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Kennedy was inaugurated the 35th president of the united states in 1961 after narrowly defeating the republican candidate, vice president richard nixon. Soon after being elected senator, john f. Kennedy, at 36 years of age, married 24 year-old jacqueline bouvier, a writer with the washington times-herald.

John fitzgerald kennedy (– november 22, 1963), also known as jfk, was the 35th president of the united states, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. He was the. Kennedy was the 35th president of the united states (1961-1963), the youngest man elected to the office. On november 22, 1963, when he was hardly past his first thousand days.