,992 | 37.47 |
Total | 728,568 | 100.00 |
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Source: [5][6] |
3rd congressional districtCandidate | Party | Votes | % |
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| Lamar Sizemore | Democratic Party | 455,378 | 62.53 |
| James M. Brophy | Republican Party | 272,907 | 37.47 |
Total | 728,285 | 100.00 |
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Source: [5][6] |
7th congressional districtCandidate | Party | Votes | % |
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| J. Battle Hall | Democratic Party | 455,191 | 62.52 |
| C. Eugene Hughes | Republican Party | 272,901 | 37.48 |
Total | 728,092 | 100.00 |
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8th congressional districtCandidate | Party | Votes | % |
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| Robert E. Lee | Democratic Party | 455,241 | 62.51 |
| James M. Kent | Republican Party | 273,041 | 37.49 |
Total | 728,282 | 100.00 |
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Source: [5][6] |
9th congressional districtCandidate | Party | Votes | % |
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| Glenn W. Ellard | Democratic Party | 455,255 | 62.52 |
| Cecil G. Hartness | Republican Party | 272,902 | 37.48 |
Total | 728,157 | 100.00 |
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Source: [5][6] |
10th congressional districtCandidate | Party | Votes | % |
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| Charlie Baldwin | Democratic Party | 455,510 | 62.54 |
| Eugene T. Gilbert | Republican Party | 272,859 | 37.46 |
Total | 728,369 | 100.00 |
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Source: [5][6] |
Results by county
County | John Fitzgerald Kennedy Democratic | Richard Milhous Nixon Republican | Margin | Total votes cast[7] |
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Appling | 1,973 | 73.35% | 717 | 26.65% | 1,256 | 46.69% | 2,690 |
Atkinson | 1,298 | 84.45% | 239 | 15.55% | 1,059 | 68.90% | 1,537 |
Bacon | 1,168 | 66.86% | 579 | 33.14% | 589 | 33.71% | 1,747 |
Baker | 720 | 91.60% | 66 | 8.40% | 654 | 83.21% | 786 |
Baldwin | 2,262 | 64.15% | 1,264 | 35.85% | 998 | 28.30% | 3,526 |
Banks | 1,170 | 84.11% | 221 | 15.89% | 949 | 68.22% | 1,391 |
Barrow | 2,759 | 82.70% | 577 | 17.30% | 2,182 | 65.41% | 3,336 |
Bartow | 3,545 | 73.29% | 1,292 | 26.71% | 2,253 | 46.58% | 4,837 |
Ben Hill | 1,881 | 77.12% | 558 | 22.88% | 1,323 | 54.24% | 2,439 |
Berrien | 2,787 | 88.34% | 368 | 11.66% | 2,419 | 76.67% | 3,155 |
Bibb | 14,387 | 57.76% | 10,523 | 42.24% | 3,864 | 15.51% | 24,910 |
Bleckley | 1,751 | 73.45% | 633 | 26.55% | 1,118 | 46.90% | 2,384 |
