This Day in History: John F. Kennedy Is Elected President
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This Day in History:
John F. Kennedy Is
Elected President November 8, 1960 John F. Kennedy narrowly
beat Republican Vice President
Richard Nixon in one of the closest
U.S. presidential elections in history. Kennedy was the youngest man
ever to be elected president of the
U.S. and also the first Catholic. During the bitter campaign,
the candidates engaged
in the first ever televised debates. Many felt that Kennedy’s
poised performance during
the four debates made the
difference in the final vote. During the campaign,
Kennedy promised to
reinvigorate America’s
foreign policy. That promise was quickly tested by
Nikita Khrushchev, the Bay of Pigs
invasion and the construction
of the Berlin Wall.
John F. Kennedy Is
Elected President November 8, 1960 John F. Kennedy narrowly
beat Republican Vice President
Richard Nixon in one of the closest
U.S. presidential elections in history. Kennedy was the youngest man
ever to be elected president of the
U.S. and also the first Catholic. During the bitter campaign,
the candidates engaged
in the first ever televised debates. Many felt that Kennedy’s
poised performance during
the four debates made the
difference in the final vote. During the campaign,
Kennedy promised to
reinvigorate America’s
foreign policy. That promise was quickly tested by
Nikita Khrushchev, the Bay of Pigs
invasion and the construction
of the Berlin Wall.