Born on May 29, 1917, in Brookline, Massachusetts, to Joseph and Rose Kennedy, John F. Kennedy was the second of nine children. In his youth, JFK led a privileged life, attending multiple private schools and spending summers in Hyannis Port on Cape Cod. After studying at Harvard University, 24-year-old JFK joined the U.S. Navy, where he was given command of a Patrol-Torpedo boat. Later he would be awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for heroism after helping some of his crew. His brother, however, eldest brother would tragically die when his Navy airplane exploded in August 1944. Kennedy’s father had hopes of Joseph Jr, becoming president, with him now being deceased Joseph Sr. now looked to JFK to become the first Catholic president (JFK
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to vacate his seat as U.S. Representative and become mayor of Boston. With his father’s financial support and backing, Kennedy would win the Democratic primary and serve in the House for six years. From an outside perspective, it would seem as though Kennedys’ political ambitions were that of his father’s rather than his own with his father once again financing and managing his candidacy for U.S. Senate and win; that same year he married Jacqueline Lee Bouvier. Due to health issues stemming back from childhood, Kennedy had to undergo several spinal surgeries over the next two years causing him to often be absent from the Senate (Wikipedia). During his time as a senator, JFK would support President Eisenhower's bill for the Civil Rights Act of 1957 (Wikipedia). The next year, Kennedy would be re-elected to a second term beating out Republican opponent, Boston lawyer Vincent J. Celeste, by a wide margin. Afterward, he began preparing to run for president in …show more content…
Who among us would be content with the counsels of patience and delay?" (JFK Presidential Library Museum). During this speech, Kennedy would announce he would be sending comprehensive civil rights legislation to Congress. Only 1,036 days into office President Kennedy would be assassinated while traveling in a presidential motorcade through downtown Dallas. He was shot once in the head, dying thirty minutes later at a nearby hospital, making it so he would be unable to see civil rights
to vacate his seat as U.S. Representative and become mayor of Boston. With his father’s financial support and backing, Kennedy would win the Democratic primary and serve in the House for six years. From an outside perspective, it would seem as though Kennedys’ political ambitions were that of his father’s rather than his own with his father once again financing and managing his candidacy for U.S. Senate and win; that same year he married Jacqueline Lee Bouvier. Due to health issues stemming back from childhood, Kennedy had to undergo several spinal surgeries over the next two years causing him to often be absent from the Senate (Wikipedia). During his time as a senator, JFK would support President Eisenhower's bill for the Civil Rights Act of 1957 (Wikipedia). The next year, Kennedy would be re-elected to a second term beating out Republican opponent, Boston lawyer Vincent J. Celeste, by a wide margin. Afterward, he began preparing to run for president in …show more content…
Who among us would be content with the counsels of patience and delay?" (JFK Presidential Library Museum). During this speech, Kennedy would announce he would be sending comprehensive civil rights legislation to Congress. Only 1,036 days into office President Kennedy would be assassinated while traveling in a presidential motorcade through downtown Dallas. He was shot once in the head, dying thirty minutes later at a nearby hospital, making it so he would be unable to see civil rights