Brantley | 1,333 | 79.49% | 344 | 20.51% | 989 | 58.97% | 1,677 |
Brooks | 1,500 | 66.23% | 765 | 33.77% | 735 | 32.45% | 2,265 |
Bryan | 1,323 | 75.56% | 428 | 24.44% | 895 | 51.11% | 1,751 |
Bulloch | 3,373 | 69.13% | 1,506 | 30.87% | 1,867 | 38.27% | 4,879 |
Burke | 1,162 | 53.08% | 1,027 | 46.92% | 135 | 6.17% | 2,189 |
Butts | 1,673 | 81.41% | 382 | 18.59% | 1,291 | 62.82% | 2,055 |
Calhoun | 803 | 85.97% | 131 | 14.03% | 672 | 71.95% | 934 |
Camden | 1,321 | 58.17% | 950 | 41.83% | 371 | 16.34% | 2,271 |
Candler | 943 | 68.53% | 433 | 31.47% | 510 | 37.06% | 1,376 |
Carroll | 4,698 | 73.10% | 1,729 | 26.90% | 2,969 | 46.20% | 6,427 |
Catoosa | 2,114 | 50.48% | 2,074 | 49.52% | 40 | 0.96% | 4,188 |
Charlton | 733 | 71.72% | 289 | 28.28% | 444 | 43.44% | 1,022 |
Chatham | 16,240 | 47.52% | 17,935 | 52.48% | -1,695 | -4.96% | 34,175 |
Chattahoochee | 190 | 74.22% | 66 | 25.78% | 124 | 48.44% | 256 |
Chattooga | 3,686 | 69.78% | 1,596 | 30.22% | 2,090 | 39.57% | 5,282 |
Cherokee | 3,077 | 56.79% | 2,341 | 43.21% | 736 | 13.58% | 5,418 |
Clarke | 4,812 | 68.14% | 2,250 | 31.86% | 2,562 | 36.28% | 7,062 |
Clay | 528 | 86.27% | 84 | 13.73% | 444 | 72.55% | 612 |
Clayton | 5,892 | 66.61% | 2,953 | 33.39% | 2,939 | 33.23% | 8,845 |
Clinch | 898 | 69.34% | 397 | 30.66% | 501 | 38.69% | 1,295 |
Cobb | 12,906 | 61.03% | 8,240 | 38.97% | 4,666 | 22.07% | 21,146 |
Coffee | 3,376 | 77.38% | 987 | 22.62% | 2,389 | 54.76% | 4,363 |
Colquitt | 4,397 | 72.30% | 1,685 | 27.70% | 2,712 | 44.59% | 6,082 |
Columbia | 1,190 | 50.75% | 1,155 | 49.25% | 35 | 1.49% | 2,345 |
Cook | 1,935 | 82.90% | 399 | 17.10% | 1,536 | 65.81% | 2,334 |
Coweta | 3,855 | 76.88% | 1,159 | 23.12% | 2,696 | 53.77% | 5,014 |
Crawford | 797 | 79.70% | 203 | 20.30% | 594 | 59.40% | 1,000 |
Crisp | 2,365 | 71.06% | 963 | 28.94% | 1,402 | 42.13% | 3,328 |
Dade | 943 | 50.92% | 909 | 49.08% | 34 | 1.84% | 1,852 |
Dawson | 916 | 69.55% | 401 | 30.45% | 515 | 39.10% | 1,317 |
Decatur | 2,780 | 75.18% | 918 | 24.82% | 1,862 | 50.35% | 3,698 |
DeKalb | 24,116 | 50.07% | 24,046 | 49.93% | 70 | 0.15% | 48,162 |
Dodge | 3,630 | 76.20% | 1,134 | 23.80% | 2,496 | 52.39% | 4,764 |
Dooly | 1,733 | 88.74% | 220 | 11.26% | 1,513 | 77.47% | 1,953 |
Dougherty | 4,522 | 51.12% | 4,323 | 48.88% | 199 | 2.25% | 8,845 |
Douglas | 2,576 | 69.40% | 1,136 | 30.60% | 1,440 | 38.79% | 3,712 |
Early | 1,904 | 88.23% | 254 | 11.77% | 1,650 | 76.46% | 2,158 |
Echols | 257 | 70.41% | 108 | 29.59% | 149 | 40.82% | 365 |
Effingham | 880 | 49.86% | 885 | 50.14% | -5 | -0.28% | 1,765 |
Elbert | 3,672 | 85.77% | 609 | 14.23% | 3,063 | 71.55% | 4,281 |
Emanuel | 2,513 | 69.17% | 1,120 | 30.83% | 1,393 | 38.34% | 3,633 |
