JFK was nearly nominated to run for what office in 1956?
A. Mayor of Boston.
B. Governor of Massachusetts.
C. Vice-President.
D. President.
In the 1956 presidential election, presidential nominee Adlai Stevenson left the choice of a Vice Presidential nominee to the Democratic convention, and Kennedy finished second in that balloting to Senator Estes Kefauver of Tennessee. Despite this defeat, Kennedy received national exposure that would prove valuable in subsequent years. It was probably a good thing he did not win the nomination as it would have difficult to win running against Eisenhower in 1956.