John F. Kennedy was born on May 29, 1917 in Brookline, Massachusetts. His father was Joseph P. Kennedy and his mother was Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy had nine kids and he was the second. He was brought up in a household where all the kids had high ambitions because his father was such a success. John F. Kennedy graduated from Choate School in Wallingford, Connecticut, then went to Princeton for a little, and finally went to Harvard in 1936. Kennedy entered the navy when we were in World War II, the boat he was on was sunk and he rescued people. But got malaria and was discharged in early 1945.
In 1946 he ran for the House of Representatives and won, he was then reelected in 1948 and 1950. He lost the spot in 1952 to Dwight D. Eisenhower. Then on September 12, 1953 he married Jacqueline Bouvier. They had three kids, Caroline Bouvier, John Fitzgerald Jr., and another son who died in infancy in August of 1963. In 1954 and 1955 he became really sick with back problems and couldn't play an important role in the government at that time. While he was sick he wrote another book published in 1956. Both of his books showed how he likes strong political figures. He was reelected to the Senate in 1958.
When Kennedy ran for President he realized that since he was from the north and a Roman Catholic he didn't have a lot of support in the south so he choose Senator Lyndon Baines Johnson of Texas as his running mate. He won the election by a narrow margarine. In his inaugural address he said "Ask not what your country can do for you--ask what you can do for your country." These are great words, we should be more willing to give then to receive.
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