1960 Republican National Convention

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Highlights of 1960 Republican convention

The 1960 National Convention of the Republican Party of the United States was held in Chicago, Illinois, from July 25 to July 28, 1960, at the International Amphitheatre.

The convention nominated Vice President Richard M. Nixon of California for President and former Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. of Massachusetts for Vice President.

By the time the Republican convention opened, Nixon had no opponents for the nomination. The highlight of the convention was the speech by U.S. Senator Barry Goldwater of Arizona removing himself from the race where he called on the Conservatives to take back the party.

It was at this convention that Nixon promised to campaign in every state during his campaign.^{[citation needed]}Nixon still managed victory, earning 1,321 votes to 10 for the nomination.http://www.chicagohs.org/history/politics/1960.html

Before choosing Lodge, Nixon considered among others;

• Robert B. Anderson, U.S. Treasury Secretary from Texas
• Prescott S. Bush, U.S. senator from Connecticut
• Everett M. Dirksen, U.S. Senate Minority Leader from Illinois
• Arthur S. Flemming, U.S. HEW Secretary from Ohio
• Gerald R. Ford, U.S. representative from Michigan
• Barry M. Goldwater, U.S. senator from Arizona
• Alfred M. Gruenther, former NATO Supreme Commander from Nebraska
• Charles A. Halleck, Minority Leader of the U.S. House from Indiana
• Walter H. Judd, U.S. representative from Minnesota
• Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., U.N. Ambassador and former U.S. senator from Massachusetts
• Neil H. McElroy, former Secretary of Defense from Ohio
• James P. Mitchell, U.S. Labor Secretary from New Jersey
• Thurston B. Morton, U.S. senator from Kentucky
• Charles H. Percy, businessman from Illinois
• Nelson A. Rockefeller, Governor of New York
• William P. Rogers, U.S. Attorney General from Maryland
• Hugh D. Scott, U.S. senator from Pennsylvania
• Frederick A. Seaton, U.S. Interior Secretary from Nebraska
• William G. Stratton, Governor of Illinois
• Philip Willkie, son of Wendell Willkie and businessman and state representative from Indiana

External links

• Universal newsreel footage of the convention

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