1960 Republican National Convention

Political convention of the Republican Party February 2026 May 2015 1960 Republican RP1960.png 125 RV1960.png 125 Nominees Nixon and Lodge July 25–28, 1960 International Amphitheatre Chicago Richard M. Nixon California Henry C. Lodge Jr. Massachusetts 1956 1964 thumb|thumbtime=1|Highlights of 1960 Republican convention thumb|Entrance ticket, featuring an illustration of term-limited incumbent Republican president Dwight D. Eisenhower thumb|Backside of an entrance ticket, featuring an illustration of the International Amphitheatre (the main venue of the convention) The 1960 Republican National Convention was held in Chicago, Illinois, from July 25 to July 28, 1960, at the International Amphitheatre. It was the 14th and most recent time overall that Chicago hosted the Republican National Convention, more times than any other city. The convention nominated then Vice President of the United States Richard Nixon for President of the United States and former Senator Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. of Massachusetts for vice president. Presidential nomination Presidential candidates By the time the Republican convention opened, Nixon had no opponents for the nomination. The highlight of the convention was the speech by U.S. Senator Barry Goldwater of Arizona removing himself from the race, in which he called on conservatives to "take back" the party. Nixon won easily, earning 1,321 votes to 10 for Goldwater.http://www.chicagohs.org/history/politics/1960.html History Files - Parades, Protests and Politics 2009-03-29 https://web.archive.org/web/20080719231915/http://www.chicagohs.org/history/politics/1960.html 2008-07-19 dead At the convention, Nixon promised that he would visit every state during his campaign.Richard Nixon: Address Accepting the Presidential Nomination at the Republican National Convention in Chicago http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=25974 www.presidency.ucsb.edu Presidential BallotingCandidate1stNixon1,321Goldwater10 Presidential Balloting / 3rd Day of Convention (July 27, 1960) Vice Presidential nomination 1960 Republican Party vice presidential candidate selection Vice Presidential candidates After winning the presidential nomination, Nixon considered several candidates for the vice presidential nomination. Incumbent President Dwight D. Eisenhower strongly supported Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., the United States Ambassador to the United Nations.Donaldson Gary The First Modern Campaign: Kennedy, Nixon, and the Election of 1960 2007 Rowman & Littlefield 90–91 9780742548008 https://books.google.com/books?id=pxolK9z1zh0C&q=nixon+lodge+1960 6 October 2015 Though Lodge was not viewed by Republicans as a charismatic speaker, his foreign policy experience as well as his longtime Republican Party ties as a descendant of the Lodge family made him an appealing candidate. Lodge was unpopular with the conservative wing of the party, who regarded him as a Northeastern moderate. As a result of the conservatives' coolness toward Lodge, Nixon strongly considered conservative Minnesota Representative Walter Judd and U.S. Senator Thruston Morton of Kentucky, an establishment Republican who was more moderate than Judd but had a high profile as chairman of the Republican National Committee.Pietrusza David 1960: LBJ Vs. JFK Vs. Nixon : the Epic Campaign that Forged Three Presidencies 2008 Sterling Publishing Company 225–230 9781402761140 https://books.google.com/books?id=Gq4c9XDOSxQC&q=nixon+lodge+1960 6 October 2015 Other candidates Nixon may have considered include: Barry M. Goldwater, U.S. Senator from Arizona (Would be nominated for president in 1964) Charles A. Halleck, U.S. House Minority Leader from Indiana Neil H. McElroy, former Secretary of Defense from Ohio Charles H. Percy, businessman from Illinois William P. Rogers, U.S. Attorney General from Maryland After deciding on Lodge, Nixon participated in a closed session with party leaders, who concurred with his preference. After the session, Nixon announced his choice publicly, and the convention ratified it. Vice Presidential BallotingCandidate1stLodge1,330Not Voting1 Vice Presidential Balloting / 4th Day of Convention (July 28, 1960) General election The Nixon-Lodge ticket lost the 1960 election to the Democratic ticket of John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. See also 1960 Democratic National Convention 1960 United States presidential election History of the United States Republican Party List of Republican National Conventions United States presidential nominating convention Richard Nixon 1960 presidential campaign 1960 Republican Party presidential primaries References External links Republican Party platform of 1960 at The American Presidency Project Nixon nomination acceptance speech for President at RNC (transcript) at The American Presidency Project Universal newsreel footage of the convention Video of Nixon nomination acceptance speech for President at RNC from C-SPAN (via YouTube) Audio of Nixon nomination acceptance speech for President at RNCFebruary 2021 InternetArchiveBot yes Video of Lodge nomination acceptance speech for Vice President at RNC from C-SPAN (via YouTube) 1956San Francisco, California Republican National Conventions 1964Daly City, California Category:Republican National Conventions Republican Category:United States presidential nominating conventions in Chicago Category:1960 Illinois elections Category:Articles containing video clips Category:July 1960 in the United States Category:1960 in Chicago Category:Richard Nixon Category:Barry Goldwater Category:Events at International Amphitheatre