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Apr 21, 1959
Bob Atcher is elected mayor of Schaumburg, Illinois
Jan 13, 1960
Jimmie Davis reverses plans to guest on a February edition of "The Ed Sullivan Show" on CBS. Intending to run for governor of Louisiana, an appearance would have likely required his rival receive equal broadcast time
Jan 30, 1960
Elton Britt is one of two presidential candidates removed from New Hampshire's primary ballot for including the signatures of deceased people on his petition to run
Apr 19, 1960
Jimmie Davis wins the governorship of Louisiana, defeating Republican Francis Grevemberg, taking nearly 82% of the vote
Oct 14, 1960
Democratic vice presidential candidate Lyndon B. Johnson concludes a five-day train campaign of the South in New Orleans. While riding the LBJ Special, he heard the Ernest Tubb hit "The Yellow Rose Of Texas" played more than 100 times at stops
Nov 2, 1960
"Feudin' And Fightin'" singer Jo Stafford attends a campaign rally for presidential candidate John F. Kennedy in Los Angeles, along with Louis Prima, Milton Berle, Stan Freberg and Janet Leigh
Nov 7, 1962
After losing the election for California governor, Richard Nixon holds what he says will be his "last press conference," telling the media "You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore." The quote spurs Buck Owens to write "You Ain't Gonna Have Ol' Buck To Kick Around No More"
Jun 18, 1966
Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs perform for an hour as a pre-speech warm-up when Nashville attorney John Jay Hooker kicks off his Democratic campaign for governor with a rally in Lebanon, Tennessee
Nov 8, 1966
Ronald Reagan is elected governor of California. In the position, he pardons Merle Haggard in 1972 for an attempted robbery conviction from the late 1950s
Mar 21, 1968
Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy speaks at Nashville's Vanderbilt University. George Hamilton IV provides music at the event
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