John F. Kennedy, and his assassination


             The sisters of john were Jean, Patricia, Eunice, Kathleen and rosemary. Rosemary was institutionalized for being mentally retarded and for the failure of a lobotomy. Kathleen died in a plane crash in 1948, when she was 28. The remaining sisters die from natural causes, or still living today.
             Jackie Kennedy, brought beauty, intelligence to the white house. She was the wife of John Kennedy, and took on the role of first lady. They had two children together, Caroline, and John- John or john Jr. They also had a little boy, Patrick, who died two days after he was born. Jackie was fluent in Spanish as well as French. She also had tastes in art, and decorated the white house with those talents. She was an intelligent woman who had courage during the death of her husband. She never left the spotlight even though JFK was killed; she went on with her life, marrying Aristotle Onassis.
             John F. Kennedy decided to enter politics in part due to his father's influence and when his brother died in World War II. He said, "Just as I went into politics because Joe died, if anything happens to me tomorrow, my brother Bobby would run for my seat in the senate. And if Bobby died, Teddy would take over him." This is so significant because this happened, and each brother followed in the footsteps.
             Kennedy was a part of the Congressional District of Massachusetts. He won with 42 percent of the votes. He became a member of congress when he was 29 years old. He served in the House of Representatives for three years. Kennedy criticized Harry Truman for not doing the right thing in china, dealing with communism.
             Kennedy promised, as a Senator, that he would do more for Massachusetts than Lodge had done. He supported the St. Lawrence Seaway project in 1953. In 1955 Kennedy was the only New England Senator to support renewal of the Reciprocal Trade Agreement Act. This gave the president the power to lower U. S taxes on ...

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