Smallenger was an alternate delegate to the 1960 Republican National Convention and supported the party nominee , Vice President Richard M. Nixon , in the 1960 presidential election against U.S. Senator John F. Kennedy . Smallenberger said that the original Republican platform was conservative but it was moved to the left when Nixon offered concessions to Governor Nelson Rockefeller of New York in a bid for support on the East Coast , areas which Nixon still lost in the 1960 general election
1960 Republican National Convention
1960 Republican National Convention
LeRoy Smallenberger