1960 United States presidential election in Oklahoma

none June 2025 September 2023 1960 United States presidential election 1960 United States presidential election in Oklahoma Oklahoma 1941 presidential no 1956 United States presidential election in Oklahoma 1956 1964 United States presidential election in Oklahoma 1964 November 8, 1960https://www.britannica.com/event/United-States-presidential-election-of-1960 United States Presidential election of 1960 - Encyclopædia Britannica June 6, 2017 x200px Richard Nixon official portrait as Vice President (cropped).tiff Richard Nixon Republican Party (United States) California Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. 7A faithless elector cast their vote for Harry F. Byrd. 533,039 59.02% Jfk2 (3x4).jpg John F. Kennedy Democratic Party (United States) Massachusetts Lyndon B. Johnson 0 370,111 40.98% 350px 350px County results Nixon #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #d40000 70–80% #aa0000 80–90% Kennedy #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% President Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican Party (United States) John F. Kennedy Democratic Party (United States) The 1960 United States presidential election in Oklahoma took place on November 8, 1960, as part of the 1960 United States presidential election. Voters chose eighthttps://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/1960 1960 Electoral College Results November 5, 2019 April 8, 2020 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Oklahoma was won by incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon (R–California), running with United States Ambassador to the United Nations Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., with 59.02% of the popular vote, against Senator John F. Kennedy (D–Massachusetts), running with Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, with 40.98% of the popular vote. In the Electoral College, Nixon received seven of Oklahoma's eight electoral votes; the eighth was cast by a faithless elector for Harry F. Byrd of Virginia. The faithless elector was Henry D. Irwin (October 22, 1917 – September 3, 1988), a career U.S. Army officer and Republican political figure from Oklahoma. Irwin later admitted in a CBS interview that he "could not stomach" Nixon. After the November election, he sent telegrams to the other 219 Republican electors urging them to support a Byrd-Goldwater ticket as a conservative alternative to both Kennedy and Nixon, receiving about 40 replies but failing to convince any other elector to defect. Irwin was subsequently subpoenaed by a Senate committee to testify about his electoral vote after initially declining an invitation to appear voluntarily. Oklahoma Republican chair Henry Bellmon stated that Irwin had acted entirely on his own.Faithless Electors https://archive3.fairvote.org/reforms/national-popular-vote/the-electoral-college/problems-with-the-electoral-college/faithless-electors/ https://web.archive.org/web/20260527174325/https://archive3.fairvote.org/reforms/national-popular-vote/the-electoral-college/problems-with-the-electoral-college/faithless-electors/ 2026-05-27 2026-08-10 FairVote With 59.02% of the popular vote, Oklahoma would prove to be Nixon's third strongest state in 1960 after Nebraska and Kansas.https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/stats.php?year=1960&f=0&off=0&elect=0 1960 Presidential Election Statistics Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections 2018-03-05 This election marked the first time since statehood that a Democrat won the presidency without carrying Oklahoma. Oklahoma was one of six states that swung towards Republicans compared to 1956, alongside Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Tennessee.Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections; 1960 Presidential General Election Data -- National Results 1960 United States presidential election in OklahomaPartyCandidateRunning mateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Republican Richard Nixon Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. 