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John Fitzgerald Kennedy• 1961 ‐
1963
• Democrat• Born in Brookline,
Massachusetts• 1 of 9 children
–Wealthy–The Kennedy
Curse
John, Bobby, and Teddy
Candidate KennedyIdeal Candidate
• Harvard Graduate• WWII veteran
PT 109 and World War II
The Rescue
Candidate KennedyIdeal Candidate
• Harvard Graduate• WWII veteran • US Rep and Senator• “High Hopes”• New Frontier• Charisma
JFK Criticisms• Youth / Inexperience
– 43 years old
• Catholic?
• Health Issues– 10‐12 medications as
Pres.
• Womanizing
1960 Election
Richard NixonRepublican
John KennedyDemocrat
Camelot• “Ask not what your
country can do for you; ask what you can do for your
country.”
• “The torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans.”
President Kennedy Fun Facts
• 6th
shortest presidential term
First US President to be a:
BoyScout
JFK’s Golf Clubs ($800)
• John Kennedy (brother)• Eunice Kennedy (sister)
• Maria Shriver (daughter of Eunice Kennedy Shriver)
married Arnold Schwarzenegger
• Maria was JFK’s niece
Bought for $772,500
Only President to be awarded a Pulitzer Prize
Only 1 of 2 Presidents buried at Arlington Cemetery
JFK Library and Museum Boston, Massachusetts
JFK International Airport (NY)
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Kennedy Half Dollar
President Kennedy and John Jr.