John F Kennedy's Accomplishments

The job of being President would not be the same if John F. Kennedy didn’t go into the presidential office, he redefined what it was to be president in many ways. His history & family would help him become who he was, when he entered office he lived up to the what he swore to do as President. John F. Kennedy was concerned with civil rights which made him an iconic president also what made him a better president is that he didn’t let his personal thoughts affect his job which many presidents don’t do. There's no doubt that John F. Kennedy made some great achievements, just some include he saved America from possible nuclear war, in addition to the Cuban Missile Crisis he also initiated the Alliance for Progress , and made an international

Kennedy (Jack) was born on May 29th 1917. Both parents were wealthy, he was the second oldest of the 9 children that the Kennedys had. “He was a poor student and was a mischievous boy.” He went to a Catholic school in Connecticut where he was very good at history and English. He later went to Choate an elite preparatory school, on occasions he actually applied himself, and when this happened, he was obviously brilliant nevertheless he always stayed a mediocre student, in other words he preferred girls, clowning around, and playing sports than doing his actual school work. It’s only later when he joined college at Harvard University, where he retook at his classes, passing classes that he actually enjoyed, though didn’t work well due to his diversions to women and sports. Nevertheless, as an upperclassman, he finally began to put his schoolwork first before any of that things that stopped him before, additionally he began to realize his full potential. With his father being the Ambassador to Great Britain, Kennedy started to research why Britain was very unprepared for World War 2, with heavy devotion into this, he finished his paper, and was very well received therefore this paper was published upon his graduation and was called Why England

Later in 1946 he decided to run for a seat (that had recently been left) in the House of Representatives for a working province in Boston, with his status as a war hero, having his father's money, and his family connections he quickly earned his spot in the House of Representatives. After all the excitement was gone, he noticed how tedious his work was so after three terms he decided to go bigger and in 1952 he ran against Henry Cabot Lodge for the U.S. Senate position, which he won. After he won, he met a beautiful woman named Jacqueline Bouvier. They quickly fell in love and a year later they were married and soon had three children. Still having frequent sicknesses he wrote a book named Profiles in Courage and won a Pulitzer Prize for it, he is still the only President to have ever received this prize. Once again, John F. Kennedy was bored of his work, but this time for his local work, Kennedy wanted to work with international things that had been interested in such as the Cold War or the USSR’s growing nuclear missiles. 4 years later on November 8th, 1960 he ran for president and beat Nixon for the position for president of the U.S.