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John F. Kennedy
President of the United States from to
Several terms redirect here. For other uses, see John Kennedy (disambiguation), Jack Kennedy (disambiguation), JFK (disambiguation), and John F. Kennedy (disambiguation).
John F. Kennedy | |
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Oval Office portrait, | |
In office January 20, – November 22, | |
Vice President | Lyndon B. Johnson |
Preceded by | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
Succeeded by | Lyndon B. Johnson |
In office January 3, – December 22, | |
Preceded by | Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. |
Succeeded by | Benjamin A. Smith II |
In office January 3, – January 3, | |
Preceded by | James Michael Curley |
Succeeded by | Tip O'Neill |
Born | John Fitzgerald Kennedy ()May 29, Brookline, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Died | November 22, () (aged46) Dallas, Texas, U.S. |
Mannerofdeath | Assassination |
Resting place | Arlington National Cemetery |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | |
Children | 4, including Caroline, • John F. Kennedy: Life Before the PresidencyBorn soon after America's entry into the First World War, John Fitzgerald Kennedy was the nation's first president born in the 20th century. Both parents hailed from wealthy Boston families with long political histories. His maternal grandfather had been mayor of Boston. Kennedy's father, Joseph P. Kennedy, had made a fortune in the lager market, entertainment, and other business, managing to take his money out of the stock marknad just before the crash of Though the ensuing Great nedstämdhet gripped the nation, “Jack” and his eight siblings enjoyed a privileged childhood of elite private schools, sailboats, servants, and summer homes. Kennedy later claimed that his only experience of the Great Depression came from what he read in books while attending Harvard University. For John, this privileged childhood was interrupted repeatedly by chronic bouts of illness. Afflicted with an almost constant stream of ailments, several of which went • Life of John F. KennedyGrowing Up in the Kennedy FamilyRose Fitzgerald Kennedy, who was a very disciplined and organized woman, made the following entry on a notecard, when her second child was born: John Fitzgerald Kennedy In all, Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy would have nine children, four boys and five girls. She kept notecards for each of them in a small wooden file box and made a point of writing down everything from a doctor’s visit to the shoe size they had at a particular age. John Fitzgerald Kennedy was named in honor of Rose’s father, John Francis Fitzgerald, the Boston Mayor popularly known as Honey Fitz. Before long, family and friends called this small blue-eyed baby, Jack. Jack was not a very healthy baby, and Rose recorded on his notecard the childhood diseases from which he suffered, such as: "whooping cough, measles, chicken pox." On February 20, when Jack was not yet three years old, he became si |