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The Presidents
John Kennedy

The Thirty-Five President • 1961-1963

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

“Inspiring A Generation”


Biographical Facts

Birth: Brookline, Massachusetts, May 29, 1917

Ancestry: Irish

Father: Joseph Patrick Kennedy
Birth: East Boston, Massachusetts, September 6, 1888
Death: Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, November 16, 1969
Occupations: Financier; Diplomat

Mother: Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy
Birth: Boston, Massachusetts, July 22, 1890
Death: Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, January 22, 1995

Brothers: Joseph Patrick Kennedy (1915-1944); Robert Francis Kennedy (1925-1968); Edward Moore Kennedy (1932-)

Sisters: Rosemary Kennedy (1918-); Kathleen Kennedy (1920-1948); Eunice Mary Kennedy (1921-); Patricia Kennedy (1924-); Jean Ann Kennedy (1928-)

Marriage: Newport, Rhode Island, September 12, 1953
Wife: Jacqueline Lee Bouvier
Birth: Southampton, New York, July 28, 1929
Death: New York, New York, May 19, 1994
Children: Caroline Bouvier Kennedy (1957-); John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1960-1999); Patrick Bouvier Kennedy (1963-1963)

Religious Affiliation: Roman Catholic

Education: Choate School; attended London School of Economics; Princeton University; Harvard University (B.S., 1940)

Occupation Before Presidency: Writer

Military Service: Ens., Lt. (jg), lt., U.S. Naval Reserve (active duty 1941-1945)

Prepresidential Offices: United States Congressman; United States Senator

Inauguration Age: 43

Death: Dallas, Texas, November 22, 1963

Place of Burial: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia



 
First Administration

Inauguration: January 20, 1961; The Capitol, Washington, D.C.

Vice President: Lyndon B. Johnson

Secretary of State: Dean Rusk

Secretary of the Treasury: C. Douglas Dillon

Secretary of Defense: Robert S. McNamera

Attorney General: Robert F. Kennedy

Postmaster General: J. Edward Day; John A. Gronouski (from September 30, 1963)

Secretary of the Interior: Stewart L. Udall

Secretary of Agriculture: Orville L. Freeman

Secretary of Commerce: Luther H. Hodges

Secretary of Labor: Arthur J. Goldberg; W. Willard Wirtz (from September 25, 1962)

Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare: Abraham A. Ribicoff; Anthony J. Celebreeze (from July 31, 1962)

Supreme Court Appointments: Byron R. White (1962); Arthur J. Goldberg (1962)

Congress #87 (January 3, 1961-October 12, 1962):
Senate: 64 Democrats; 33 Republicans
House: 262 Democrats; 175 Republicans

Congress #88 (January 9, 1963-October 3, 1964):
Senate: 67 Democrats; 33 Republicans
House: 258 Democrats; 176 Republicans


Election of 1960
Candidates Electoral Vote   Popular Vote
John F. Kennedy
(Democratic)
303   34,226,731
Richard M. Nixon
(Republican)
219   34,108,157
Harry F. Byrd
(Democratic)
15   none



 
 

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