Havent people said nixon may have actually won in 1960?
Nixon absolutely did win in 1960.
In early December 1960, FBI Special Agents brought VP Nixon proof that Mayor Daley had stuffed the Chicago ballot boxes with enough bogus votes to steal the Illinois victory, and the UAW had done the same with the Michigan vote, which gave the election to Kennedy. Hoover hated Bobby Kennedy and wanted to go public with the data and indictments.
Nixon said no, the nation thought it has elected the Bold and Beautiful Kennedy. Such disclosure would make Nixon president of an ungovernable country... and the Electoral Collage might still have gone for JFK.
I know this because, after retiring from the Bureau, two of the SAs involved became lecturers at my law school.
Nixon won in ‘60. Everyone knew JFK’s “win” was the result of cheating. His father said, “Don’t buy a single vote more than necessary. I’ll be damned if I’m going to pay for a landslide.”
I guess they were stuffing ballot boxes in Chicago or something.