General information

John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
President order: 35
Democrat
Born in Massachusetts
Sworn in on 1/20/1961
Age at inauguration: 43
Less than 1 term

Biography

John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), often referred to by 
his initials JFK, was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until 
his assassination in 1963

Early life:
John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born at 83 Beals Street in Brookline, Massachusetts on Tuesday,
 May 29, 1917, at 3:00 pm, the second son of Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., and Rose Fitzgerald, Rose,
 in turn, was the eldest child of John "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald, a prominent Boston political 
figure who was the city's mayor and a three-term member of Congress. Kennedy lived in Brookline 
for ten years and attended Edward Devotion School, Noble and Greenough Lower School, and the 
Dexter School, through 4th grade

Marriage and family:
John Kennedy met his future wife, Jacqueline Bouvier, when he was a congressman. Charles L. 
Bartlett, a journalist, introduced the pair at a dinner party. They were married a year after 
he was elected senator, on September 12, 1953.Kennedy and his wife were younger in comparison 
to the presidents and first ladies that preceded them, and both were popular in ways more common 
to pop singers and movie stars than politicians, influencing fashion trends and becoming the 
subjects of numerous photo spreads in popular magazines.

Presidential pets

Macaroni, Charlie and the Kennedy clan 
A menagerie of animals joined President John F. Kennedy and his young family to the White House.
 There were the parakeets Bluebell and Maybelle, the hamsters Debbie and Billie, a rabbit named 
Zsa Zsa and Caroline's pony Macaroni -- a gelding, part Shetland, roan with four white stockings
 and star -- who roamed the gardens.

A number of dogs also arrived, including Charlie the Welsh Terrier who was a gift from Joseph 
Kennedy and Pushinka, who was a gift from Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev in 1961.

Pets and Politics
Gift horse: In 1962, Pakistan's president presented First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy with a Palomino,
 Sardar, Arabian named Rufus.
Ireland's gift: Leprechaun, a Connemara pony, was given to John Jr.

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