See main article: 1960 United States presidential election.
| Election Name: | 1960 United States presidential election in Louisiana |
| Country: | Louisiana |
| Flag Year: | 1912 |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1956 United States presidential election in Louisiana |
| Previous Year: | 1956 |
| Next Election: | 1964 United States presidential election in Louisiana |
| Next Year: | 1964 |
| Election Date: | November 8, 1960[1] |
| Image1: | Jfk2 (3x4).jpg |
| Nominee1: | John F. Kennedy |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Home State1: | Massachusetts |
| Running Mate1: | Lyndon B. Johnson |
| Electoral Vote1: | 10 |
| Popular Vote1: | 407,339 |
| Percentage1: | 50.42% |
| Nominee2: | Richard Nixon |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | California |
| Running Mate2: | Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 230,980 |
| Percentage2: | 28.59% |
| Image3: | 3x4.svg |
| Nominee3: | Unpledged electors |
| Party3: | States' Rights |
| Color3: | F5BCA9 |
| Electoral Vote3: | 0 |
| Popular Vote3: | 169,752 |
| Percentage3: | 20.99% |
| Before Election: | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| After Election: | John F. Kennedy |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Map Size: | 350px |
The 1960 United States presidential election in Louisiana took place on November 8, 1960, as part of the 1960 United States presidential election. State voters chose ten[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Louisiana was won by Senator John F. Kennedy (D–Massachusetts), running with Texas Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, with 50.42% 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 28.59% of the popular vote.[3] [4] There was also a failed effort in Louisiana to influence electors to vote for Nixon instead of Kennedy.
Louisiana has a higher Roman Catholic population than the rest of Southern United States, which benefitted Kennedy, the second Roman Catholic to head a major party ticket. This Catholic base was concentrated in the southern half of the state, especially Acadiana. Nixon and a slate of unpledged electors aligned with the National States' Rights Party split the northern Protestant parishes, with Nixon winning the less fertile poor white parishes and the unpledged slate the northern Black Belt.
, this is the last election in which Jefferson and St. Tammany Parishes in the New Orleans suburbs have voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.[5]
| Parish[6] | John F. Kennedy Democratic | Richard Nixon Republican | Unpledged electors States’ Rights | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Acadia | 11,440 | 75.84% | 2,616 | 17.34% | 1,028 | 6.82% | 8,824 | 58.50% | 15,084 | ||||||||||
| Allen | 3,719 | 59.84% | 1,676 | 26.97% | 820 | 13.19% | 2,043 | 32.87% | 6,215 | ||||||||||
| Ascension | 5,689 | 74.76% | 1,012 | 13.30% | 909 | 11.94% | 4,677 | 61.46% | 7,610 | ||||||||||
| Assumption | 3,019 | 71.69% | 766 | 18.19% | 426 | 10.12% | 2,253 | 53.50% | 4,211 | ||||||||||
