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Sheaffer-Centennial-Limited-Edition-Sterling-Silver-Fountain-Pen-Medium-Point.jpeg' alt='Sheaffer Balance Limited Edition 1997' title='Sheaffer Balance Limited Edition 1997' />November 2. Vice President. Lyndon B. Johnson. Preceded by. Dwight D. Eisenhower. Succeeded by. Lyndon B. Johnson. United States Senatorfrom Massachusetts. In office. January 3, 1. December 2. 2, 1. Preceded by. Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. Succeeded by. Benjamin A. Smith IIMember of the U. S. House of Representativesfrom Massachusettss 1. In office. January 3, 1. January 3, 1. 95. Preceded by. James Michael Curley. Succeeded by. Tip ONeill. Mis Primeras Palabras En Ingles Con Pipo Iso Software. Personal details. Born. John Fitzgerald Kennedy1. May 2. 9, 1. 91. 7Brookline, Massachusetts, U. S. Died. November 2. Dallas, Texas, U. S. Cause of death. Assassination. Resting place. Arlington National Cemetery. Political party. Democratic. SpousesJacqueline Lee Bouvier m. Relations. See Kennedy family. Children. Arabella Kennedy. Caroline Bouvier Kennedy. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr. Patrick Bouvier Kennedy. Parents. Alma mater. Harvard College. Profession. Politician. Signature. Military service. Allegiance United States of America. Servicebranch United States Navy. Years of service. Rank. Lieutenant. Unit. Battleswars. Awards. John Fitzgerald Kennedy May 2. November 2. 2, 1. JFK, was an American statesman who served as the 3. President of the United States from January 1. November 1. 96. 3. Kennedy served at the height of the Cold War, and much of his presidency focused on managing relations with the Soviet Union. He was a member of the Democratic Party who represented Massachusetts in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate prior to becoming president. Kennedy was born in Brookline, Massachusetts, to Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. and Rose Kennedy. A scion of the Kennedy family, he graduated from Harvard University in 1. United States Naval Reserve the following year. During World War II, Kennedy commanded a series of PT boats in the Pacific theater and earned the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for his service. After the war, Kennedy represented Massachusettss 1. United States House of Representatives from 1. He was subsequently elected to the U. S. Senate and served as the junior Senator from Massachusetts from 1. While serving in the Senate, he published Profiles in Courage, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography. In the 1. 96. 0 presidential election, Kennedy narrowly defeated Republican opponent Richard Nixon, who was the incumbent Vice President. Kennedys time in office was marked by high tensions with Communist states in the Cold War. He increased the number of American military advisers in South Vietnam by a factor of 1. President Dwight D. Eisenhower. In April 1. CIA attempt to overthrow the Cuban government of Fidel Castro in the Bay of Pigs Invasion. He subsequently rejected plans by the Joint Chiefs of Staff to orchestrate false flag attacks on American soil in order to gain public approval for a war against Cuba. In October 1. 96. U. S. spy planes discovered that Soviet missile bases had been deployed in Cuba the resulting period of tensions, termed the Cuban Missile Crisis, nearly resulted in the breakout of a global thermonuclear conflict. Domestically, Kennedy presided over the establishment of the Peace Corps and supported the Civil Rights Movement, but he was largely unsuccessful in passing his New Frontier domestic policies. Kennedy continues to rank highly in historians polls of U. S. presidents and with the general public. His average approval rating of 7. Gallups history of systematically measuring job approval. On November 2. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested for the state crime, but he was never prosecuted due to his murder by Jack Ruby two days later. Pursuant to the Presidential Succession Act, Vice President. Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in as president later that day. The FBI and the Warren Commission officially concluded that Oswald was the lone assassin, but various groups contradicted the findings of the Warren Report and believed that Kennedy was the victim of a conspiracy. After Kennedys death, Congress enacted many of his proposals, including the Civil Rights Act of 1. Revenue Act of 1. Early life and education. John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born on May 2. Beals Street in Brookline, Massachusetts, to businessmanpolitician Joseph Patrick Joe Kennedy and philanthropistsocialite Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald Kennedy. His grandfathers P. J. Kennedy and Boston Mayor John F. Fitzgerald were both Massachusetts politicians. All four of his grandparents were children of Irish immigrants. Kennedy had an elder brother, Joseph Jr., and seven younger siblings Rosemary, Kathleen, Eunice, Patricia, Robert, Jean, and Ted. Kennedys birthplace in Brookline, Massachusetts. Kennedy lived in Brookline for the first decade of his life and attended the Edward Devotion School, the Noble and Greenough Lower School, and the Dexter School through 4th grade. Joe Kennedys business had kept him away from the family for long stretches of time, and his ventures were concentrated on Wall Street and Hollywood. In September 1. 92. Boston to Riverdale, Bronx, New York. Young John attended the lower campus of Riverdale Country School, a private school for boys, from 5th to 7th grade. Two years later, the family moved to suburban Bronxville, New York, where Kennedy was a member of Boy Scout Troop 2 and attended St. Josephs Church. 17 The Kennedy family spent summers and early autumns8 at their home rented in 1. Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, and Christmas and Easter holidays at their winter home in Palm Beach, Florida, later purchased in 1. In September 1. 93. Kennedythen 1. 3 years oldattended the Canterbury School in New Milford, Connecticut, for 8th grade. In April 1. 93. 1, he had an appendectomy, after which he withdrew from Canterbury and recuperated at home. The Kennedy family at Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, in 1. Jack at top left in white shirt. Ted was born the following year. In September 1. 93. Kennedy attended Choate, a boarding school in Wallingford, Connecticut, for 9th through 1. His older brother Joe Jr. Choate for two years and was a football player and leading student. He spent his first years at Choate in his older brothers shadow, and compensated with rebellious behavior that attracted a coterie. They carried out their most notorious stunt by exploding a toilet seat with a powerful firecracker. In the ensuing chapel assembly, the strict headmaster, George St. House Joy on this page. John, brandished the toilet seat and spoke of certain muckers who would spit in our sea. The defiant Kennedy took the cue and named his group The Muckers Club, which included roommate and friend Kirk Le. Moyne Lem Billings. During his years at Choate, Kennedy was beset by health problems that culminated with his emergency hospitalization in 1. New Haven Hospital, where doctors thought he might have had leukemia. In June 1. 93. 4, he was admitted to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota the ultimate diagnosis there was colitis. Kennedy graduated from Choate in June of the following year, finishing 6. He had been the business manager of the school yearbook and was voted the most likely to succeed. In September 1. 93. Kennedy made his first trip abroad when he traveled to London with his parents and his sister Kathleen. He intended to study under Harold Laski at the London School of Economics LSE, as his older brother had done.