John F Kennedy s Assassination - 2993 Words

On the tragic day of November 22nd, 1963, John Fitzgerald Kennedy s assassination, America stopped and stood still. This tragic day in American history will never be forgotten. John Fitzgerald Kennedy had high hopes in the United States for different amounts of things. The 35th and youngest president to this day of the United States was killed by Lee Harvey Oswald, other conspiracies say that the CIA, Lyndon B. Johnson or the Mafia could have done it too. John Fitzgerald Biography John F Kennedy was born in Brookline, Massachusetts on May 29, 1917. Kennedy’s maternal grandfather, John Fitzgerald was a politician who served as the mayor of Boston and a congressman while his paternal grandfather P. J Kennedy was a liquid trader and a†¦show more content†¦He was in the hospital for a month. In 1936 John graduated from Choate, a boarding school in Connecticut. In an election year in which Republicans gained control of both Houses of Congress; Kennedy nevertheless won a narrow victory, giving him considerable clout within the Democratic Party. According to one of his aides, the decisive factor in Kennedy s victory was his personality. Shortly after his election, Kennedy met a beautiful young woman named Jacqueline Bouvier at a dinner party and, in his own words, leaned across the asparagus and asked her for a date. They were married on September 12, 1953. Jack and Jackie Kennedy had three children: Caroline Kennedy, John F. Kennedy Jr. and Patrick Kennedy. John Kennedy’s Presidency John Kennedy became the youngest man to be elected as the U.S president. On November 8, 1960, he narrowly beat Richard Nixon, who was the vice president to become the 35th U.S president. John Kennedy chose Lyndon Johnson, who was the Senate majority leader as his running mate, and later on to become the vice president. During his inauguration on January 20, 1961, John Kennedy inspired Americans to become active citizen members by stating, â€Å"Ask what not your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country† (Collins 5). The greatest achievement during his three-year term as U.S