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Campaign in Harrison County
John F. Kennedy was in Clarksburg on April 17 and April 18. Hubert Humphrey came on May 7, and did Lyndon Johnson. Muriel Humphrey was in Clarksburg on April 18, April 19, and again on May 7. She also visited Bridgeport on April 19. A year before the primary campaign, Stuart Symington spoke in Clarksburg on March 7, 1959. Robert Kennedy visited clarksburg several times during the campaign: April 6, April 25, and May 8. He was scheduled to be in Clarksburg on April 12, but brother Ted Kennedy came instead. Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. visited on April 6 and May 7. Humphrey's sister Frances Howard was in Clarksburg on May 6 and 7, and cousin Harry Humphrey visited on May 3. Karl Rolvaag, lieutentant governor of Minnesota, was in Clarksburg on April 25 and Shinnston on April 28. |
Newspapers Article, Charleston Gazette, March 8, 1959 Article, Clarksburg Exponent, April 7, 1960 Article, Clarksburg Telegram, April 7, 1960 Article, Clarksburg Exponent, April 12, 1960 Article, Clarksburg Telegram, April 13, 1960 Article, Clarksburg Exponent, April 14, 1960 Article, Charleston Gazette, April 15, 1960 Article, Clarksburg Exponent, April 16, 1960 Article, Clarksburg Telegram, April 18, 1960 Article, Clarksburg Exponent, April 19, 1960 Article, Clarksburg Exponent, April 20, 1960 Article, Clarksburg Exponent, April 22, 1960 Article, Clarksburg Exponent, April 26, 1960 Article, Clarksburg Exponent, April 28, 1960 Article, Clarksburg Exponent, May 3, 1960 Article, Clarksburg Exponent, May 4, 1960 Article, Clarksburg Exponent, May 6, 1960 Article, Clarksburg Exponent, May 7, 1960 Article, Clarksburg Exponent, May 10, 1960
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