The 1960 United States presidential election in Georgia took place on November 8, 1960, as part of the 1960 United States presidential election. Georgia voters chose 12[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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County Results
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Georgia was won by Senator John F. Kennedy (D–Massachusetts), running with Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, with 62.54% of the popular vote against incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon (R–California), running with United States Ambassador to the United Nations Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., with 37.43% of the popular vote.[3][4] This is the first election where any Georgia county cast more than one hundred thousand votes, namely Fulton. Following this election Georgia would transfer from being a Deep South Democratic state, to a Sun Belt Republican state, and the state has only voted Democratic four times since. This was due to The Civil Rights Act, and the growth of Atlanta suburban counties such as Gwinnett and Cobb, which would not support the Democratic nominee again until 2020, with the exception of Jimmy Carter in 1976.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | John F. Kennedy | 458,638 | 62.54% | |
Republican | Richard Nixon | 274,472 | 37.43% | |
Write-ins | — | 239[a] | 0.03% | |
Total votes | 733,349 | 100% |
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Ernest Vandiver | Democratic Party | 458,638 | 31.38 | |
Peter Zack Geer | Democratic Party | 455,202 | 31.14 | |
Robert R. Snodgrass | Republican Party | 274,472 | 18.78 | |
William B. Shartzer | Republican Party | 273,346 | 18.70 | |
Total | 1,461,658 | 100.00 | ||
Source: [5][6] |
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
James L. Gillis | Democratic Party | 455,720 | 62.53 | |
James L. Sundy | Republican Party | 273,080 | 37.47 | |
Total | 728,800 | 100.00 | ||
Source: [5][6] |
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
James H. Gray | Democratic Party | 455,576 | 62.53 | |
Russell E. Kaliher | Republican Party | 272,992 | 37.47 | |
Total | 728,568 | 100.00 | ||
Source: [5][6] |
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Lamar Sizemore | Democratic Party | 455,378 | 62.53 | |
James M. Brophy | Republican Party | 272,907 | 37.47 | |
Total | 728,285 | 100.00 | ||
Source: [5][6] |
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
David Arnold | Democratic Party | 455,484 | 62.53 | |
Paul Cobb | Republican Party | 272,962 | 37.47 | |
Total | 728,446 | 100.00 | ||
Source: [5][6] |
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Ivy Duggan | Democratic Party | 455,251 | 62.52 | |
Charles A. Moye Jr. | Republican Party | 272,885 | 37.48 | |
Total | 728,136 | 100.00 | ||
Source: [5][6] |
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Tom Carr | Democratic Party | 455,099 | 62.51 | |
