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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] He also took up
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
Four presidents died in office of natural causes (William Henry Harrison, Zachary Taylor, Warren G. Harding, and Franklin D. Roosevelt), four were assassinated (Abraham Lincoln, James A. Garfield, William McKinley, and John F. Kennedy), and one resigned (Richard Nixon, facing impeachment and removal from office). [9]
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.
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.
Kennedy won the Democratic presidential nomination on the first ballot. The publisher of the Post then pressed Kennedy to choose Johnson as his running mate to give the ticket more experience and ...
John F. Kennedy: Democratic: C. Douglas Dillon: Republican: Secretary of the Treasury: 1961–1965 John McCone: Republican: Director of Central Intelligence: 1961–1965 McGeorge Bundy: Republican [7] [8] National Security Advisor: 1961–1966 Christian Herter: Republican: U.S. Trade Representative: 1962–1966 Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. Republican ...
John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis were one of America's most beloved and widely recognized couples — but their marriage wasn't without scandal — even before they wed.