Sen. John F. Kennedy early today battened down his stunning President victory by taking an impressive lead in Vice President Nixon’s home state of California – proof that the young Senator’s ...

On this day in 1960, Sen. John F. Kennedy, a Massachusetts Democrat, defeated Vice President Richard M. Nixon in one of the closest presidential elections in U.S. history. At 43, Kennedy became ...

John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon stand at podiums during their debate in 1960. Saul Pett, a prominent feature writer for The Associated Press, rated Nixon highly for projecting cordiality.

A televised picture, broadcast in May 1977, of American presidential candidates John F. Kennedy (1917-1963) and Richard Nixon (1913-1994) at a Chicago television studio for their debate on Sept ...

Presidential candidates Sen. John F. Kennedy (left) and Vice President Richard M. Nixon are shown following their nationally televised first of four presidential debates at a television studio in ...

John F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon are both products of the 20th century, but, paradoxically, they have reversed their inheritances. Kennedy, born to wealth, has come to know the problems of the ...

In 1960, Vice President Richard Nixon was in a TV studio in Los Angeles, and Sen. John F. Kennedy was in a TV studio in New York. The distance seemed liberating for Nixon.

Fifty years ago this month, Richard Nixon stood uncomfortably on the Capitol’s inaugural platform and watched his rival John F. Kennedy being sworn in as president. “We won” the election ...

For Richard Nixon, the holiday season of 1960 was a sullen affair. Weeks before, on Nov. 8, he had lost an exceedingly close presidential election to Senator John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts.

John F. Kennedy (left) and Richard Nixon (right) participating in the first-ever televised presidential debate in Chicago in 1960. Nixon would wear makeup and gain weight before the rest of the ...

During the 1960 Presidential election, John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon faced off in their first head to head debate. Biden, in Rare Remarks Since Presidency, Warns His Accomplishments Are Coming ...

On this day in 1960, Sen. John F. Kennedy, a Massachusetts Democrat, defeated Vice President Richard M. Nixon in one of the closest presidential elections in U.S. history.