26, 1960, as Vice President Richard Nixon ... The nation's first-ever televised presidential debate was held in Chicago and broadcast on CBS. The candidates squared off on television three ...

26, 1960: Image prevailed ... s influence likewise transformed conventional wisdom about the first-ever presidential debate.

On Sept. 26, 1960, Vice President Richard M. Nixon and U.S. Sen. John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts met for the first ever televised presidential debate in Studio 1 at the old CBS Chicago broadcast ...

Presidential candidates John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon shake hands after their televised debate of October 7, 1960. The two opponents continued their debate after the cameras had stopped ...

The 1960 presidential debates series was held between two men who would both eventually be elected president: John F. Kennedy (JFK), that election's ultimate winner and at the time a Massachusetts ...

While many people consider the first televised debate to be the one between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon in 1960, historians have argued that the first televised presidential debate actually ...

This will be the first general election presidential debate without an in-person audience in more than six decades. The last time was in 1960, when Richard M. Nixon, the Republican vice president ...

Ratings for the presidential debates have risen and fallen over the decades, according to Nielsen data. The four 1960 debates all had ratings of around 60.0, meaning roughly six-in-ten households with ...