JFK and RMN on election night (state, assassin, assassinated, president)

[Cida]

I'm seeing more references to Nixon's concession in the last month, presumably due to the current election.

Interesting comparison. I like that Kennedy just went off to bed.

No Concession, No Sleep: Glued to the TV on Election Night 1960
BY Michael Beschloss

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/30/bu...ight-1960.html

[DewDropInn]

The Ambassador Hotel, election night headquarters for Richard Nixon, was also used by Bobby Kennedy when Bobby campaigned for president in 1968. Kennedy was assassinated while walking through a part of the hotel's kitchen after winning the CA primary and addressing his supporters who were gathered in the ballroom.

It was demolished in 2005 and several schools were built on the site. They are named the Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools.

[2nd trick op]

The election was still undecided the following morning, with several states still contested, NBC "officially" credited California to JFK at around 7:15 EST the next morning, but it turned out that Nixon would eventually regain the state on the absentee ballots; that issue wasn't resolved until well into December, but by that time, several other contests had been decided in JFK's favor. Nixon was also urged to pursue fairly well-substantiated charges of voter fraud in Richard Daley's Chicago, but reportedly declined.

[Cida]

Originally Posted by 2nd trick op

Nixon was also urged to pursue fairly well-substantiated charges of voter fraud in Richard Daley's Chicago, but reportedly declined.

I thought that was one of the few commendable things he did.

[jobseeker2013]

Originally Posted by Cida

I thought that was one of the few commendable things he did.

Nixon's operatives did investigate Chicago voting fraud as did the papers and a judge. They found no evidence.

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_a...on_robbed.html

[Unsettomati]

Originally Posted by 2nd trick op

The election was still undecided the following morning, with several states still contested, NBC "officially" credited California to JFK at around 7:15 EST the next morning, but it turned out that Nixon would eventually regain the state on the absentee ballots; that issue wasn't resolved until well into December, but by that time, several other contests had been decided in JFK's favor. Nixon was also urged to pursue fairly well-substantiated charges of voter fraud in Richard Daley's Chicago, but reportedly declined.

Originally Posted by Cida

I thought that was one of the few commendable things he did.

Originally Posted by jobseeker2013

Nixon's operatives did investigate Chicago voting fraud as did the papers and a judge. They found no evidence.

Yes. The myth that Nixon 'accepted his loss despite evidence that the election was fixed, and selflessly did so for the good of the nation' is just that - a myth. Numerous investigations and challenges were launched on behalf of the Nixon campaign. Officially, he was not tied to them. But he could have headed them off had he any desire to do so. He did not.

No evidence of election-changing irregularities were found. Judges and election officials of both parties were involved in these findings. Recounts in Chicago found more votes for both candidates, but nothing that came anywhere close to altering the outcome. One state did flip during the recounts - Hawaii, which was initially called for Nixon but when ended up in Kennedy's column. It did not matter, as Kennedy's margin in the end was 84 votes in the Electoral College. For that matter, Chicago did not matter, either - even if we wave a magic wand and give Illinois (and Hawaii) to Nixon, Kennedy still wins. This fact is invariably left out of the 'Daley stole it for JFK!' narrative.