1960 United States presidential election in Indiana

1960 United States presidential election in Indiana

November 8, 1960
Turnout73.9% 3.2 pp
 
Nominee Richard Nixon John F. Kennedy
Party Republican Democratic
Home state California Massachusetts
Running mate Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. Lyndon B. Johnson
Electoral vote 13 0
Popular vote 1,175,120 952,358
Percentage 55.0% 44.6%

County Results

President before election

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican

Elected President

John F. Kennedy
Democratic

A presidential election was held in Indiana on November 8, 1960, as part of the 1960 United States presidential election. The Republican ticket of the vice president of the United States Richard Nixon and the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. defeated the Democratic ticket of the junior U.S. senator from Massachusetts John F. Kennedy and the senior U.S. senator from Texas Lyndon B. Johnson. Kennedy defeated Nixon in the national election with 303 electoral votes.