| Avoyelles | 7,625 | 75.98% | 1,270 | 12.66% | 1,140 | 11.36% | 6,355 | 63.32% | 10,035 | ||||||||||
| Beauregard | 2,903 | 48.67% | 2,432 | 40.77% | 630 | 10.56% | 471 | 7.90% | 5,965 | ||||||||||
| Bienville | 625 | 17.62% | 1,230 | 34.67% | 1,693 | 47.72% | -463 | -13.05% | 3,548 | ||||||||||
| Bossier | 2,198 | 25.21% | 3,429 | 39.32% | 3,093 | 35.47% | 336 | 3.85% | 8,720 | ||||||||||
| Caddo | 11,481 | 24.80% | 25,139 | 54.29% | 9,681 | 20.91% | -13,658 | -29.49% | 46,301 | ||||||||||
| Calcasieu | 24,233 | 64.40% | 10,243 | 27.22% | 3,151 | 8.37% | 13,990 | 37.18% | 37,627 | ||||||||||
| Caldwell | 694 | 34.00% | 716 | 35.08% | 631 | 30.92% | -22 | -1.08% | 2,041 | ||||||||||
| Cameron | 1,944 | 83.08% | 322 | 13.76% | 74 | 3.16% | 1,622 | 69.32% | 2,340 | ||||||||||
| Catahoula | 558 | 26.17% | 971 | 45.54% | 603 | 28.28% | 368 | 17.26% | 2,132 | ||||||||||
| Claiborne | 489 | 12.69% | 1,336 | 34.67% | 2,029 | 52.65% | -693 | -17.98% | 3,854 | ||||||||||
| Concordia | 768 | 23.06% | 1,009 | 30.29% | 1,554 | 46.65% | -545 | -16.36% | 3,331 | ||||||||||
| DeSoto | 1,183 | 26.65% | 1,603 | 36.11% | 1,653 | 37.24% | -50 | -1.13% | 4,439 | ||||||||||
| East Baton Rouge | 26,326 | 46.65% | 17,749 | 31.45% | 12,360 | 21.90% | 8,577 | 15.20% | 56,435 | ||||||||||
| East Carroll | 364 | 23.88% | 448 | 29.40% | 712 | 46.72% | -264 | -17.32% | 1,524 | ||||||||||
| East Feliciana | 475 | 24.65% | 313 | 16.24% | 1,139 | 59.11% | -664 | -34.46% | 1,927 | ||||||||||
| Evangeline | 7,865 | 80.55% | 1,105 | 11.32% | 794 | 8.13% | 6,760 | 69.23% | 9,764 | ||||||||||
| Franklin | 1,213 | 30.03% | 1,336 | 33.08% | 1,490 | 36.89% | -154 | -3.81% | 4,039 | ||||||||||
| Grant | 1,219 | 31.40% | 1,254 | 32.30% | 1,409 | 36.30% | -155 | -4.00% | 3,882 | ||||||||||
| Iberia | 9,235 | 59.70% | 3,551 | 22.95% | 2,684 | 17.35% | 5,684 | 36.75% | 15,470 | ||||||||||
| Iberville | 4,558 | 72.25% | 1,000 | 15.85% | 751 | 11.90% | 3,558 | 56.40% | 6,309 | ||||||||||
| Jackson | 1,398 | 34.10% | 1,799 | 43.88% | 903 | 22.02% | -401 | -9.78% | 4,100 | ||||||||||
| Jefferson | 32,119 | 51.28% | 17,215 | 27.48% | 13,304 | 21.24% | 14,904 | 23.80% | 62,638 | ||||||||||
| Jefferson Davis | 5,904 | 67.77% | 2,251 | 25.84% | 557 | 6.39% | 3,653 | 41.93% | 8,712 | ||||||||||
| Lafayette | 14,132 | 62.30% | 6,047 | 26.66% | 2,505 | 11.04% | 8,085 | 35.64% | 22,684 | ||||||||||
| Lafourche | 12,244 | 76.26% | 2,930 | 18.25% | 881 | 5.49% | 9,314 | 58.01% | 16,055 | ||||||||||
| LaSalle | 843 | 21.94% | 2,123 | 55.26% | 876 | 22.80% | 1,247 | 32.46% | 3,842 | ||||||||||
| Lincoln | 1,051 | 20.57% | 2,766 | 54.14% | 1,292 | 25.29% | 1,474 | 28.85% | 5,109 | ||||||||||
| Livingston | 2,881 | 43.47% | 954 | 14.39% | 2,793 | 42.14% | 88 | 1.33% | 6,628 | ||||||||||
| Madison | 235 | 12.45% | 629 | 33.32% | 1,024 | 54.24% | -395 | -20.92% | 1,888 | ||||||||||
| Morehouse | 1,085 | 22.70% | 2,551 | 53.37% | 1,144 | 23.93% | 1,407 | 29.44% | 4,780 | ||||||||||
| Natchitoches | 2,781 | 39.39% | 2,562 | 36.29% | 1,717 | 24.32% | 219 | 3.10% | 7,060 | ||||||||||
