"If Americans viewed John F. Kennedy as their shining hero," wrote biographer Christopher Matthews, "they also recognized the five o'clock shadow of Richard Nixon in the fluorescent light of their ...

26, 1960, as Vice President Richard Nixon, a California Republican, and Sen. John F. Kennedy, a Massachusetts Democrat, debated on television before a national audience. The nation's first-ever ...

MIAMI, Nov. 14, 1960 (UPI) - President-elect John F. Kennedy and Vice President Richard M. Nixon today had what Kennedy described as a "very cordial meeting" for an hour at Nixon's vacation ...

Campaign managers in both parties had suffered from a case of nerves as they awaited last night's radio-television debate between Vice President Richard M. Nixon ... Sen. John F. Kennedy, the ...

Sen. John F. Kennedy and Vice President Richard M. Nixon participated the first ever televised debate on Sept. 26, 1960 at the old CBS Chicago studios. Bill Kurtis reports on the history of ...

One photo shows the Sept. 26, 1960, debate between then-Vice President Richard Nixon and then-Sen. John F. Kennedy from behind the cameras and lights used in the first-ever televised clash.

in which John F. Kennedy prevailed. “They stole it fair and square.” That Richard Nixon was cheated out of the presidency in 1960 has become almost an accepted fact. You’ve probably heard ...

President Biden and former President Trump’s tense Thursday night match-up was the first debate since 1960 to not feature a live audience. CNN CEO Mark Thompson told Axios earlier this week that ...