Kennedy- Nixon Debate Pro-Kennedy Labor Poster JFK and Jackie at the Inaugural Ball 1960: The Road To Camelot John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon exited their party's conventions on a positive track. The candidates for the 1960 presidential election had won their nominations on the first ballot. Kennedy was the first to be nominated. He had won impressive victories over Hubert Humphrey in the ...

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1960 Presidential Debates S U M M A R Y For the first time, the nominees of the two major parties met to debate during a general election. Congress suspended the equal time provision of the Federal Communications Act of 1934, and both Vice President Richard Nixon (R) and Sen. John Kennedy (D-Mass.) believed they had something to gain by debating. (928K QuickTime movie) There were a total of four ...