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During his presidency, he nominated two justices to the Supreme Court. They are [[Byron White]], best known for his dissent in ''[[Roe v. Wade]]'', and [[Arthur J. Goldberg]], who later left the court to serve as the U.S. Representative to the [[United Nations]]. | |||
==Assassination== | ==Assassination== | ||
Revision as of 19:12, 14 May 2007
John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917-1963) was an American politician and one of the prominent member of the Kennedy family. He served as the 35 th President of the United States from 1961 to 1963. Prior to his presidency, he served as a Representative from 1947 to 1953 and a U.S. Senator from 1953 to 1960, representing the state of Massachusetts. He remains a symbolic figure of the 1960s and his presidency was a milestone in the transition of the Democratic Party. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963 in Texas, supposedly by Lee Harvey Oswald, and the cause of his assassination is still unknown.
Early life
Political career
Election of 1960
Presidency
Supreme Court nominations
During his presidency, he nominated two justices to the Supreme Court. They are Byron White, best known for his dissent in Roe v. Wade, and Arthur J. Goldberg, who later left the court to serve as the U.S. Representative to the United Nations.