John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 35th
President of the United States
“Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what
you can do for your country” are the words of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, our 35th
president. Kennedy was born on May 29, 1917 in Brookline Massachusetts. He
graduated from Harvard in 1940 and joined the Navy shortly thereafter as
commander of PT 109.
After the war, Kennedy was elected to Congress, then
to the Senate. He married Jacqueline Bouvier on September 12, 1953. Kennedy was
gifted in many areas and won the Pulitzer Prize in history for his book, Profiles
in Courage. In 1960, Kennedy defeated Richard Nixon in one of the closest
presidential elections in history. John F. Kennedy was the youngest man elected
to the presidency. He was also the youngest to die. He was assassinated in
Dallas Texas on November 22, 1963.
The White House
Web Site[1] provides
biographical information and a picture for all presidents and their wives. The John F. Kennedy Library
is also an excellent source of information on President Kennedy. The picture at
the left was taken from The History Place