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Birth/Early Life
John F. Kennedy was born on in Brook line, Massachusetts.
Kennedy's were wealthy Irish Catholic Boston families. His grandpa was very rich banker. both of his parents were also very rich.Joe his dad all was now what they are doing and where they are. -
Education
Kennedy continued on to Chordate, an elite Connecticut preparatory school. Young Kennedy was a poor student. He excelled at English and history, the subjects he enjoyed at school. Kennedy continued on to Chordate, an elite Connecticut preparatory school. Although he was obviously brilliant. Evidenced by the extraordinary thoughtfulness and nuance of his work on the rare occasions when he applied himself. Kennedy transferred to Harvard University. -
Family
John F. Kennedy's mother Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald, was a Boston debutante, and his father, Joseph Kennedy Sr., was a successful banker. John was the second oldest of a group of nine siblings.His brothers and sisters include Eunice, the founder of the Special Olympics; Robert, a U.S. Attorney General, and Ted, one of the most powerful senators in American history. -
Employment
Shortly after graduating from Harvard, Kennedy joined the U.S. Navy and was assigned to command a patrol torpedo boat in the South Pacific.On August 2, 1943, his boat, PT-109, was rammed by a Japanese warship and split in two. Two sailors died and Kennedy badly injured his back. Hauling another wounded sailor by the strap of his life vest. -
Politics
In 1952, seeking greater influence and a larger platform, Kennedy challenged Republican incumbent Henry Cabot Lodge for his seat in the U.S. Senate. Kennedy hired his younger brother Robert as his campaign manager. -
Presidency
Kennedy's election was historic in several respects. At the age of 43, he was the second youngest American president in history.Winning by a narrow margin in the popular vote, Kennedy became the first Roman Catholic President. -
Legacy
John F. Kennedy WAS PUT ON THE HAFT DOLLAR!! -
Death
On November 21, 1963, President Kennedy flew to Dallas, Texas for a campaign appearance. The next day, November 22, Kennedy, along with his wife and Texas governor John Connally, rode through cheering crowds in downtown Dallas in a Lincoln Continental convertible. From an upstairs window of the Texas School Book Depository building, a 24-year-old warehouse worker named Lee Harvey Oswald, a former Marine with Soviet sympathies, fired upon the car, hitting the president twice.
