John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born on May 29, 1917 in Brookline, Massachusetts. He was the second child of Joseph Kennedy Sr. and Rose Kennedy. Childhood in the Kennedy household was largely influence of John’s father. At the time of his birth the United States had entered World War 1. He first attended the Dexter school in Brookline. In the fourth to sixth grade he attended the Riverdale Country Day School in New York. From 1931 he attended the Choate Academy he was an average student. Although He ranked sixty-two out of one hundred twelve. He had been frequently ill while at Choate after deciding to attend Princeton rather the follow his elder brother and dad to Harvard. He had his freshman year cut short by jaundice. After taking the spring of 1936 off from school. He changed his mind and went to Harvard after all. He enrolled in the fall of 1936. John graduated from Harvard in 1940 and entered in the Navy. He stuffed frequent serious illnesses. …show more content…
After a short time as a journalist Kennedy entered politics serving in the U.S house of Representatives from 1947 to 1953 and the U.S Senate from 1953 to 1961. He was a U.S Navy officer, journalist and public official. Kennedy defeated the Republican Vice President Richard M. Nixon in a very close race.Kennedy was the youngest person elected U.S President and the first Roman Catholic to serve in that office. John F. Kennedy was the 35th President of the United States. One of Kennedy’s quote is “My fellow Americans ask not what your country, ask what you can do for your