Evans | 1,069 | 65.34% | 567 | 34.66% | 502 | 30.68% | 1,636 |
Fannin | 1,579 | 34.32% | 3,022 | 65.68% | -1,443 | -31.36% | 4,601 |
Fayette | 1,198 | 76.94% | 359 | 23.06% | 839 | 53.89% | 1,557 |
Floyd | 7,350 | 54.61% | 6,108 | 45.39% | 1,242 | 9.23% | 13,458 |
Forsyth | 2,309 | 73.30% | 841 | 26.70% | 1,468 | 46.60% | 3,150 |
Franklin | 3,209 | 91.24% | 308 | 8.76% | 2,901 | 82.49% | 3,517 |
Fulton | 55,803 | 50.85% | 53,940 | 49.15% | 1,863 | 1.70% | 109,743 |
Gilmer | 1,472 | 44.31% | 1,850 | 55.69% | -378 | -11.38% | 3,322 |
Glascock | 299 | 62.42% | 180 | 37.58% | 119 | 24.84% | 479 |
Glynn | 3,584 | 55.05% | 2,926 | 44.95% | 658 | 10.11% | 6,510 |
Gordon | 2,153 | 65.22% | 1,148 | 34.78% | 1,005 | 30.45% | 3,301 |
Grady | 2,541 | 81.10% | 592 | 18.90% | 1,949 | 62.21% | 3,133 |
Greene | 1,979 | 85.78% | 328 | 14.22% | 1,651 | 71.56% | 2,307 |
Gwinnett | 6,479 | 73.50% | 2,336 | 26.50% | 4,143 | 47.00% | 8,815 |
Habersham | 2,530 | 73.87% | 895 | 26.13% | 1,635 | 47.74% | 3,425 |
Hall | 6,303 | 68.47% | 2,903 | 31.53% | 3,400 | 36.93% | 9,206 |
Hancock | 780 | 73.17% | 286 | 26.83% | 494 | 46.34% | 1,066 |
Haralson | 2,783 | 59.82% | 1,869 | 40.18% | 914 | 19.65% | 4,652 |
Harris | 1,362 | 64.95% | 735 | 35.05% | 627 | 29.90% | 2,097 |
Hart | 3,963 | 93.51% | 275 | 6.49% | 3,688 | 87.02% | 4,238 |
Heard | 1,224 | 87.12% | 181 | 12.88% | 1,043 | 74.23% | 1,405 |
Henry | 2,957 | 73.96% | 1,041 | 26.04% | 1,916 | 47.92% | 3,998 |
Houston | 4,033 | 69.65% | 1,757 | 30.35% | 2,276 | 39.31% | 5,790 |
Irwin | 1,625 | 82.20% | 352 | 17.80% | 1,273 | 64.39% | 1,977 |
Jackson | 3,653 | 88.56% | 472 | 11.44% | 3,181 | 77.12% | 4,125 |
Jasper | 949 | 77.79% | 271 | 22.21% | 678 | 55.57% | 1,220 |
Jeff Davis | 825 | 67.24% | 402 | 32.76% | 423 | 34.47% | 1,227 |
Jefferson | 1,270 | 56.29% | 986 | 43.71% | 284 | 12.59% | 2,256 |
Jenkins | 1,354 | 81.22% | 313 | 18.78% | 1,041 | 62.45% | 1,667 |
Johnson | 1,298 | 72.68% | 488 | 27.32% | 810 | 45.35% | 1,786 |
Jones | 1,415 | 74.32% | 489 | 25.68% | 926 | 48.63% | 1,904 |
Lamar | 1,363 | 74.00% | 479 | 26.00% | 884 | 47.99% | 1,842 |
Lanier | 1,049 | 84.12% | 198 | 15.88% | 851 | 68.24% | 1,247 |
Laurens | 4,648 | 71.16% | 1,884 | 28.84% | 2,764 | 42.31% | 6,532 |
Lee | 404 | 67.90% | 191 | 32.10% | 213 | 35.80% | 595 |
Liberty | 1,590 | 63.12% | 929 | 36.88% | 661 | 26.24% | 2,519 |
Lincoln | 669 | 77.25% | 197 | 22.75% | 472 | 54.50% | 866 |
Long | 278 | 23.64% | 898 | 76.36% | -620 | -52.72% | 1,176 |
Lowndes | 3,605 | 55.35% | 2,908 | 44.65% | 697 | 10.70% | 6,513 |
Lumpkin | 875 | 63.87% | 495 | 36.13% | 380 | 27.74% | 1,370 |
