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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
Record group: Collection JFK-WHP: White House Photographs, 12/19/1960 - 03/11/1964 (National Archives Identifier: 1177)Series: Robert Knudsen White House Photographs, compiled 01/20/1961 - 12/19/1963 (National Archives Identifier: 194191)
Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment (1963) The Making of the President 1960 (1963; based on the book) John F. Kennedy: Years of Lightning, Day of Drums (1964) American Presidents: Life Portraits (1999 series) Roots of the Cuban Missile Crisis (2001) The Search for Kennedy's PT 109 (2002) Bobby Kennedy for President (2018 series)
President and first lady at the time, JFK and Jackie pose with Caroline and baby JFK Jr. (also nicknamed John-John) outside the White House. John F. Kennedy Library - Getty Images 1961
Here, Eunice Shriver, Jacqueline Onassis, Kara Kennedy and her dad, Teddy (at the time a Democratic candidate for president), and Ethel Kennedy hanging out together. Bettmann - Getty Images 1980
President Kennedy gives a press conference on the situation in Southeast Asia. He stands at a podium next to a large map of Vietnam showing the areas held by communist rebels. Short title: IH038942: JPEG file comment: 23 Nov 1961 --- President Kennedy gives a press conference on the situation in Southeast Asia.
The economy turned around and prospered during Kennedy's presidency. The GDP expanded by an average of 5.5% from early 1961 to late 1963, [321] while inflation remained steady at around 1% and unemployment eased. [322] Industrial production rose by 15% and motor vehicle sales increased by 40%. [323]
It was Kennedy's first State of the Union Address, which was delivered only 18 days after outgoing President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivered his final State of the Union Address in writing. Presiding over this joint session was House speaker Sam Rayburn, accompanied by Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, in his capacity as the president of the Senate.