See main article: 1960 United States presidential election.
| Election Name: | 1960 United States presidential election in Wyoming |
| Country: | Wyoming |
| Flag Year: | 1960 |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1956 United States presidential election in Wyoming |
| Previous Year: | 1956 |
| Next Election: | 1964 United States presidential election in Wyoming |
| Next Year: | 1964 |
| Election Date: | November 8, 1960[1] |
| Image1: | Richard Nixon official portrait as Vice President (cropped).tiff |
| Nominee1: | Richard Nixon |
| Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Home State1: | California |
| Running Mate1: | Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. |
| Electoral Vote1: | 3 |
| Popular Vote1: | 77,451 |
| Percentage1: | 55.01% |
| Nominee2: | John F. Kennedy |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | Massachusetts |
| Running Mate2: | Lyndon B. Johnson |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 63,331 |
| Percentage2: | 44.99% |
| Map Size: | 290px |
| President | |
| Before Election: | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| After Election: | John F. Kennedy |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The 1960 United States presidential election in Wyoming took place on November 8, 1960, as part of the 1960 United States presidential election. State voters chose three[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Wyoming was won by the incumbent Vice President, Republican Party (United States) Richard Nixon, running with former United Nations Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., with 55.01 percent of the popular vote, against the Democratic nominee, Massachusetts Senator John F. Kennedy, running with Texas Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, with 44.99% of the popular vote, a 10% margin of victory.[3] [4] Nixon's victory was significantly smaller than Dwight Eisenhower's 20.2% margin of victory in 1956.
With Nixon's victory in the state, Republicans would see a full sweep of statewide offices that were on the ballot, including the sole House of Representatives election and the Class II Senate seat.
At the Democratic National Convention the Wyoming delegation had the ceremonial role of giving Kennedy the minimum amount needed to win the Democratic presidential nomination with Teno Roncalio casting the votes although Tracy S. McCraken, Wyoming's national committeeman, was incorrectly stated to have been the one to cast the votes by Time magazine.[5] [6] Governor John J. Hickey stated that the issue over Kennedy's Catholicism would not be important in Wyoming due to Hickey, who was also a Catholic, having won in 1958.[7] During the campaign Nixon conducted a fifty-state strategy and visited every state at least once including Wyoming.
The Republican Party selected Harry B. Henderson, Mary Ellen Hinrichs, and James B. Griffith Sr. as their presidential electors.[8]