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At the age of 43, Kennedy was the youngest man elected president and the first Catholic. Before his inauguration, his second child, John Jr., was born. His father liked to call him John-John. John F. Kennedy Becomes The 35th President of the United States. John F. Kennedy was sworn in as the 35th president on January 20, 1961.
1 day ago · John F. Kennedy, 35th president of the United States (1961–63), who faced a number of foreign crises, especially the Cuban missile crisis, but managed to secure such achievements as the Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty and the Alliance for Progress.
The biography for President Kennedy and past presidents is courtesy of the White House Historical Association. John F. Kennedy was the 35th President of the United States (1961-1963), the youngest...
He made his 1958 race for reelection to the Senate a test of his popularity in Massachusetts. His margin of victory was 874,608 votes—the largest ever in Massachusetts politics and the greatest of any senatorial candidate that year. John F. Kennedy. Robert Kennedy, Ted Kennedy, and John F. Kennedy.
On November 22, 1963, when he was hardly past his first thousand days in office, John Fitzgerald Kennedy was shot to death as his motorcade wound through Dallas, Texas. Kennedy was the youngest man elected president; he was the youngest to die.
Third Debate, 10/13/60: Entitled "Face-to-Face, Nixon-Kennedy" originated ABC Hollywood (Nixon) and New York (John F. Kennedy) carried by all networks. Fourth Debate, 10/21/60: Originated from ABC New York carried by all networks. Eulogies to President Kennedy Delivered in the United States Capitol, 11/24/63.
In spite of concerns over nepotism, Kennedy's father insisted that Robert F. Kennedy become Attorney General, and the younger Kennedy became the "assistant president" who advised on all major issues. McNamara and Dillon also emerged as important advisers from the cabinet. President John F. Kennedy (seated) with members of his White House staff