McDuffie | 1,079 | 50.94% | 1,039 | 49.06% | 40 | 1.89% | 2,118 |
McIntosh | 794 | 63.78% | 451 | 36.22% | 343 | 27.55% | 1,245 |
Macon | 1,488 | 77.26% | 438 | 22.74% | 1,050 | 54.52% | 1,926 |
Madison | 2,418 | 92.18% | 205 | 7.82% | 2,213 | 84.37% | 2,623 |
Marion | 645 | 80.73% | 154 | 19.27% | 491 | 61.45% | 799 |
Meriwether | 3,100 | 81.45% | 706 | 18.55% | 2,394 | 62.90% | 3,806 |
Miller | 1,116 | 94.74% | 62 | 5.26% | 1,054 | 89.47% | 1,178 |
Mitchell | 3,264 | 88.36% | 430 | 11.64% | 2,834 | 76.72% | 3,694 |
Monroe | 1,642 | 73.86% | 581 | 26.14% | 1,061 | 47.73% | 2,223 |
Montgomery | 1,451 | 79.20% | 381 | 20.80% | 1,070 | 58.41% | 1,832 |
Morgan | 1,488 | 79.96% | 373 | 20.04% | 1,115 | 59.91% | 1,861 |
Murray | 1,876 | 66.98% | 925 | 33.02% | 951 | 33.95% | 2,801 |
Muscogee | 8,553 | 47.17% | 9,578 | 52.83% | -1,025 | -5.65% | 18,131 |
Newton | 3,185 | 81.81% | 708 | 18.19% | 2,477 | 63.63% | 3,893 |
Oconee | 1,218 | 80.40% | 297 | 19.60% | 921 | 60.79% | 1,515 |
Oglethorpe | 1,406 | 90.83% | 142 | 9.17% | 1,264 | 81.65% | 1,548 |
Paulding | 2,396 | 74.69% | 812 | 25.31% | 1,584 | 49.38% | 3,208 |
Peach | 1,433 | 69.53% | 628 | 30.47% | 805 | 39.06% | 2,061 |
Pickens | 1,473 | 43.12% | 1,943 | 56.88% | -470 | -13.76% | 3,416 |
Pierce | 1,449 | 72.70% | 544 | 27.30% | 905 | 45.41% | 1,993 |
Pike | 1,028 | 80.12% | 255 | 19.88% | 773 | 60.25% | 1,283 |
Polk | 4,351 | 71.36% | 1,746 | 28.64% | 2,605 | 42.73% | 6,097 |
Pulaski | 1,156 | 77.58% | 334 | 22.42% | 822 | 55.17% | 1,490 |
Putnam | 1,104 | 78.35% | 305 | 21.65% | 799 | 56.71% | 1,409 |
Quitman | 388 | 85.27% | 67 | 14.73% | 321 | 70.55% | 455 |
Rabun | 1,552 | 76.98% | 464 | 23.02% | 1,088 | 53.97% | 2,016 |
Randolph | 1,436 | 75.86% | 457 | 24.14% | 979 | 51.72% | 1,893 |
Richmond | 9,868 | 45.17% | 11,978 | 54.83% | -2,110 | -9.66% | 21,846 |
Rockdale | 1,765 | 78.06% | 496 | 21.94% | 1,269 | 56.13% | 2,261 |
Schley | 467 | 77.19% | 138 | 22.81% | 329 | 54.38% | 605 |
Screven | 1,490 | 60.89% | 957 | 39.11% | 533 | 21.78% | 2,447 |
Seminole | 1,579 | 95.35% | 77 | 4.65% | 1,502 | 90.70% | 1,656 |
Spalding | 4,426 | 71.63% | 1,753 | 28.37% | 2,673 | 43.26% | 6,179 |
Stephens | 3,087 | 79.11% | 815 | 20.89% | 2,272 | 58.23% | 3,902 |
Stewart | 646 | 68.14% | 302 | 31.86% | 344 | 36.29% | 948 |
Sumter | 2,274 | 70.27% | 962 | 29.73% | 1,312 | 40.54% | 3,236 |
Talbot | 771 | 78.83% | 207 | 21.17% | 564 | 57.67% | 978 |
Taliaferro | 655 | 81.57% | 148 | 18.43% | 507 | 63.14% | 803 |
Tattnall | 1,908 | 68.71% | 869 | 31.29% | 1,039 | 37.41% | 2,777 |
Taylor | 1,201 | 76.69% | 365 | 23.31% | 836 | 53.38% | 1,566 |
Telfair | 2,922 | 78.70% | 791 | 21.30% | 2,131 | 57.39% | 3,713 |
