Nixon 1960

Vice President Nixon and running mate Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. are elected in 1960 and narrowly defeat John F. Kennedy and running mate Lyndon B. Johnson.

July 11
Popular General Dwight D. Eisenhower receives the GOP's presidential nomination in the Election of 1952. Richard Nixon receives the party's Vice Presidential nomination.

July 26
Unpopular President Harry S Truman decides not to run for re election. Adlai Stevenson receives the Democratic nomination instead.

November 4
Eisenhower and Nixon are elected by a landslide.

January 20
Dwight D. Eisenhower is inaugurated as President. Richard Nixon is inaugurated as Vice President.

August 17
Adlai Stevenson who originally lost in 1952 ran again and seeks the nomination for a second time.

August 20-August 23
Incumbent President Eisenhower's popularity causes him to re seek the nomination unopposed.

November 6
Popular President Eisenhower and Vice President Nixon are re elected again by landslides.

January 20
Eisenhower is re inaugurated as President, Nixon re inaugurated as Vice President.

July 15
John F. Kennedy receives the Democratic nomination for president. He chooses Lyndon B. Johnson as his running mate.

July 28
Eisenhower is popular, but term limited. So Nixon receives the nomination for President and chooses Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. as his running mate.

November 8
The election is surprisingly narrow. Nixon gains popularity from being Eisenhower's Vice President, but JFK runs a slick campaign. Nixon is afraid he third party candidate, Byrd will take away votes from Nixon. When Byrd drops out of the race early, Nixon manages to win the election.

January 20
Nixon is inaugurated as President, Lodge is inaugurated as Vice President.

January 24
Kennedy meets with (later Governor and President) Ronald Reagan of California. He also meets with Republican legislative leaders, and receives a tour of the shelter areas of the White House from Naval Aide, Cmdr. Tazewell Shepard. He is presented plans for what would become the Food for Peace program and designates Reagan Director.

January 25
Nixon holds his first regular live televised press conference in the State Department Auditorium. He announces the release of two surviving USAF crewman by the Soviet Union after being captured when their RB-47 Stratojet was shot down on July 1, 1960.

January 30
Kennedy delivers his first State of the Union address.