The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-11-11
Kennedy Wins
Buckingham,
Charlotte Only

land and Powhatan helped carry
Virginia for Vice President
Nixon, but B King ha m ard
Charlotte were with the victorious
Fourth District of Virginia and
national forces which elected
Senator John Kennedy Saith presi-
dent Of the United States in Tues
DAVIS presidential voting.
Complete Virginia returns from
1915 precincts in 10 Congress
sional Districts put the Common
wealth behind the Republican
Party candidate for the third con-
secutive time. The vote totals
We're Nixon, 4ool05: Kennedy,
$50 ,607.
The Fourth Congressional Dis
trict, which on the last two presi-
dertial elections had been on the
Democratic and losing side,
this time stayed with it's ira
ditional party utilization, but won
with Kennedy youngest man
ever elected to the presidency
and the first Roman Catholic ever
accepted by the American people
for the job
Fourth District
The Fourth District went in the
Kennedy fold with the following
tally: Kennedy $4,000; Nixon,
24,657. The Fourth was one of
only three giving a majority to
Kennedy The Second District in
the populous Norfolk area and
the Ninth in southwest Virginia
also went to Kennedy.
The race in the Fourth Dis
trict's Is counties and the cities
Of Petersburg, HopeWell and Suf-
folk was close in many areas.
but the 43-year-old Kennedy,
scion of New England wealth.
carried all but four counties and
the City of HopeWell.
All four Of these counties were
in the Herald area, Prince Ed
ward, Amelia, Cumberland and
PoWhatan.
Prince Edward
In Prince E d W ard county,
which went to Vice President
Nixon, l,721 to ,459, there was a
sharp division of voting. Farm
vile swung the tide to Nixon. its
wide margin in his favor over
coming Kennedy preference in all
of the county's five rural pre-
clncts. Farmville District, which
adjoins the town, followed the
town trend, but Prospect, Rice,
Green Bay, Worsham and OAR
llngton Heights precincts all went
to Kennedy.
Farmvllle and Farmville Dis
trict went to Nixon nearly two to
one, giving the Vice President
l ,051 to Kennedy's $50.
Prince Edward county's total
vote of 1902 was a new record,
and election judges, who had
their toughest and longest day in
memory, didn't complete the total
tally until l.30 am.
Here, as everywhere, election
officials had to void many ballots
because of voter errors. A total
OF lO4 were voided in the county
alone. In the area and state the
total Of voters voiding their eff
tort because of wrong or irregu-
lar markings ran into the thou
sands.
Area Counties
In Cumberland county, all four
precincts were in the Nixon fold.
the final. complete Cumberland
return being: Nixon. SOL, and
Kennedy. $50.
Buckingham county, on the
winning national side, went to
Kennedy 947 to 765 for the Vice
President, with all precincts re-
porting.
Kennedy carried eight of Buck
lngham' S 10 precincts, only New
Store and New Canton precincts
going to Nixon. At New Canton.
there was difference Of only
one vote in the total.
Amelia county gave Nixon its
majority, 1874 to 708 for Senator
Kennedy. The voting was close
everywhere except at Amelia and
Wllkerson $ Shop ecinct
where the heory Nixon prefer
ence swung the tlde in his favor.
There the vote was high enough
to overcme Kennedy preference
in seven Of amelia S nine pre-
clnCts.
With all precincts reporting,
Amelia closed with Nixon getting
.a4 to kennedy's 70S.
PoWhatan county also went in
to the Nixon fold, with the COM
plete tally from the county's six
precincts, giving the vice presl-
dent majority of 779 to 528 for
Kennedy. The Vice President won
in five of PoWhatans six pre-
cincts, only Cross Roads precinct
showing a preference for Senator
Kennedy.
Charlotte county. in the Fifth
District, gave a stable majority
to Kennedy, going in his favor
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