J. Marvin Elliott | Republican Party | 272,968 | 37.49 | |
Total | 728,067 | 100.00 | ||
Source: [5][6] |
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
J. Battle Hall | Democratic Party | 455,191 | 62.52 | |
C. Eugene Hughes | Republican Party | 272,901 | 37.48 | |
Total | 728,092 | 100.00 | ||
Source: [5][6] |
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Robert E. Lee | Democratic Party | 455,241 | 62.51 | |
James M. Kent | Republican Party | 273,041 | 37.49 | |
Total | 728,282 | 100.00 | ||
Source: [5][6] |
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Glenn W. Ellard | Democratic Party | 455,255 | 62.52 | |
Cecil G. Hartness | Republican Party | 272,902 | 37.48 | |
Total | 728,157 | 100.00 | ||
Source: [5][6] |
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Charlie Baldwin | Democratic Party | 455,510 | 62.54 | |
Eugene T. Gilbert | Republican Party | 272,859 | 37.46 | |
Total | 728,369 | 100.00 | ||
Source: [5][6] |
County | John Fitzgerald Kennedy Democratic |
Richard Milhous Nixon Republican |
Margin | Total votes cast[7] | |||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Appling | 1,973 | 73.35% | 717 | 26.65% | 1,256 | 46.69% | 2,690 |
Atkinson | 1,298 | 84.45% | 239 | 15.55% | 1,059 | 68.90% | 1,537 |
Bacon | 1,168 | 66.86% | 579 | 33.14% | 589 | 33.71% | 1,747 |
Baker | 720 | 91.60% | 66 | 8.40% | 654 | 83.21% | 786 |
Baldwin | 2,262 | 64.15% | 1,264 | 35.85% | 998 | 28.30% | 3,526 |
Banks | 1,170 | 84.11% | 221 | 15.89% | 949 | 68.22% | 1,391 |
Barrow | 2,759 | 82.70% | 577 | 17.30% | 2,182 | 65.41% | 3,336 |
Bartow | 3,545 | 73.29% | 1,292 | 26.71% | 2,253 | 46.58% | 4,837 |
Ben Hill | 1,881 | 77.12% | 558 | 22.88% | 1,323 | 54.24% | 2,439 |
Berrien | 2,787 | 88.34% | 368 | 11.66% | 2,419 | 76.67% | 3,155 |
Bibb | 14,387 | 57.76% | 10,523 | 42.24% | 3,864 | 15.51% | 24,910 |
Bleckley | 1,751 | 73.45% | 633 | 26.55% | 1,118 | 46.90% | 2,384 |
Brantley | 1,333 | 79.49% | 344 | 20.51% | 989 | 58.97% | 1,677 |
Brooks | 1,500 | 66.23% | 765 | 33.77% | 735 | 32.45% | 2,265 |
Bryan | 1,323 | 75.56% | 428 | 24.44% | 895 | 51.11% | 1,751 |
Bulloch | 3,373 | 69.13% | 1,506 | 30.87% | 1,867 | 38.27% | 4,879 |
Burke | 1,162 | 53.08% | 1,027 | 46.92% | 135 | 6.17% | 2,189 |
Butts | 1,673 | 81.41% | 382 | 18.59% | 1,291 | 62.82% | 2,055 |
Calhoun | 803 | 85.97% | 131 | 14.03% | 672 | 71.95% | 934 |
Camden | 1,321 | 58.17% | 950 | 41.83% | 371 | 16.34% | 2,271 |
Candler | 943 | 68.53% | 433 | 31.47% | 510 | 37.06% | 1,376 |
Carroll | 4,698 | 73.10% | 1,729 | 26.90% | 2,969 | 46.20% | 6,427 |
Catoosa | 2,114 | 50.48% | 2,074 | 49.52% | 40 | 0.96% | 4,188 |
Charlton | 733 | 71.72% | 289 | 28.28% | 444 | 43.44% | 1,022 |
Chatham | 16,240 | 47.52% | 17,935 | 52.48% | -1,695 | -4.96% | 34,175 |
Chattahoochee | 190 | 74.22% | 66 | 25.78% | 124 | 48.44% | 256 |
Chattooga | 3,686 | 69.78% | 1,596 | 30.22% | 2,090 | 39.57% | 5,282 |