Terrell | 1,352 | 82.59% | 285 | 17.41% | 1,067 | 65.18% | 1,637 |
Thomas | 3,226 | 58.54% | 2,285 | 41.46% | 941 | 17.07% | 5,511 |
Tift | 2,964 | 67.56% | 1,423 | 32.44% | 1,541 | 35.13% | 4,387 |
Toombs | 2,209 | 68.03% | 1,038 | 31.97% | 1,171 | 36.06% | 3,247 |
Towns | 1,052 | 45.27% | 1,272 | 54.73% | -220 | -9.47% | 2,324 |
Treutlen | 927 | 81.10% | 216 | 18.90% | 711 | 62.20% | 1,143 |
Troup | 5,745 | 67.17% | 2,808 | 32.83% | 2,937 | 34.34% | 8,553 |
Turner | 1,545 | 82.49% | 328 | 17.51% | 1,217 | 64.98% | 1,873 |
Twiggs | 845 | 76.26% | 263 | 23.74% | 582 | 52.53% | 1,108 |
Union | 1,185 | 43.53% | 1,537 | 56.47% | -352 | -12.93% | 2,722 |
Upson | 3,262 | 76.52% | 1,001 | 23.48% | 2,261 | 53.04% | 4,263 |
Walker | 4,566 | 53.14% | 4,027 | 46.86% | 539 | 6.27% | 8,593 |
Walton | 3,095 | 88.48% | 403 | 11.52% | 2,692 | 76.96% | 3,498 |
Ware | 5,099 | 69.53% | 2,235 | 30.47% | 2,864 | 39.05% | 7,334 |
Warren | 471 | 55.67% | 375 | 44.33% | 96 | 11.35% | 846 |
Washington | 2,004 | 67.70% | 956 | 32.30% | 1,048 | 35.41% | 2,960 |
Wayne | 2,862 | 67.40% | 1,384 | 32.60% | 1,478 | 34.81% | 4,246 |
Webster | 297 | 79.41% | 77 | 20.59% | 220 | 58.82% | 374 |
Wheeler | 970 | 81.10% | 226 | 18.90% | 744 | 62.21% | 1,196 |
White | 1,784 | 72.94% | 662 | 27.06% | 1,122 | 45.87% | 2,446 |
Whitfield | 3,604 | 46.49% | 4,148 | 53.51% | -544 | -7.02% | 7,752 |
Wilcox | 1,714 | 84.85% | 306 | 15.15% | 1,408 | 69.70% | 2,020 |
Wilkes | 1,786 | 81.89% | 395 | 18.11% | 1,391 | 63.78% | 2,181 |
Wilkinson | 1,324 | 67.72% | 631 | 32.28% | 693 | 35.45% | 1,955 |
Worth | 2,110 | 86.19% | 338 | 13.81% | 1,772 | 72.39% | 2,448 |
Totals | 458,638 | 62.54% | 274,472 | 37.43% | 184,166 | 25.11% | 733,349 |
Notes
- ^ These write-in votes were not separated by county and only given as a statewide total.
References
- ^ "United States Presidential election of 1960 – Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved June 7, 2017.
- ^ "1960 Election for the Forty-Fourth Term (1961-65)". Retrieved June 7, 2017.
- ^ "1960 Presidential General Election Results – Georgia". Retrieved June 7, 2017.
- ^ "The American Presidency Project – Election of 1960". Retrieved June 7, 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Georgia's Official Register, 1959-1960 (PDF). Atlanta, Georgia: Department of Archives and History. pp. 907–926.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Transcript of Record: Supreme Court of the United States - October Term, 1962 Nº112 - Gray v. Sanders. January 28, 2024. p. 179.
- ^ Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; pp. 111-113 ISBN 0405077114
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