United States presidential election, 1960 (The Nixon Era)

The United States presidential election of 1960 was the 44th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 8, 1960. The Republican Party nominated incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon, while the Democratic Party nominated John F. Kennedy, U.S. Senator from Massachusetts. The incumbent President, Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower, was not eligible for re-election after being elected the maximum two times allowed by the Twenty-Second Amendment. He was the first President affected by that amendment. This was the first presidential election in which voters in Alaska and Hawaii were able to particpate, as both had become states in 1959.