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Term In Office
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January 20, 1961-November 22, 1963
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Significant Acts
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Created the Peace Corps, a volunteer humanitarian organization, in 1961.
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Ordered the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba, a failed attempt to overthrow Cuban leader Fidel Castro in 1961.
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Instituted a naval blockade of Cuba in 1962, resulting in the removal of Soviet nuclear missiles from Cuba.
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Authorized federal troops to enforce court-ordered integration in schools in Alabama and Mississippi in 1962 and 1963.
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Career
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1941-1945 Served in the U.S. Navy in World War II.
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1946-1952 Represented Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives.
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1952-1961 Represented Massachusetts in the U.S. Senate.
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1961-1963 President of the United States.
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Did You Know
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Kennedy won the Pulitzer Prize in 1957 for his book Profiles in Courage.
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Kennedy was the fourth president to be assassinated.
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At age 44, Kennedy became the youngest man elected president.
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Kennedy was decorated for heroism in World War II for saving three men after his vessel was sunk by a Japanese destroyer.
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Kennedy was the first Roman Catholic president.
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