Republican Party presidential primaries, 1960

Republican Party presidential primaries, 1960

March 8 to June 7, 1960

Nominee Richard Nixon George Bender Cecil Underwood Home state California Ohio West Virginia Contests won 11 0 1 Popular vote 4,975,938 211,090 123,756 Percentage 86.6% 3.7% 1.5%   Nominee James M. Lloyd Nelson Rockefeller Home state South Dakota New York Contests won 1 0 Popular vote 48,461 30,639 Percentage 0.8% 0.5%

Results map by state.

Previous Republican nominee Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican nominee Richard Nixon

The 1960 Republican presidential primaries were the selection process by which voters of the Republican Party chose its nominee for President of the United States in the 1960 U.S. presidential election. Incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon was selected as the nominee through a series of primary elections and caucuses culminating in the 1960 Republican National Convention held from July 25 to July 28, 1960, in Chicago, Illinois.

In seeking the nomination, Nixon faced no formidable opposition. He swept the primaries without difficulty.

Republican candidates

Nominee

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  Vice President Richard Nixon

Withdrew during primaries

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  Former Senator George H. Bender of Ohio

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  State Senator James M. Lloyd of South Dakota

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  Governor Nelson Rockefeller of New York

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  Governor Cecil H. Underwood of West Virginia

Declined to run

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  Senator Styles Bridges of New Hampshire

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  Former Governor Thomas E. Dewey of New York

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  Senator Barry Goldwater of Arizona

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  Former Senator William F. Knowland of California

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  UN Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. from Massachusetts

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  Former Governor Harold Stassen of Minnesota

Statewide contests by winner

Statewide contest won by candidates

		Richard M. Nixon	George H. Bender	Cecil Underwood	James M. Lloyd	Nelson Rockefeller	Unpledged
March 8	New Hampshire	89.28%	-	-	-	3.76%	-
April 5	Wisconsin	100%	-	-	-	-	-
April 12	Illinois	99.94%	-	-	-	-	-
April 19	New Jersey	-	-	-	-	-	100%
April 26	Massachusetts	85.96%	-	-	-	6.58%	-
April 26	Pennsylvania	98.15%	-	-	-	1.27%	-
May 1	Washington, D.C.	-	-	-	-	-	100%
May 3	Indiana	95.40%	-	-	-	-	-
May 3	Ohio	70.48%	29.52%	-	-	-	-
May 10	Nebraska	93.82%	0%	0%	0%	2.56%	0%
May 10	West Virginia	-	-	100%	-	-	-
May 20	Oregon	93.06%	-	-	-	4.10%	-
May 24	Florida	100%	-	-	-	-	-
June 7	California	100%	-	-	-	-	-
June 7	South Dakota	-	-	-	100%	-	-

• Italics - Write-In Vote

Total popular vote results

Primaries total popular vote results

• Richard M. Nixon - 4,975,938 (86.63%)
• George H. Bender - 211,090 (3.68%)
• Unpledged - 314,234 (5.47%)
• Cecil Underwood - 123,756 (2.16%)
• James M. Lloyd - 48,461 (0.84%)
• Nelson Rockefeller - 30,639 (0.53%)
• Others - 39,516 (0.69%)

See also

• Democratic Party presidential primaries, 1960