John F Kennedy
John fitzgerald kennedy may 29 1917 november 22 1963 often referred to by his initials jfk and jack was an american politician who served as the 35th president of the united states from january 1961 until his assassination in november 1963.
John f kennedy. He was assassinated in 1963. Kennedy was the 35th president of the united states 1961 1963 the youngest man elected to the office. Kennedy s early life. At the time his family fortune was approximately valued at 1 billion.
He gave the entirety of his 100 000 a year presidential salary to charity interestingly when he took office he was the richest man ever to do so. He was assassinated while riding in a motorcade in dallas. Kennedy 35th president of the united states 1961 63 who faced a number of foreign crises especially the cuban missile crisis but managed to secure such achievements as the nuclear test ban treaty and the alliance for progress. Kennedy with his white house staff.
President negotiated the nuclear test ban treaty and initiated the alliance for progress. Born on may 29 1917 in brookline massachusetts john f. On november 22 1963 when he was hardly past his first thousand days in office. Unfortunately early on in their.
Kennedy a democrat served three terms six years in the house of representatives and in 1952 he was elected to the us senate. As the years went on john f. We would like to show you a description here but the site won t allow us. His parents joseph and rose kennedy were.
Kennedy at 36 years of age married 24 year old jacqueline bouvier a writer with the washington times herald. Kennedy served at the height of the cold war and the majority of his work as president concerned relations with the soviet union and cuba.