Former Vice President Richard Nixon (California) defeats both Hubert Humphrey (Minnesota) and George Wallace (Alabama) for the Presidency on November 5 to become the thirty-seventh President of the US.
Massachusetts Senator John Kennedy defeats Vice President Richard Nixon on November 8 in one of the closest elections in U.S. history. The senator becomes the thirty-fifth President of the United States.
President Franklin Roosevelt dies in office on April 12 while visiting Warm Springs, Georgia. Later that day Vice President Harry S. Truman of Missouri becomes the thirty-third President of the U.S.
