John F. Kennedy

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John F. Kennedy was the 35th President of the United States. He was elected in 1960, and served as President for just under three years. His leadership during the USS PT-109 incident during the Second World War in the South Pacific was a turning point in his life. Kennedy represented Massachusetts from 1947 to 1960, first as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, and then in the U.S. Senate. He was elected President of the United States in 1960, in one of the closest elections in American history. He is the only Roman Catholic to be elected president of the country.

President Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963.  The Whole country came together in mourning his death.  He had two brothers in politics, one who also assassinated, and another who serves as a senator to this day.