Cherokee | 3,077 | 56.79% | 2,341 | 43.21% | 736 | 13.58% | 5,418 |
Clarke | 4,812 | 68.14% | 2,250 | 31.86% | 2,562 | 36.28% | 7,062 |
Clay | 528 | 86.27% | 84 | 13.73% | 444 | 72.55% | 612 |
Clayton | 5,892 | 66.61% | 2,953 | 33.39% | 2,939 | 33.23% | 8,845 |
Clinch | 898 | 69.34% | 397 | 30.66% | 501 | 38.69% | 1,295 |
Cobb | 12,906 | 61.03% | 8,240 | 38.97% | 4,666 | 22.07% | 21,146 |
Coffee | 3,376 | 77.38% | 987 | 22.62% | 2,389 | 54.76% | 4,363 |
Colquitt | 4,397 | 72.30% | 1,685 | 27.70% | 2,712 | 44.59% | 6,082 |
Columbia | 1,190 | 50.75% | 1,155 | 49.25% | 35 | 1.49% | 2,345 |
Cook | 1,935 | 82.90% | 399 | 17.10% | 1,536 | 65.81% | 2,334 |
Coweta | 3,855 | 76.88% | 1,159 | 23.12% | 2,696 | 53.77% | 5,014 |
Crawford | 797 | 79.70% | 203 | 20.30% | 594 | 59.40% | 1,000 |
Crisp | 2,365 | 71.06% | 963 | 28.94% | 1,402 | 42.13% | 3,328 |
Dade | 943 | 50.92% | 909 | 49.08% | 34 | 1.84% | 1,852 |
Dawson | 916 | 69.55% | 401 | 30.45% | 515 | 39.10% | 1,317 |
Decatur | 2,780 | 75.18% | 918 | 24.82% | 1,862 | 50.35% | 3,698 |
DeKalb | 24,116 | 50.07% | 24,046 | 49.93% | 70 | 0.15% | 48,162 |
Dodge | 3,630 | 76.20% | 1,134 | 23.80% | 2,496 | 52.39% | 4,764 |
Dooly | 1,733 | 88.74% | 220 | 11.26% | 1,513 | 77.47% | 1,953 |
Dougherty | 4,522 | 51.12% | 4,323 | 48.88% | 199 | 2.25% | 8,845 |
Douglas | 2,576 | 69.40% | 1,136 | 30.60% | 1,440 | 38.79% | 3,712 |
Early | 1,904 | 88.23% | 254 | 11.77% | 1,650 | 76.46% | 2,158 |
Echols | 257 | 70.41% | 108 | 29.59% | 149 | 40.82% | 365 |
Effingham | 880 | 49.86% | 885 | 50.14% | -5 | -0.28% | 1,765 |
Elbert | 3,672 | 85.77% | 609 | 14.23% | 3,063 | 71.55% | 4,281 |
Emanuel | 2,513 | 69.17% | 1,120 | 30.83% | 1,393 | 38.34% | 3,633 |
Evans | 1,069 | 65.34% | 567 | 34.66% | 502 | 30.68% | 1,636 |
Fannin | 1,579 | 34.32% | 3,022 | 65.68% | -1,443 | -31.36% | 4,601 |
Fayette | 1,198 | 76.94% | 359 | 23.06% | 839 | 53.89% | 1,557 |
Floyd | 7,350 | 54.61% | 6,108 | 45.39% | 1,242 | 9.23% | 13,458 |
Forsyth | 2,309 | 73.30% | 841 | 26.70% | 1,468 | 46.60% | 3,150 |
Franklin | 3,209 | 91.24% | 308 | 8.76% | 2,901 | 82.49% | 3,517 |
Fulton | 55,803 | 50.85% | 53,940 | 49.15% | 1,863 | 1.70% | 109,743 |
Gilmer | 1,472 | 44.31% | 1,850 | 55.69% | -378 | -11.38% | 3,322 |
Glascock | 299 | 62.42% | 180 | 37.58% | 119 | 24.84% | 479 |
Glynn | 3,584 | 55.05% | 2,926 | 44.95% | 658 | 10.11% | 6,510 |
Gordon | 2,153 | 65.22% | 1,148 | 34.78% | 1,005 | 30.45% | 3,301 |
Grady | 2,541 | 81.10% | 592 | 18.90% | 1,949 | 62.21% | 3,133 |
Greene | 1,979 | 85.78% | 328 | 14.22% | 1,651 | 71.56% | 2,307 |
Gwinnett | 6,479 | 73.50% | 2,336 | 26.50% | 4,143 | 47.00% | 8,815 |
Habersham | 2,530 | 73.87% | 895 | 26.13% | 1,635 | 47.74% | 3,425 |
Hall | 6,303 | 68.47% | 2,903 | 31.53% | 3,400 | 36.93% | 9,206 |
Hancock | 780 | 73.17% | 286 | 26.83% | 494 | 46.34% | 1,066 |
Haralson | 2,783 | 59.82% | 1,869 | 40.18% | 914 | 19.65% | 4,652 |
