Yes. Kennedy asked Johnson to be his running mate, even though he and all of the Kennedy family disliked Johnson, finding him crude, overbearing, and disgusting.
However, Johnson was the Senate Majority Leader, in addition to having close ties with all Southern Governors, and most senators and congressmen from Southern States.
These people would endorse Kennedy/Johnson and urge their constituents to vote for Kennedy if Johnson was on the ticket too, but not if he had a running mate from the Northeast.
Johnson could deliver the Southern Vote, which Kennedy needed, and Kennedy was unlikely to get it otherwise.
Politics Make Strange Bedfellows!
Anne-Marie Johnson was born on July 18, 1960.
Anne-Marie Johnson was born on July 18, 1960.
Special Gala to Support Kennedy Campaign - 1960 TV was released on: USA: 10 July 1960 (Los Angeles, California)
John F. Kennedy was President in July 1962; he was elected in 1960 and assassinated in 1963.
He was nominated in July of 1960 at the Democratic Convention in L.A..
John F. Kennedy Jr. was born on November 25, 1960.
Hayato Ikeda was the Prime Minister of Japan in 1960. He served in office from July 19, 1960 to November 9, 1964.
Jerome Lawrence was born on July 14, 1915, in Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis was born on July 28, 1929.
July 14th 1960 was a Thursday.
The bassist and singer of "A Taste of Honey", Janice Marie Johnson was born in the early 1950s.
November 4- like all the other ones- 1960