John F. Kennedy 35th President
- Early Background
- Born in Brookline, Massachusetts, on May 29, 1917
- at the age of three he had scarlet fever and was admitted to the hospital, he was there for two months
- He was not of good health
- His older brother died in WW1
- Graduated from Harvard in 1940's
- Served in WW2
- was in the navy
- when his PT boat was rammed and sunk by a Japanese destroyer he lead injured soldiers to safety
- Democratic congressman from boston
- advanced to senate in 1953
- Married Jacqueline Bouvier on September 12, 1953
- in 1955 recuperating from a back operation he wrote Profiles in courage which won the Pulitzer prize in history
- The second-youngest president (after Theodore Roosevelt)
- the first person born in the 20th century to serve as president to date, Kennedy has been the only Roman Catholic President and the only president to have won a Pulitzer prize
- Election
- the election of JFK and Richard Nixon was the 44th Quadrennial president election
- it was held on Tuesday, November 8, 1960
- only election to include all 50 current states
- JFK promised he would "Get America moving again"
- Nixon promised he would continue "Peace and prosperity"
- JFK had a rating of 70.1%
- New Frontier
- Domestic program promising Federal funding for education, Medical care for the elderly, economic aid, to rural regions, and government intervention to halt the recession of the time.
- Accomplishment
- abolished the federal death penalty
- signed executive orders prohibiting racial discrimination and laid the groundwork for the civil rights act of 1964
- initiated Project Apollo as the first manned expedition to the Moon
- Kennedy was Assassination
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