Harris | 1,362 | 64.95% | 735 | 35.05% | 627 | 29.90% | 2,097 |
Hart | 3,963 | 93.51% | 275 | 6.49% | 3,688 | 87.02% | 4,238 |
Heard | 1,224 | 87.12% | 181 | 12.88% | 1,043 | 74.23% | 1,405 |
Henry | 2,957 | 73.96% | 1,041 | 26.04% | 1,916 | 47.92% | 3,998 |
Houston | 4,033 | 69.65% | 1,757 | 30.35% | 2,276 | 39.31% | 5,790 |
Irwin | 1,625 | 82.20% | 352 | 17.80% | 1,273 | 64.39% | 1,977 |
Jackson | 3,653 | 88.56% | 472 | 11.44% | 3,181 | 77.12% | 4,125 |
Jasper | 949 | 77.79% | 271 | 22.21% | 678 | 55.57% | 1,220 |
Jeff Davis | 825 | 67.24% | 402 | 32.76% | 423 | 34.47% | 1,227 |
Jefferson | 1,270 | 56.29% | 986 | 43.71% | 284 | 12.59% | 2,256 |
Jenkins | 1,354 | 81.22% | 313 | 18.78% | 1,041 | 62.45% | 1,667 |
Johnson | 1,298 | 72.68% | 488 | 27.32% | 810 | 45.35% | 1,786 |
Jones | 1,415 | 74.32% | 489 | 25.68% | 926 | 48.63% | 1,904 |
Lamar | 1,363 | 74.00% | 479 | 26.00% | 884 | 47.99% | 1,842 |
Lanier | 1,049 | 84.12% | 198 | 15.88% | 851 | 68.24% | 1,247 |
Laurens | 4,648 | 71.16% | 1,884 | 28.84% | 2,764 | 42.31% | 6,532 |
Lee | 404 | 67.90% | 191 | 32.10% | 213 | 35.80% | 595 |
Liberty | 1,590 | 63.12% | 929 | 36.88% | 661 | 26.24% | 2,519 |
Lincoln | 669 | 77.25% | 197 | 22.75% | 472 | 54.50% | 866 |
Long | 278 | 23.64% | 898 | 76.36% | -620 | -52.72% | 1,176 |
Lowndes | 3,605 | 55.35% | 2,908 | 44.65% | 697 | 10.70% | 6,513 |
Lumpkin | 875 | 63.87% | 495 | 36.13% | 380 | 27.74% | 1,370 |
McDuffie | 1,079 | 50.94% | 1,039 | 49.06% | 40 | 1.89% | 2,118 |
McIntosh | 794 | 63.78% | 451 | 36.22% | 343 | 27.55% | 1,245 |
Macon | 1,488 | 77.26% | 438 | 22.74% | 1,050 | 54.52% | 1,926 |
Madison | 2,418 | 92.18% | 205 | 7.82% | 2,213 | 84.37% | 2,623 |
Marion | 645 | 80.73% | 154 | 19.27% | 491 | 61.45% | 799 |
Meriwether | 3,100 | 81.45% | 706 | 18.55% | 2,394 | 62.90% | 3,806 |
Miller | 1,116 | 94.74% | 62 | 5.26% | 1,054 | 89.47% | 1,178 |
Mitchell | 3,264 | 88.36% | 430 | 11.64% | 2,834 | 76.72% | 3,694 |
Monroe | 1,642 | 73.86% | 581 | 26.14% | 1,061 | 47.73% | 2,223 |
Montgomery | 1,451 | 79.20% | 381 | 20.80% | 1,070 | 58.41% | 1,832 |
Morgan | 1,488 | 79.96% | 373 | 20.04% | 1,115 | 59.91% | 1,861 |
Murray | 1,876 | 66.98% | 925 | 33.02% | 951 | 33.95% | 2,801 |
Muscogee | 8,553 | 47.17% | 9,578 | 52.83% | -1,025 | -5.65% | 18,131 |
Newton | 3,185 | 81.81% | 708 | 18.19% | 2,477 | 63.63% | 3,893 |
Oconee | 1,218 | 80.40% | 297 | 19.60% | 921 | 60.79% | 1,515 |
Oglethorpe | 1,406 | 90.83% | 142 | 9.17% | 1,264 | 81.65% | 1,548 |
Paulding | 2,396 | 74.69% | 812 | 25.31% | 1,584 | 49.38% | 3,208 |
Peach | 1,433 | 69.53% | 628 | 30.47% | 805 | 39.06% | 2,061 |
Pickens | 1,473 | 43.12% | 1,943 | 56.88% | -470 | -13.76% | 3,416 |
Pierce | 1,449 | 72.70% | 544 | 27.30% | 905 | 45.41% | 1,993 |
Pike | 1,028 | 80.12% | 255 | 19.88% | 773 | 60.25% | 1,283 |
Polk | 4,351 | 71.36% | 1,746 | 28.64% | 2,605 | 42.73% | 6,097 |
Pulaski | 1,156 | 77.58% | 334 | 22.42% | 822 | 55.17% | 1,490 |
