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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
35th President of the United States
In office
January 20, 1961 November 22, 1963
Vice President(s) Lyndon B. Johnson
Preceded by Dwight D. Eisenhower
Succeeded by Lyndon B. Johnson
United States Senator
from Massachusetts
In office
January 3, 1953 December 22, 1960
Preceded by Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.
Succeeded by Benjamin A. Smith
Member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 11th congressional district
In office
1947 1953
Preceded by James Michael Curley
Succeeded by Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr.
Born May 29, 1917
Brookline, Massachusetts
Died November 22, 1963, age 46
Dallas, Texas
Political party Democratic
Spouse Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy
Religion Roman Catholic
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 November 22, 1963), also referred to as John F. Kennedy, JFK, John Kennedy or Jack Kennedy, was the 35th president of the United States. He served from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. His leadership during the USS PT-109 incident during the Second World War in the South Pacific was a turning point in his life. Kennedy represented the state of Massachusetts from 1947 to 1960, first as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, and then, in the U.S. Senate. Kennedy (Democrat) was elected president of the United States in 1960, at age 43, against Richard Nixon (Republican), in one of the closest elections in American history. He is the only Roman Catholic to be elected president of the country.
Major events during his presidency include the Bay of Pigs invasion, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the building of the Berlin Wall, the Space Race, early events of the Vietnam War, and the American Civil Rights Movement.
John F. Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas,...
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