Roger Pickenpaugh, a retired history teacher, has written four books on Civil War prisons. He lives in Caldwell, Ohio.

Table of Contents


Preface

Introduction

Chapter ¿1.¿Kennedy

Chapter ¿2.¿Humphrey

Chapter ¿3.¿Early Maneuverings

Chapter ¿4.¿Considering Wisconsin and West Virginia

Chapter ¿5.¿On (to) Wisconsin

Chapter ¿6.¿The Wisconsin Campaign Trail

Chapter ¿7.¿Issues and Religion Intrude

Chapter ¿8.¿"­West-By-God-Virginia"

Chapter ¿9.¿A Question of Faith

Chapter 10.¿The West Virginia Campaign Trail

Chapter 11.¿Roosevelt, Ramps, and Returns

Afterword

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index

Prior to 1960, presidential nominees were largely selected in the infamous ""smoke filled rooms"" of state party conventions. In 1960 two serious contenders for the Democratic nomination, Hubert Humphrey and John F. Kennedy, realized their weaknesses with party bosses would make this path nearly impossible. For Kennedy his youth, his Catholic faith, and his aloofness toward party leaders would undermine his campaign. For Humphrey his strong positions on civil rights would cost him support in the vital South
This work focuses on the Wisconsin and West Virginia primaries, the only two in which both candidates competed. Original manuscript sources illuminate the differences between Kennedy's well financed, well organized campaign and Humphrey's more amateurish effort. These sources, along with a wealth of newspaper sources, also offer fascinating anecdotes of life on the campaign trail.