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John
F. Kennedy Bio..
John Fitzgerald Kennedy was the 35th President
of the United Stated (the youngest elected president
ever) representing the Democratic political
party and his term of office was January 20,
1961- November 22, 1963.
John
F. Kennedy was born on May 29, 1917 in Brooklyn,
Massachusetts of Irish descent. He had studied
in The Choate School, London School of Economics,
Princeton University, Harvard University. In
the year 1941 he joined the US Navy and was
awarded with the Navy and Marine Corps Medal,
the Purple Heart, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal,
and the World War II Victory Medal.
The
start of his political career was around 1946,
after his military experience, when he ran for
the seat of representative James Michael Curley.
Several years later (in 1956) he ran for the
Senate: he was a Democratic Congressman from
the Boston area.
On
November 8, 1960 when the general election was
held, Kennedy had to compete with Richard Nixon
and as a result won the election. Kennedy's
policy included such issues as fighting against
discrimination, war, crime and poverty, supporting
different space programs, tax cuts, medical
care system, and equal rights. The president
experienced global events such as Cuban Missile
crisis (1962), construction of the Berlin Wall
(1961), communism in Latin America, creation
of the Peace Corps, and the dangerous nuclear
weapon era.
The
first lady, Jacqueline Kennedy took an active
part of the representation of Kennedy and the
USA. The couple reinvented what it meant to
be president, and welcomed cameras into their
life. They were married on September 12, 1953
and the couple had got two children, John Jr.
and Caroline.
On
November 22, 1963 JFK was assassinated in Texas,
and the next elected American president was
Lyndon Baines Johnson, who had designed the
the Warren Commission in order to investigate
the murder. The discussions about his murder
are still open: however Lee Harvey Oswald is
believed to be the murderer.
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