Results of 1960 Presidential Election Primaries

Primary Date and Location

Republican Candidate

Number of Votes for Candidate and Percentage of All Votes

Democractic Candidate

Number of Votes for Candidate and Percentage of All Votes
March 8 - New Hampshire Richard M. Nixon (N.Y.)  65204 (89.3%) John F. Kennedy (Mass.) 43372 (85.3%)
  Nelson A. Rockefeller (N.Y.)* 2745 (3.8%) Others 7527 (14.8%)
  John F. Kennedy (Mass.)* 2196 (3.0%)    
  Others* 2886 (4.0%)    
April 5 - Wisconsin Nixon 339383 (100.0%) Kennedy 476024 (56.5%)
      Hubert H. Humphrey (Minn.) 366753 (43.5%)
April 12 - Illinois Nixon 782849 (99.9%) Kennedy* 34332 (64.6%)
  Others* 442 (.1%) Adlai E. Stevenson (Ill.)* 8029 (15.1%)
      Stuart Symington (Mo.)* 5744 (10.8%)
      Humphrey* 4283 (8.1%)
      Lyndon B. Johnson (Texas)* 442 (.8%)
      Others* 337 (.6%)
April 19 - New Jersey Unpledged delegates at large 304766 (100.0%) Unpledged delegates at large 217608 (100.0%)
April 26 - Massachusetts Nixon* 53164 (86.0%) Kennedy* 91607 (92.4%)
  Rockefeller* 4068 (6.6%) Stevenson* 4684 (4.7%)
  Kennedy* 2989 (4.8%) Humphrey* 794 (.8%)
  Henry Cabot Lodge (Mass.)* 373 (.6%) Richard M. Nixon (Calif.)* 646 (.7%)
  Adlai E. Stevenson (Ill.)* 266 (.4%) Symington* 443 (.4%)
  Barry Goldwater (Ariz.)* 221 (.4%) Johnson* 268 (.3%)
  Dwight D. Eisenhower (Pa.)* 172 (.3%) Others* 721 (.7%)
  Others* 592 (1.0%)    
April 26 - Pennsylvania Nixon 968538 (98.1%) Kennedy* 183073 (71.3%)
  Rockefeller* 12491 (1.3%) Stevenson* 29660 (11.5%)
  Kennedy* 3886 (.4%) Nixon* 15136 (5.9%)
  Stevenson* 428  Humphrey* 13860 (5.4%)
  Goldwater* 286 Symington* 6791 (2.6%)
  Others* 1202 (.1%) Johnson* 2918 (1.1%)
      Rockefeller* 1078 (.4%)
      Others* 4297 (1.7%)
May 3 - District of Columbia Unpledged Delegates 9468 (100.0%) Humphrey 8239 (57.4%)
      Wayne L. Morse (Ore.) 6127 (42.6%)
May 3 - Indiana Nixon 408408 (95.4%) Kennedy 353832 (81.0%)
  Others 19677 (4.6%) Others 82937 (19.0%)
May 3 - Ohio Nixon 504072 (100.0%) Michael V. DiSalle (Ohio) 315312 (100.0%)
May 10 - Nebraska Nixon* 74356 (93.8%) Kennedy 80408 (88.7%)
  Rockefeller* 2028 (2.6%) Symington* 4083 (4.5%)
  Goldwater* 1068 (1.3%) Humphrey* 3202 (3.5%)
  Others* 1805 (2.3%) Stevenson* 1368 (1.5%)
      Johnson* 962 (1.1%)
      Others* 669 (.7%)
May 10 - West Virginia Unpledged delegates at large 123756 (100.0%) Kennedy 236510 (60.8%)
      Humphrey 152187 (39.2%)
May 17- Maryland     Kennedy 201769 (70.3%)
      Morse 49420 (17.2%)
      Unpledged delegates 24350 (8.5%)
      Others 11417 (4.0%)
May 20 - Oregon Nixon 211276 (93.1%) Kennedy 146332 (51.0%)
  Rockefeller* 9307 (4.1%) Morse 91715 (31.9%)
  Kennedy* 2864 (1.3%) Humphrey 16319 (5.7%)
  Goldwater* 1571 (.7%) Symington 12496 (4.4%)
  Others* 2015 (.9%) Johnson 11101 (3.9%)
      Stevenson* 7924 (2.8%)
      Others* 1210 (.4%)
May 24 - Florida Nixon 51036 (100.0%) George A. Smathers (Fla.) 322235 (100.0%)
June 7 - California Nixon 1517652 (100.0%) Edmund G. Brown (Calif.) 1354031 (67.7%)
      George H. McLain (Calif.) 646387 (32.3%)
June 7 - South Dakota Unpledged delegates 48461 (100.0%) Humphrey 24773 (100.0%)

*Write-In

TOTALS - Republican Primary

Nixon 4975938 (89.9%)
Unpledged Delegates 486451 (8.8%)
Rockefeller 30639 (.6%)
Kennedy 11935 (.2%)
Goldwater 3146 (.1%)
Stevenson 694 
Lodge 373
Eisenhower 172
Others 28619 (.5%)
Total 5537967

TOTALS - Democratic Primary

Kennedy 1847259 (32.5%)
Brown 1354031 (23.8%)
McLain 646387 (11.4%)
Humphrey 590410 (10.4%)
Smathers 322235 (5.7%)
DiSalle 315312 (5.5%)
Unpledged Delegates 241958 (4.3%)
Morse 147262 (2.6%)
Stevenson 51665 (.9%)
Symington 29557 (.5%)
Nixon 15782 (.3%)
Johnson 15691 (.3%)
Others 109115 (1.9%)
Total 5686664