Historical Marker
St. Clair National Bank
Historical marker location:
111 E Main Street, Belleville, Illinois
( Marker is on East Main Street, on the right when traveling west.)
Marker installed: 2014
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.