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The35thPresidentoftheUnitedStatesHehasbeenmostAmericansasoneofthegreatestpresidentsinhistory,duringhistenureisthehighestsupportPresidentinAmericanhistory.JohnF.KennedyKENNEDYFAMILYWifeJ.L.B.KennedyOnassisDaughterCarolineB.KennedyYoungerbrotherRobertF.KennedyYoungerbrotherEdwardM.KennedyYoungersisterK.A.K.KennedyCavendishOlderbrotherJosephP.Kennedy,Jr.FatherJosephP.Kennedy,Sr.MotherRoseF.KennedySonJohnF.Kennedy,Jr.…JohnF.Kennedy2EarlyLifeandCongressionalCareerEnrolledatHarvardCollegeGraduatedfromHarvardCollegeU.S.NavyReserveHouseofRepresentativesSenatePresidentialElectionAttendedPrincetonUniversityKennedybrieflyattendedPrincetonUniversity,buthadtoleaveaftertwomonthsduetoagastrointestinalillness.EnrolledatHarvardCollegeGraduatedfromHarvardCollegeU.S.NavyReserveHouseofRepresentativesSenatePresidentialElectionAttendedPrincetonUniversityKennedyenrolledatHarvardCollegeandhisapplicationessaystated:ThereasonsthatIhaveforwishingtogotoHarvardareseveral.EnrolledatHarvardCollegeGraduatedfromHarvardCollegeU.S.NavyReserveHouseofRepresentativesSenatePresidentialElectionAttendedPrincetonUniversityKennedygraduatedcumlaudefromHarvardCollegewithaBachelorofArtsingovernment,concentratingoninternationalaffairs.EnrolledatHarvardCollegeGraduatedfromHarvardCollegeU.S.NavyReserveHouseofRepresentativesSenatePresidentialElectionAttendedPrincetonUniversityKennedyjoinedtheUnitedStatesNavalReserve.EnrolledatHarvardCollegeGraduatedfromHarvardCollegeU.S.NavyReserveHouseofRepresentativesSenatePresidentialElectionAttendedPrincetonUniversityKennedywontheDemocraticprimarywith12percentofthevote,defeatingtenothercandidates.EnrolledatHarvardCollegeGraduatedfromHarvardCollegeU.S.NavyReserveHouseofRepresentativesSenatePresidentialElectionAttendedPrincetonUniversityInthepresidentialelection,KennedydefeatedLodgeby70,000votesfortheSenateseat.EnrolledatHarvardCollegeGraduatedfromHarvardCollegeU.S.NavyReserveHouseofRepresentativesSenatePresidentialElectionAttendedPrincetonUniversityOnJanuary2,1960,KennedyannouncedhiscandidacyfortheDemocraticpresidentialnomination.3CivilRightsMovementKennedyverballysupportedracialintegrationandcivilrights;duringthe1960campaignhetelephonedCorettaScottKing,wifeoftheReverendMartinLutherKing,Jr.,whohadbeenjailedwhiletryingtointegrateadepartmentstorelunchcounter.CivilRightsMovement4CubanMissileCrisisCubanMissileCrisisThistimethewholeworldtonuclearwarclosertothecrisisisunprecedented,butfortunatelythetwoleadersofthehumannaturetoblockdown.Aweeklater,heandKhrushchevreachedabasicconsensus.KhrushchevagreedtowithdrawthemissileaslongastheUnitedStatespledgedtoneverattackCubaandremovetheUSmissilelauncherinTurkey.5Kennedy'sSpacePolicyFortheeyesoftheworldnowlookintospace,tothemoonandtotheplanetsbeyond,andwehavevowedthatweshallnotseeitgovernedbyahostileflagofconquest,butbyabanneroffreedomandpeace.——JohnF.KennedyPresidentJohnF.KennedygaveaspeechatRiceUniversityin1962aboutthequesttoputamanonthemoon.“Wechoosetogotothemooninthisdecadeanddotheotherthings,notbecausetheyareeasy,butbecausetheyarehard,hesaidtoacheeringcrowd.PresidentJohnF.Kennedy:'Wechoosetogotothemoon’6AssassinationofJohnF.Kennedy1963.11.22PM12:30