John F. Kennedy | 35th U.S. President | Biography In English |

 

John F Kennedy, he was the 35th President of the United States he was born in Brookline Massachusetts United States on May 29 1917 his father's name was Joseph P Kennedy senior and mother's name was rose Fitzgerald 

his father was a banker and mother was an American philanthropist Kennedy attended the choic school for his higher education he graduated from the same in 1935 Kennedy moved to Harvard in 1936 though Kennedy wished to join the army his

chronic lower back problem disqualified him medically for the same due to which Kennedy found himself a place in the United States Navy in 1945 he took up the job of a special correspondent for the Hearst newspaper in 1946 Kennedy filled up for the position of James Michael Curley at the United States

House of Representatives Kennedy served as a congressman for six years filling up the seat of the Senate did not come in easy for Kennedy as he suffered from major health problems he was critically ill for most of the times which explained his absence from the Senate he got Pulitzer Prize for his book profile

of courage Kennedy met his future wife Jacqueline Bouvier at a dinner party he was a congressman then a year later after being elected as the senator Kennedy walked the aisle with Jacqueline on 12 September 1953 the couple was blessed with four children in 1956 Kennedy contested the vice presidential

election but lost the same to senator Estes Kefauver of Tennessee two years later Kennedy was re-elected to the Senate defeating Republican opponent Vincent J Celeste to serve his second term following this Kennedy decided to run for the presidency in the 1960 Democratic primary election Kennedy initiated his campaign for the presidential election Kennedy was nominated by the Democratic

convention as its candidate he chose Johnson as his vice-presidential candidate he participated in the first televised United States presidential debate in the United States history on November 8 1960 Kennedy became the 35th President of the United States defeating Nixon by a razor-thin margin his appointment was historic as he became the second youngest American president the first Catholic 

president in the first president born in the 20th century when Kennedy assumed power he was informed about Eisenhower's plan to invade Cuba by the United States trained anti-castro Cuban exiles with the help of Central Intelligence Agency the main aim of this plan was to instigate the Cuban people to remove Castro from power Kennedy proposed new social programs to

improve education health care and mass transit he even suggested for a Reformation in the tax system in which he proposed reduction of income tax and corporate tax rates under Kennedy's administration the economic condition of the state which was under recession prospered notably the gross domestic product increased to five point five percent while the industrial production

increased by fifteen percent inflation remains steady at one percent and as for the rate of unemployment it came down markedly in his presidential campaign Kennedy argued for coming up with a civil rights acts however as much as Kennedy supported racial integration and civil rights he did not do much to solve the issue initially it was only in 1963 that Kennedy launched his civil rights

legislation according to which the minorities and the suppressed were assured with access to public schools and other facilities and protection of voting rights he died in Dallas Texas United States on 22 November 1963 at the age of 46 those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable said, John F Kennedy.