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President John F. Kennedy with the Boston Celtics, January 1963 Kennedy was a fan of Major League Baseball 's Boston Red Sox and the National Basketball Association 's Boston Celtics . [ 452 ] [ 453 ] Growing up on Cape Cod, Kennedy and his siblings developed a lifelong passion for sailing . [ 454 ]
Electoral history of John F. Kennedy, who served as the 35th president of the United States (1961–1963) and as a United States senator (1953–1960) and United States representative (1947–1953) from Massachusetts.
Pages in category "Electoral History of John F. Kennedy" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 8, 1960. The Democratic ticket of Senator John F. Kennedy and his running mate, Senate Majority Leader Lyndon B. Johnson, narrowly defeated the Republican ticket of incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon and his running mate, U.N. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.
John F. Kennedy's tenure as the 35th president of the United States began with his inauguration on January 20, 1961, and ended with his assassination on November 22, 1963. . Kennedy, a Democrat from Massachusetts, took office following his narrow victory over Republican incumbent vice president Richard Nixon in the 1960 presidential elect
Kennedy later stated that had he won the vice presidential nomination his political career would have ended due to the Republican landslide in the general election. [6] In 1957, Kennedy won the Pulitzer Prize for his best-selling book, Profiles in Courage, [7] and his appointments to the Senate's Foreign Relations Committee and Select Committee ...
The Making of the President 1960, written by journalist Theodore H. White and published by Atheneum Publishers in 1961, [1] is a book that recounts and analyzes the 1960 election in which John F. Kennedy was elected President of the United States.
John F. Kennedy, a Democrat from Massachusetts, was elected President of the United States on November 8, 1960, was inaugurated as the nation's 35th president on January 20, 1961, and his presidency ended on November 22, 1963, upon his assassination and death. The following articles cover the timeline of Kennedy's presidency: