Ulysses S. Grant

Historical marker location:

501 All American Park, Quincy, Illinois

( Marker is on All American Park north of Hampshire Street, on the right when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 2018

The first televised presidential debate in history was held in Illinois in 1960 between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon. The debate was held at the studios of CBS in Chicago and was watched by an estimated 70 million people.