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Line 69: }} '''John Fitzgerald Kennedy''' (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), often referred to as '''JFK''', was the 35th [[president of the United States]], serving from 1961 until [[Assassination of John F. Kennedy\|his assassination]] in 1963. HeWinning the [[1960 United States presidential election\|1960 presidential election]] at the age of 43, Kennedy was the [[List of presidents of the United States by age\|youngest]] person [[United States presidential election\|elected]] president.{{efn\|[[Theodore Roosevelt]] was nine months younger when he first rose to the office from the vice presidency on September 14, 1901, in the wake of his predecessor's [[Assassination of William McKinley\|assassination]], but he was not elected to the office until 1904, when he was 46.<ref name=companionJFK>{{cite book\| title=The Cambridge Companion to John F. Kennedy\| series=Cambridge Companions to American Studies\| editor-last=Hoberek\| editor-first=Andrew\| date=2015\| publisher=Cambridge University Press\| location=New York\| isbn=978-1-107-66316-9\| page=1}}</ref>}} Kennedy served at the height of the [[Cold War]], and the majority of his foreign policy concerned relations with the [[Soviet Union]] and [[Cuba]]. A [[Democratic Party (United States)\|Democrat]], Kennedy represented [[Massachusetts]] in both houses of the [[United States Congress]] prior to his presidency. Born into the prominent [[Kennedy family]] in [[Brookline, Massachusetts]], Kennedy graduated from [[Harvard University]] in 1940, joining the [[U.S. Naval Reserve]] the following year. During [[World War II]], he commanded [[PT boat]]s in the [[Pacific War\|Pacific theater]]. Kennedy's survival following the sinking of [[PT-109]] and his rescue of his fellow sailors made him a war hero and earned the [[Navy and Marine Corps Medal]], but left him with serious injuries. After a brief stint in journalism, Kennedy represented [[Massachusetts's 11th congressional district\|a working-class Boston district]] in the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] from 1947 to 1953. He was subsequently elected to the [[U.S. Senate]], serving as the junior [[List of United States senators from Massachusetts\|senator for Massachusetts]] from 1953 to 1960. While in the Senate, Kennedy published his book, ''[[Profiles in Courage]]'', which won a [[Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography\|Pulitzer Prize]]. Kennedy ran in the [[John F. Kennedy 1960 presidential campaign\|1960 presidential election]]. His campaign gained momentum after [[1960 United States presidential debates\|the first televised presidential debates]] in American history, and he was elected president, narrowly defeating [[Republican Party (United States)\|Republican]] opponent [[Richard Nixon]], the incumbent vice president.

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