Putnam | 1,104 | 78.35% | 305 | 21.65% | 799 | 56.71% | 1,409 |
Quitman | 388 | 85.27% | 67 | 14.73% | 321 | 70.55% | 455 |
Rabun | 1,552 | 76.98% | 464 | 23.02% | 1,088 | 53.97% | 2,016 |
Randolph | 1,436 | 75.86% | 457 | 24.14% | 979 | 51.72% | 1,893 |
Richmond | 9,868 | 45.17% | 11,978 | 54.83% | -2,110 | -9.66% | 21,846 |
Rockdale | 1,765 | 78.06% | 496 | 21.94% | 1,269 | 56.13% | 2,261 |
Schley | 467 | 77.19% | 138 | 22.81% | 329 | 54.38% | 605 |
Screven | 1,490 | 60.89% | 957 | 39.11% | 533 | 21.78% | 2,447 |
Seminole | 1,579 | 95.35% | 77 | 4.65% | 1,502 | 90.70% | 1,656 |
Spalding | 4,426 | 71.63% | 1,753 | 28.37% | 2,673 | 43.26% | 6,179 |
Stephens | 3,087 | 79.11% | 815 | 20.89% | 2,272 | 58.23% | 3,902 |
Stewart | 646 | 68.14% | 302 | 31.86% | 344 | 36.29% | 948 |
Sumter | 2,274 | 70.27% | 962 | 29.73% | 1,312 | 40.54% | 3,236 |
Talbot | 771 | 78.83% | 207 | 21.17% | 564 | 57.67% | 978 |
Taliaferro | 655 | 81.57% | 148 | 18.43% | 507 | 63.14% | 803 |
Tattnall | 1,908 | 68.71% | 869 | 31.29% | 1,039 | 37.41% | 2,777 |
Taylor | 1,201 | 76.69% | 365 | 23.31% | 836 | 53.38% | 1,566 |
Telfair | 2,922 | 78.70% | 791 | 21.30% | 2,131 | 57.39% | 3,713 |
Terrell | 1,352 | 82.59% | 285 | 17.41% | 1,067 | 65.18% | 1,637 |
Thomas | 3,226 | 58.54% | 2,285 | 41.46% | 941 | 17.07% | 5,511 |
Tift | 2,964 | 67.56% | 1,423 | 32.44% | 1,541 | 35.13% | 4,387 |
Toombs | 2,209 | 68.03% | 1,038 | 31.97% | 1,171 | 36.06% | 3,247 |
Towns | 1,052 | 45.27% | 1,272 | 54.73% | -220 | -9.47% | 2,324 |
Treutlen | 927 | 81.10% | 216 | 18.90% | 711 | 62.20% | 1,143 |
Troup | 5,745 | 67.17% | 2,808 | 32.83% | 2,937 | 34.34% | 8,553 |
Turner | 1,545 | 82.49% | 328 | 17.51% | 1,217 | 64.98% | 1,873 |
Twiggs | 845 | 76.26% | 263 | 23.74% | 582 | 52.53% | 1,108 |
Union | 1,185 | 43.53% | 1,537 | 56.47% | -352 | -12.93% | 2,722 |
Upson | 3,262 | 76.52% | 1,001 | 23.48% | 2,261 | 53.04% | 4,263 |
Walker | 4,566 | 53.14% | 4,027 | 46.86% | 539 | 6.27% | 8,593 |
Walton | 3,095 | 88.48% | 403 | 11.52% | 2,692 | 76.96% | 3,498 |
Ware | 5,099 | 69.53% | 2,235 | 30.47% | 2,864 | 39.05% | 7,334 |
Warren | 471 | 55.67% | 375 | 44.33% | 96 | 11.35% | 846 |
Washington | 2,004 | 67.70% | 956 | 32.30% | 1,048 | 35.41% | 2,960 |
Wayne | 2,862 | 67.40% | 1,384 | 32.60% | 1,478 | 34.81% | 4,246 |
Webster | 297 | 79.41% | 77 | 20.59% | 220 | 58.82% | 374 |
Wheeler | 970 | 81.10% | 226 | 18.90% | 744 | 62.21% | 1,196 |
White | 1,784 | 72.94% | 662 | 27.06% | 1,122 | 45.87% | 2,446 |
Whitfield | 3,604 | 46.49% | 4,148 | 53.51% | -544 | -7.02% | 7,752 |
Wilcox | 1,714 | 84.85% | 306 | 15.15% | 1,408 | 69.70% | 2,020 |
Wilkes | 1,786 | 81.89% | 395 | 18.11% | 1,391 | 63.78% | 2,181 |
Wilkinson | 1,324 | 67.72% | 631 | 32.28% | 693 | 35.45% | 1,955 |
Worth | 2,110 | 86.19% | 338 | 13.81% | 1,772 | 72.39% | 2,448 |
Totals | 458,638 | 62.54% | 274,472 | 37.43% | 184,166 | 25.11% | 733,349 |