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His paternal grandfather, P. J. Kennedy, was an East Boston ward boss and Massachusetts state legislator. [5] Kennedy's maternal grandfather and namesake, John F. Fitzgerald, was a U.S. congressman and two-term mayor of Boston. [6] All four of his grandparents were children of Irish immigrants. [1]
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
The President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992, or the JFK Records Act, is a public law passed by the United States Congress, effective October 26, 1992. [1] It directed the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) to establish a collection of records to be known as the President John F. Kennedy ...
John F. Kennedy's assassination was the first of four major assassinations during the 1960s, coming two years before the assassination of Malcolm X in 1965, and five years before the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy in 1968. [309] For the public, Kennedy's assassination mythologized him into a heroic figure. [310]
LTJG John F. Kennedy aboard PT-109, 1943. Kennedy's service as commander of the doomed PT-109 demonstrated his leadership abilities, but according to Logevall also gave indications that at an early age, Kennedy knew how to use contacts, persuasion, and finesse to meet his political objectives. As he strongly felt the need for America to enter ...
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.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram photographers captured dozens of photos of the final hours of President John F. Kennedy’s life on Nov. 22, 1963. Kennedy arrived at Carswell Air Force Base late Nov. 21 ...
An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917–1963 is a 2003 biography of the 35th president of the United States, John F. Kennedy (JFK), who was assassinated in 1963. It was written by Bancroft Prize-winning historian Robert Dallek, a prominent History professor at Boston University. The author is a presidential historian who taught at Columbia ...