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Humphrey Triumph Recall of 1960 Convention Night
Hubert Humphrey stands in a cheering crowd after Johnson and Kennedy supported his running mate bid at the convention. The piece recalls the rough 1960 West Virginia primary loss to Kennedy and Humphrey’s dramatic comeback to accept the vice presidential nomination.
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Atlantic City
Hubert Horatio Humphrey
Hubert Humphrey
Johnson
Washington
Humphrey
Charleston
W.va
John F. Kennedy
Sen
Minnesota
West Virginia
Hill
Kennedy
Theodore JH. White
Hubert
Ruffner Hotel
Robert Kennedy
Kanawha
Jack Kennedy
Pierre Salinger
Salinger
Hubert H. Humphrey
W. Va