Lyndon B. Johnson

===Vice presidential nomination===
{{main|1960 Democratic Party vice presidential candidate selection}}
According to Kennedy's Special Counsel [[Myer Feldman]] and Kennedy himself, it is impossible to reconstruct the precise manner in which Johnson's vice presidential nomination ultimately took place. Kennedy realized that he could not be elected without the support of traditional [[Southern Democrats]], most of whom had backed Johnson; nevertheless, labor leaders were unanimous in their opposition to Johnson. [[AFL-CIO]] President [[George Meany]] called Johnson "the arch-foe of labor", and Illinois AFL-CIO President [[Reuben Soderstrom]] asserted Kennedy had "made chumps out of leaders of the American labor movement".<ref>{{harvnb|Caro|2012|p=406}}</ref><ref>Soderstrom, Carl; Soderstrom, Robert; Stevens, Chris; Burt, Andrew (2018). [http://www.fortygavels.com/ ''Forty Gavels: The Life of Reuben Soderstrom and the Illinois AFL-CIO''.] '''3'''. Peoria, IL: CWS Publishing. pp. 175–176. {{ISBN|978-0-9982575-3-2}}.</ref> After much discussion with party leaders and others, Kennedy offered Johnson the vice presidential nomination at the [[Millennium Biltmore Hotel|Los Angeles Biltmore Hotel]] on July 14, the morning after Kennedy was nominated, and Johnson accepted. From that point to the actual nomination that evening, several facts are in dispute, including whether convention chairman [[LeRoy Collins]]' had the two-thirds majority required to begin the convention's proceedings.<ref>{{harvnb|Dallek|1991|pp=578–582}}</ref>