Six - Pounder

Historical marker location:

201 E Main St, Carlinville, Illinois

( Marker is on East 1st South Street (State Road 108) east of East Main Street, on the left when traveling east.)

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.