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John F. Kennedy (1917-1963) John F. Kennedy: 35th President of the United States Descendant of Irish Immigrant, first Roman Catholic to become president of the United States The youngest man ever elected to the highest office of his country The second born child of a family of nine children When the first Kennedy child, Joseph, Jr., was born, father Joe was reported to have said, “He’ll be the first Kennedy to become president of the United States. “ But he was killed while piloting a bomber in World War II, and the leadership of the rising Kennedy generation passed to John. 　 Thus young John Kennedy, often called Jack, inherited a background of politics, wealth and determination. The family circle was close and warm. The boys learned competition first in sports. They played hard to win, a family trait in sports and politics all their lives. Young Kennedy attended private schools in Brookline and New York City; and then, in 1931, he entered Choate School, in Wallingford, Connecticut to prepare for college. Young Kennedy, after a short spell at the London School of Economics and Princeton, entered Harvard. In 1940 he graduated from Harvard cure laude. Kennedy first tried journalism and later tried politics. In 1946, he ran for Congress as a Democrat, in a Boston District. He tried in 1952 for election to the United States Senate against Republican Henry C. Lodge. Kennedy missed being nominated for vice president by a few votes in 1956. His four election debates with Republican candidate, Richard M. Nixon, were a highlight of the 1960 campaign. In November 1963, he journeyed to Texas for a speech-making tour. In Dallas on November 22, he was assassinated and vice president Johnson took the oath as president. As a marine, Lee Harvey Oswald defected to the Soviet Union in October 1959. He lived in the Soviet Union until June 1962, at which time he returned to the United States. Oswald was initially arrested for the murder of police officer J. D. Tippit, who was k