Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1917 - 1963
Biography
John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born in Brookline, Massachusetts, in 1917. He graduated from Harvard University in 1940 with a bachelor of arts degree in government. He served in the U.S. Navy as a PT Boat commander in Panama and in the Pacific theater from 1941 to 1945. After World War II, he worked briefly as a reporter for Hearst Newspapers. He was a member of the Democratic Party and represented the 11th district of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1947 to 1953. In 1952, he was elected to the U.S. Senate, and the next year he and Jacqueline "Jackie" Lee Bouvier were married. Kennedy was elected the 35th president of the United States in 1960. He was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, in 1963.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Gordon G. Macnab papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 2095
Abstract
Small collection of papers of Gordon G. Macnab (1906-2006), an Associated Press editor in Portland, Oregon. The collection includes notes, articles, and press releases related to John F. Kennedy's presidential campaign visits in Oregon, 1959-1960; AP planning documents for the 1960 primary and general elections in Oregon; teletype printouts of wire service news reports from December 8, 1941, about Japan's bombing of Pearl Harbor and other news items; Margaret Raz Graf's reminiscences of her...
Dates:
1841-circa 1983