JFK: Catholic for President Kennedy’s Road to Presidency After nearly earning his party’s nomination for vice president (under Adlai Stevenson) in 1956, Kennedy announced his candidacy for president on January 2, 1960. He defeated a primary challenge from the more liberal Hubert Humphrey and ch...
Learn about John F. Kennedy, from his early life and military career to his presidency, handling of American politics, and assassination by Lee...
More than a half-century after his assassination cut his presidency short, JFK remains one of history’s most intriguing figures—and, according to Gallup, America’s favorite president.
JFK PRESIDENCY AND DEATHOn November 8, 1960, John F. Kennedy was elected as the 35th President of the United States after he defeated the incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon. Lyndon B. Johnson was chosen as Kennedy’s vice president. On January 20, 1961, he took his oath of office at...
Many aspects of JFK's life have been analyzed through popular books, movies, among other ways. But one thing that's not often mentioned is that while he was in office, he donated his entire congressional and presidential salaries to charity. He made more than enough money through his family...
He had two more back operations, on in 1954 and another to correct the first in 1955. His back problems were due to osteoporosis and compression fractures. JFK is predominantly photographed seated, due to fits of extreme pain. Beginning in 1955, Kennedy became narcotic pain killer dependent and...
Although Johnson played an indispensable role in getting JFK elected to president and passing important legislation, he was not privy to Kennedy's inner circle. Death Year: 1973 Death date: January 22, 1973 Death State: Texas Death City: Stonewall Death Country: United States Fact Check We stri...
ThePT-109disaster made JFK a hero. But his fury and grief at the loss of two men sent him on a dangerous quest to get even. TheGlobestory and others heaped praise on Lieutenant (j.g.) John F. Kennedy, commander of the109and son of the millionaire and former diplomat Joseph Kennedy....
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JFK was the first Roman Catholic to be president, the first Boy Scout to become president, and the first president to be born in the twentieth century.[10] Warren Harding was the first president to own a radio, the first to make speech over the radio, and the first to ride to his in...