John Fitzgerald Kennedy


Born
29 May 1917
John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site
83 Beals Street
Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts
Died
22 November 1963
Parkland Memorial Hospital
5201 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, Dallas, Texas
Cause: shot by Lee Harvey Oswald on 22 November 1963
Buried
25 November 1963
Arlington National Cemetery
Arlington, Arlington, Virginia
 
14 March 1967
Kennedy moved to new site
Arlington National Cemetery
Arlington, Arlington, Virginia
Parents
Joseph Patrick Kennedy (b. 6 September 1888) (d. 18 November 1969)
Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald (b. 22 July 1890) (d. 22 January 1995)
Married
Jacqueline Lee Bouvier (b. 28 July 1929) (d. 19 May 1994)
12 September 1953
St. Mary's Church
70 Church Street
Newport, Newport, Rhode Island
Children
Arabella Kennedy (sb. 23 August 1956)
Caroline Bouvier Kennedy (b. 27 November 1957)
John Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr. (b. 25 November 1960) (d. 16 July 1999)
Patrick Bouvier Kennedy (b. 7 August 1963) (d. 10 August 1963)
Education
Harvard College (Class of 1940)
Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Religion
Roman Catholic
Political Party
Democratic
In Office
20 January 1961 to 22 November 1963
Vice President
Lyndon Baines Johnson (b. 27 August 1908) (d. 22 January 1973)
Supreme Court Appointees
Associate Justice Byron Raymond White (b. 8 June 1917) (d. 15 April 2002)
Associate Justice Arthur Joseph Goldberg (b. 8 August 1908) (d. 19 January 1990)
Other Occupations and Political Offices
Author
Sailor (Highest rank: Lieutenant)
United States Representative from Massachusetts (1947 - 1953)
United States Senator from Massachusetts (1953 - 1961)

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