1960 United States presidential election in Missouri
The 1960 United States presidential election in Missouri took place on November 8, 1960, as part of the 1960 United States presidential election. Missouri voters chose thirteen representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
In the nation's third-closest race, Missouri was won by Senator John F. Kennedy, running with Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, with 50.26% of the popular vote against incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon, running with United States Ambassador to the United Nations Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., with 49.74% of the popular vote., this is the last election in which Osage County voted for a Democratic Presidential candidate. Although Northern Democrat Barack Obama from neighboring Illinois came very close to carrying the state in 2008, losing it by less than a percentage point, this also remains the most recent election when a Northern Democrat carried Missouri. The only three subsequent Democratic presidential candidates to carry the state were all from the South.
A 101,000-vote margin in Kennedy's favor in St. Louis was nearly 10 times Kennedy's statewide margin.Results
Results by county
