JOHN F KENNEDY 1917 1963 THIRTY FIFTH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES KENNEDY JOHN F 1917 1963 ELECTIONS POLITICAL PARTIES FOREIGN POLICY COLD WAR ELECTIONS AND POLITICS GLOBAL RELATIONS JOHN KENNEDY JOHN F KENNEDY JOHN F KENNEDY WAS BORN IN BROOKLINE MASSACHUSETTS AFTER GRADUATING FROM HARVARD UNIVERSITY HE ENLISTED IN THE NAVY AND SERVED THROUGHOUT MOST OF WORLD WAR II FOR HIS EFFORTS AS A TORPEDO BOAT COMMANDER IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN HE WAS AWARDED THE NAVY AND MARINE CORPS MEDAL AND THE PURPLE HEART TWO YEARS LATER HE WAS ELECTED AS A DEMOCRAT TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HE SERVED IN THE HOUSE UNTIL 1953 WHEN HE WAS ELECTED TO THE U.S SENATE KENNEDY WON THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR HIS 1956 BOOK PROFILES IN COURAGE HE WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT IN 1960 BECOMING THE FIRST ROMAN CATHOLIC EVER ELECTED TO THE POSITION A MAJOR FOCUS OF HIS PRESIDENCY WAS FOREIGN AFFAIRS KENNEDY APPROVED THE FAILED BAY OF PIGS INVASION OF CUBA IN 1961 AND FORCED THE SOVIET UNION TO WITHDRAW ITS MISSILES FROM CUBA IN 1962 HE SIGNED THE NUCLEAR TEST BAN TREATY WITH THE SOVIET UNION AND GREAT BRITAIN IN 1963 KENNEDY ALSO FOUNDED THE PEACE CORPS HE WAS ASSASSINATED IN DALLAS TEXAS ON NOVEMBER 22 1963
