John Fitzgerald Kennedy was a very significant figure in American politics. He accomplished incredible things in his lifetime and made a great impression in American history.
             John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, was born to Joseph Patrick Kennedy and Rose Fitzgerald on May 29, 1917 in Brookline, Massachusetts. He was the second child in a family that eventually numbered to nine children. Before reaching school age, he had had many illnesses; therefore, most schools turned him down. Many years later, He was finally accepted to Harvard in the summer of 1936. At Harvard, he permanently injured his back while playing football and graduated in 1940.
             After Harvard, John applied to the navy and was accepted. In 1943, he commanded his own ship. On August 2, 1943, while patrolling for Japanese warships, the Japanese destroyer Amagiri sank JFK's ship.
             On August 12, 1944, a year after this horrible event, JFK's elder brother was killed in an airplane crash during World War II. This made their father, Joseph, look to his second son, JFK, to enter politics. Joseph's dream was to have a son in politics. JFK was first elected to the House in November of 1946. Kennedy served 6 years in the House as a democrat before running for a Senate seat in 1952. He was elected by a margin of 70,737 votes.
             On September 12, 1953, Senator Kennedy happily married Jacqueline Lee Bouvier. In 1957 he wrote the book Profiles In Courage that won him the Pulitzer Prize.
             On January 2, 1960, JFK declared his candidacy for the biggest political office of his life, President of the United States of America. He nominated Lyndon Baines Johnson to be his vice-president. During the campaign, there were a series of presidential debates between JFK and Richard M. Nixon. They were the first four televised debates ever in American history, seventy-million people watched the first debate.
             In November of 1960, JFK was ele...