John F. Kennedy

★ President

Born: May 29, 1917
Died: November 22, 1963
Age at death: 46
Home state: Massachusetts
Party: Democratic
In office: 1961–1963
On the ballot: 1946–1960

Career timeline

1946Rep 1948Rep 1950Rep 1952Sen 1958Sen 1960Pres

6-0

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Kennedy37.1M

Opponents35.8M

Total Electoral Votes

Kennedy303

Opponents219

Elections run

Between 1946 and 1960, John F. Kennedy ran in 6 elections across 3 offices (U.S. House, U.S. Senate, and President), winning all 6. Kennedy's biggest single-election total was 34,227,096 votes, in the 1960 U.S. presidential election. Kennedy's closest win came in the 1946 U.S. House election in Massachusetts's District 11, decided by 43,086 votes.

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How many votes has John F. Kennedy received?

John F. Kennedy has received 37,065,164 popular votes across 6 U.S. elections, with a career record of 6–0, plus 303 electoral votes.

Election history

John F. Kennedy’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1960	Presidentwith Lyndon B. Johnson	Won	34,227,096 (49.7%)303 EV	Richard Nixon
1958	U.S. SenateMassachusetts	Won	1,362,92673.2%	Vincent J. Celeste Lawrence M. Gilfedder Mark R. Shaw (head-to-head)
1952	U.S. SenateMassachusetts	Won	1,211,98451.35%	Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. Thelma Ingersoll Mark R. Shaw (head-to-head)
1950	U.S. HouseMassachusetts	Won	87,69982.28%	Vincent J Celeste Philip Geer (head-to-head)
1948	U.S. HouseMassachusetts	Won	106,366100%	—
1946	U.S. HouseMassachusetts	Won	69,09371.87%	Lester W Bowen Philip Geer (head-to-head)

Identity & sources. Identity verified against the Congressional Bioguide (K000107) and Wikidata (Q9696). Election results come from official certified totals and the MIT Election Data and Science Lab; see methodology.

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Compiled by PolitiFinder. Election results from official certified sources and the MIT Election Lab. See Data & sources and methodology. Data last verified July 28, 2026.