Early Years
• Born May 29, 1917• Brookline, MA• Graduated Harvard in
1940• Son of Joseph and
Rose Kennedy• Eight siblings
War Years
• Enlisted in the U.S.Navy
• Boat was hit by Japanese torpedo
• Received the Navy and Marine Corps Medal
Congressional Years
• began career in 1946
• U.S. Representative
• U.S. Congress in 1952
• lost vicepresidential nomination in 1956
• 1957 Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Presidential Years
• began career in 1960
• youngest to be elected
• 43 yrs. old at innauguration
• ran against Nixon
• television helped with his election
ASSASSINATION
• Nov. 22, 1963• Dallas, Texas• Alleged assassin is
Lee Harvey Oswald• Shot from The
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Bibliography• www.historyplace.com/kennedy/gallery.htm
• www.geocities.com/~newgeneration/
• www.whitehouse.gov/WH/glimpse/presidents/html/jk35.html
• www.cs.umb.edu/jfklibrary/index.htm
• World Book Encyclopedia
• Encyclopedia Brittanica
• school.discovery.com