35th President of the United States

John F. Kennedy

“JFK”

In office

Jan. 20, 1961 – Nov. 22, 1963

Party

Democratic

Home state

Massachusetts

Lived

1917–1963

Days in office

1,036

In order

No. 35: after Dwight D. Eisenhower, before Lyndon B. Johnson

Vice president

Lyndon B. Johnson

Key achievements & events

• Resolved the Cuban Missile Crisis (1962) without nuclear war
• Set the goal of landing a man on the Moon
• Founded the Peace Corps (1961)
• Signed the Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (1963)
• Proposed the civil rights bill that became the Civil Rights Act of 1964

Remember: The youngest person elected president (43) and the first Catholic president. He was assassinated in Dallas.