Vice President Richard Nixon selected United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. as his running mate at the recommendation of President Dwight D. Eisenhower. While Lodge had foreign policy experience and stature as an ambassador, he lacked charisma. Conservatives also did not want a 'Yankee' on the Republican National Ticket. Before Nixon had selected Lodge, he considered conservative Congressman from Minnesota Walter Judd and moderate Senator from Kentucky Thruston Morton. While Nixon had won more states than his opponent, Senator John F. Kennedy, he lost by eighty-four electoral votes and the closely contested popular vote was won by Kennedy. According to most pundits, Nixon's Vice Presidential strategy was to try and win his opponent's home state but it proved ineffective. Who would have been a better Vice Presidential nominee for Nixon in 1960? Perhaps Nixon doesn't carry Main, Vermont, and New Hampshire without Lodge? (I understand the impact running mates have are minimal but, it seems as if Kennedy and Nixon did have a strategy in this election. Kennedy's worked (win Southern states) but Nixon's did not.)