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In OTL, Vice President Richard Nixon was elected President and Michigan Representative Gerald Ford was elected Vice President of the United States in the United States Presidential Election of 1960, defeating Senate Majority Leader Lyndon B. Johnson and his running mate Minnesota Senator Hubert Humphrey. I can't remember why, but Nixon for some reason did not run for re-election in 1964, and instead groomed Vice President Ford to run instead. Ford and his running mate New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller defeated 1960 VP Nominee Hubert Humphrey and his running mate Connecticut Senator Thomas J. Dodd. In 1968, Ford was defeated for re-election by three-term United States Senator John F. Kennedy. Kennedy's younger brother Robert F. Kennedy was appointed to his Senate seat on January 3rd, 1969 to complete his term. Halfway through President Kennedy's term, he died of health problems coincidentally on January 20th, 1971. Kennedy's successor (I can't remember his name) won in 1972, defeating California Governor Ronald Reagan and his running mate Tennessee Senator Howard Baker.

What if Kennedy had won the Democratic nomination in 1960, instead of Johnson? Would he have defeated Nixon? If Nixon was defeated in 1960, would he try again in 1964 for a rematch? Would Kennedy have completed his term, having been younger and healthier? Maybe Robert F. Kennedy would be appointed to the United States Senate from Massachusetts eight years earlier in 1961.
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