| Orleans | 87,242 | 49.64% | 47,111 | 26.80% | 41,414 | 23.56% | 40,131 | 22.84% | 175,767 | ||||||||||
| Ouachita | 5,202 | 26.97% | 10,525 | 54.56% | 3,564 | 18.47% | -5,323 | -27.59% | 19,291 | ||||||||||
| Plaquemines | 1,087 | 21.12% | 712 | 13.84% | 3,347 | 65.04% | -2,260 | -43.92% | 5,146 | ||||||||||
| Pointe Coupee | 2,953 | 71.81% | 674 | 16.39% | 485 | 11.79% | 2,279 | 55.42% | 4,112 | ||||||||||
| Rapides | 9,651 | 40.58% | 8,155 | 34.29% | 5,976 | 25.13% | 1,496 | 6.29% | 23,782 | ||||||||||
| Red River | 377 | 19.67% | 406 | 21.18% | 1,134 | 59.15% | -728 | -37.97% | 1,917 | ||||||||||
| Richland | 996 | 25.74% | 1,378 | 35.62% | 1,495 | 38.64% | -117 | -3.02% | 3,869 | ||||||||||
| Sabine | 2,412 | 40.96% | 2,419 | 41.08% | 1,058 | 17.97% | -7 | -0.12% | 5,889 | ||||||||||
| St. Bernard | 4,660 | 42.56% | 1,431 | 13.07% | 4,858 | 44.37% | -198 | -1.81% | 10,949 | ||||||||||
| St. Charles | 4,708 | 71.31% | 1,377 | 20.86% | 517 | 7.83% | 3,331 | 50.45% | 6,602 | ||||||||||
| St. Helena | 678 | 37.48% | 296 | 16.36% | 835 | 46.16% | -157 | -8.68% | 1,809 | ||||||||||
| St. James | 4,362 | 82.09% | 620 | 11.67% | 332 | 6.25% | 3,742 | 70.42% | 5,314 | ||||||||||
| St. John the Baptist | 3,782 | 80.13% | 488 | 10.34% | 450 | 9.53% | 3,294 | 69.79% | 4,720 | ||||||||||
| St. Landry | 14,625 | 72.18% | 3,083 | 15.22% | 2,554 | 12.60% | 11,542 | 56.96% | 20,262 | ||||||||||
| St. Martin | 5,506 | 77.96% | 858 | 12.15% | 699 | 9.90% | 4,648 | 65.81% | 7,063 | ||||||||||
| St. Mary | 6,671 | 61.59% | 2,992 | 27.62% | 1,169 | 10.79% | 3,679 | 33.97% | 10,832 | ||||||||||
| St. Tammany | 5,179 | 46.81% | 2,850 | 25.76% | 3,034 | 27.42% | 2,145 | 19.39% | 11,063 | ||||||||||
| Tangipahoa | 6,648 | 46.32% | 3,285 | 22.89% | 4,418 | 30.79% | 2,230 | 15.53% | 14,351 | ||||||||||
| Tensas | 247 | 20.45% | 510 | 42.22% | 451 | 37.33% | 59 | 4.89% | 1,208 | ||||||||||
| Terrebonne | 8,992 | 68.07% | 3,126 | 23.66% | 1,092 | 8.27% | 5,866 | 44.41% | 13,210 | ||||||||||
| Union | 1,034 | 25.45% | 2,017 | 49.64% | 1,012 | 24.91% | -983 | -24.19% | 4,063 | ||||||||||
| Vermilion | 11,257 | 77.13% | 2,170 | 14.87% | 1,168 | 8.00% | 9,087 | 62.26% | 14,595 | ||||||||||
| Vernon | 3,145 | 51.06% | 1,991 | 32.32% | 1,024 | 16.62% | 1,154 | 18.74% | 6,160 | ||||||||||
| Washington | 5,678 | 49.81% | 1,847 | 16.20% | 3,875 | 33.99% | 1,803 | 15.82% | 11,400 | ||||||||||
| Webster | 1,273 | 16.60% | 3,139 | 40.94% | 3,255 | 42.45% | -116 | -1.51% | 7,667 | ||||||||||
| West Baton Rouge | 2,315 | 73.70% | 390 | 12.42% | 436 | 13.88% | 1,879 | 59.82% | 3,141 | ||||||||||
| West Carroll | 784 | 32.36% | 742 | 30.62% | 897 | 37.02% | -113 | -4.66% | 2,423 | ||||||||||
| West Feliciana | 271 | 30.42% | 196 | 22.00% | 424 | 47.59% | -153 | -17.17% | 891 | ||||||||||
| Winn | 1,108 | 27.05% | 1,839 | 44.90% | 1,149 | 28.05% | 690 | 16.85% | 4,096 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 407,339 | 50.42% | 230,980 | 28.59% | 169,572 | 20.99% | 176,359 | 21.83% | 807,891 | ||||||||||