533,039 59.02% 7 Democratic John F. Kennedy Lyndon B. Johnson 370,111 40.98% 0 Democratic Harry F. Byrd Barry Goldwater 0 0.00% 1 Totals 903,150 100.00% 8 Results by county CountyRichard NixonRepublicanJohn F. KennedyDemocraticMarginTotal votes cast # % # % # % Adair 3,655 65.76% 1,903 34.24% 1,752 31.52% 5,558 Alfalfa 3,332 75.74% 1,067 24.26% 2,265 51.48% 4,399 Atoka 1,892 51.82% 1,759 48.18% 133 3.64% 3,651 Beaver 2,442 73.36% 887 26.64% 1,555 46.72% 3,329 Beckham 4,258 61.01% 2,721 38.99% 1,537 22.02% 6,979 Blaine 3,646 67.88% 1,725 32.12% 1,921 35.76% 5,371 Bryan 3,845 46.48% 4,428 53.52% -583 -7.04% 8,273 Caddo 5,920 53.65% 5,115 46.35% 805 7.30% 11,035 Canadian 5,697 57.37% 4,234 42.63% 1,463 14.74% 9,931 Carter 6,288 42.69% 8,441 57.31% -2,153 -14.62% 14,729 Cherokee 3,571 57.06% 2,687 42.94% 884 14.12% 6,258 Choctaw 2,531 46.25% 2,941 53.75% -410 -7.50% 5,472 Cimarron 1,316 65.41% 696 34.59% 620 30.82% 2,012 Cleveland 9,292 59.23% 6,397 40.77% 2,895 18.46% 15,689 Coal 1,019 44.54% 1,269 55.46% -250 -10.92% 2,288 Comanche 10,691 52.79% 9,562 47.21% 1,129 5.58% 20,253 Cotton 1,619 49.77% 1,634 50.23% -15 -0.46% 3,253 Craig 3,770 57.45% 2,792 42.55% 978 14.90% 6,562 Creek 8,785 58.61% 6,205 41.39% 2,580 17.22% 14,990 Custer 5,050 64.80% 2,743 35.20% 2,307 29.60% 7,793 Delaware 3,639 61.46% 2,282 38.54% 1,357 22.92% 5,921 Dewey 2,115 66.16% 1,082 33.84% 1,033 32.32% 3,197 Ellis 2,085 74.62% 709 25.38% 1,376 49.24% 2,794 Garfield 14,860 69.30% 6,582 30.70% 8,278 38.60% 21,442 Garvin 5,125 51.66% 4,795 48.34% 330 3.32% 9,920 Grady 5,913 52.06% 5,446 47.94% 467 4.12% 11,359 Grant 2,810 61.99% 1,723 38.01% 1,087 23.98% 4,533 Greer 2,158 55.96% 1,698 44.04% 460 11.92% 3,856 Harmon 1,142 47.44% 1,265 52.56% -123 -5.12% 2,407 Harper 2,057 73.44% 744 26.56% 1,313 46.88% 2,801 Haskell 1,858 52.04% 1,712 47.96% 146 4.08% 3,570 Hughes 3,117 50.49% 3,057 49.51% 60 0.98% 6,174 Jackson 3,375 47.30% 3,761 52.70% -386 -5.40% 7,136 Jefferson 1,343 40.85% 1,945 59.15% -602 -18.30% 3,288 Johnston 1,441 44.16% 1,822 55.84% -381 -11.68% 3,263 Kay 15,156 64.76% 8,249 35.24% 6,907 29.52% 23,405 Kingfisher 3,501 65.78% 1,821 34.22% 1,680 31.56% 5,322 Kiowa 3,515 57.13% 2,638 42.87% 877 14.26% 6,153 Latimer 1,454 48.66% 1,534 51.34% -80 -2.68% 2,988 LeFlore 5,302 52.26% 4,844 47.74% 458 4.52% 10,146 Lincoln 5,528 62.94% 3,255 37.06% 2,273 25.88% 8,783 Logan 5,121 64.49% 2,820 35.51% 2,301 28.98% 7,941 Love 932 39.24% 1,443 60.76% -511 -21.52% 2,375 McClain 2,547 51.85% 2,365 48.15% 182 3.70% 4,912 McCurtain 3,562 45.88% 4,202 54.12% -640 -8.24% 7,764 McIntosh 2,221 50.41% 2,185 49.59% 36 0.82% 4,406 Major 2,892 80.16% 716 19.84% 2,176 60.32% 3,608 Marshall 1,325 42.50% 1,793 57.50% -468 -15.00% 3,118 Mayes 5,194 58.26% 3,721 41.74% 1,473 16.52% 8,915 Murray 1,993 48.35% 2,129 51.65% -136 -3.30% 4,122 Muskogee 12,403 52.81% 11,082 47.19% 1,321 5.62% 23,485 Noble 3,198 62.61% 1,910 37.39% 1,288 25.22% 5,108 Nowata 3,014 58.65% 2,125 41.35% 889 17.30% 5,139 Okfuskee 2,510 56.05% 1,968 43.95% 542 12.10% 4,478 Oklahoma 102,992 61.44% 64,648 38.56% 38,344 22.88% 167,640 Okmulgee 7,107 49.46% 7,262 50.54% -155 -1.08% 14,369 Osage 7,508 56.41% 5,801 43.59% 1,707 12.82% 13,309 Ottawa 6,520 53.33% 5,705 46.67% 815 6.66% 12,225 Pawnee 3,153 65.80% 1,639 34.20% 1,514 31.60% 4,792 Payne 9,943 63.59% 5,694 36.41% 4,249 27.18% 15,637 Pittsburg 5,834 44.39% 7,310 55.61% -1,476 -11.22% 13,144 Pontotoc 5,863 55.75% 4,654 44.25% 1,209 11.50% 10,517 Pottawatomie 9,421 53.87% 8,067 46.13% 1,354 7.74% 17,488 Pushmataha 1,728 51.46% 1,630 48.54% 98 2.92% 3,358 Roger Mills 1,463 64.39% 809 35.61% 654 28.78% 2,272 Rogers 5,412 63.08% 3,167 36.92% 2,245 26.16% 8,579 Seminole 5,505 56.40% 4,256 43.60% 1,249 12.80% 9,761 Sequoyah 3,862 56.76% 2,942 43.24% 920 13.52% 6,804 Stephens 8,084 53.95% 6,899 46.05% 1,185 7.90% 14,983 Texas 4,314 73.58% 1,549 26.42% 2,765 47.16% 5,863 Tillman 2,678 49.46% 2,736 50.54% -58 -1.08% 5,414 Tulsa 89,899 63.03% 52,725 36.97% 37,174 26.06% 142,624 Wagoner 3,570 56.87% 2,707 43.13% 863 13.74% 6,277 Washington 13,700 71.43% 5,479 28.57% 8,221 42.86% 19,179 Washita 3,209 57.07% 2,414 42.93% 795 14.14% 5,623 Woods 4,064 68.12% 1,902 31.88% 2,162 36.24% 5,966 Woodward 4,185 73.78% 1,487 26.22% 2,698 47.56% 5,672Totals533,03959.02%370,11140.98%162,92818.04%903,150 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican 20em Atoka Beckham Caddo Comanche Garvin Grady Greer Haskell Hughes Kiowa LeFlore McClain McIntosh Muskogee Okfuskee Pontotoc Pottawatomie Pushmataha Roger Mills Seminole Sequoyah Stephens Washita See also United States presidential elections in Oklahoma Notes References Oklahoma 1960 Category:1960 Oklahoma elections