Race

1960 election

By brooklyn23
  • Period: to

    1960 election

  • enters presidental race

    enters presidental race
    John F Kennedy officially enters the 1960 race for president.

  • campaigning

    campaigning
    Senator John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts stops in a diner in Nashua, New Hampshire, during the New Hampshire Primary Campaign. Photograph in the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston.

  • National convention

    National convention
    John F. Kennedy wins the democratic nomination for president.

  • Debate with Richard Nixon

    Debate with Richard Nixon
    70 million viewers watched the debate of the presidental candidates on t.v.

  • Won election

    Won election
    Kennedy won by a slim margin of 100,000 votes.

  • Oath of office

    Oath of office
    Kennedys most famous speech " Ask Not what your country can do for you what can you do for your country".