r his weak stand against communism. In 1952, Kennedy ran for a seat in the senate by challenging incumbent Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. Because he was well liked as a Representative, he won the election (Patterson 42).
             Although he defeated the incumbent, Kennedy was an ineffective senator because of a re-occurring injury. In 1954 and 1955, JFK was hospitalized with a serious back problem that he acquired while in the Navy. While laid up, he studied famous American political leaders and wrote a book titled "Profiles of Courage," which later won a Pulitzer Prize for biography. After he recovered, he bid for the vice-president spot in the 1956 election but wasn't selected. He was reelected as senator in 1958 where he continued to support civil rights and oppose communism (Patterson 42).
             In 1960, Kennedy ran for the presidency. His campaign was extremely well organized and well financed. As a northerner, Kennedy had less support in the south than other candidates. To remedy this, he chose Southern Lyndon B. Johnson to be his running mate. Through these clever politics, Kennedy won the election by a small margin to become the 35th president of the United States. In his inaugural address, he showed his love for America by saying, "ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country" (Patterson 42).
             In this presidency not much was achieved to help America. Many things began in this administration that would go on to help millions of people. Kennedy and his cabinet were forced to deal with the Cuban Missile Crisis as well as the scare of a third World War. Kennedy would be the last president for nearly twenty years whose name wasn't tarnished by lies or horrible situations.
             Though his presidency wasn't bad, it will always be associated with one fateful day in Dallas. In 1963, JFK went to Texas to gain support for the 1964 election. He gave a speech at the Fort W...