Assigned Blog 7
John F. Kennedy.
MY ASSIGNED BLOG IS ON election results and why he won
A republican, Dwight D. Eisenhower was the president before JFK. John F. Kennedy was the 35th president, Democrat, Roman Catholic, Graduated from Harvard, He ran against Richard Nixon, a republican. closest election since 1916 303 to 219 in the electoral college. John F. Kennedy had 49.7% of the votes and Richard Nixon had 49.5% of the votes the other .8% was for Harry F. Byrd and those came from Alabama and Mississippi and one person in Oklahoma. JFK's running mate was Lindon B. Jonhson and Richard Nixon's running mate was Henry Cobot Lodge Jr. He was the first person to be president that was born in the 20th century. 43 three years old when he became president.
http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/jfkennedy.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1960
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