Author:John F. Kennedy

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917–1963)

35th and youngest elected President of the United States (1961 – 1963), with Lyndon Johnson, succeeding Dwight Eisenhower; succeeded by Johnson. Democratic Senator from Massachusetts (1953 - 1960), House Representative from Massachusetts (1947 - 1953). Navy Lieutenant (1941 - 1945). The icon  identifies that the work includes a video version.

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Works

Senatorial speeches

• The Jesuit Ivy, (13 June 1956, Commencement Address at Boston College)

Campaign speeches

• Statement of Senator John F. Kennedy Announcing His Candidacy for the Presidency of the United States (2 January 1960)
• Equal to the Challenge, (15 July 1960, presidential nomination acceptance speech)
• Address to the Greater Houston Ministerial Association (12 September 1960)

Presidential debates

• 1960 U.S. Presidential Debate - September 26
• 1960 U.S. Presidential Debate - October 7
• 1960 U.S. Presidential Debate - October 13
• 1960 U.S. Presidential Debate - October 21

Inaugural address

• John F. Kennedy's Inaugural Address, (20 January 1961)

State of the Union addresses

• First State of the Union address
• Second State of the Union address
• Third State of the Union address

Addresses to the United Nations General Assembly

• 25 September 1961
• 20 September 1963

Presidential speeches

• Address to a Joint Convention of the General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, (9 January 1961)
• The President and the Press, (27 April 1961, 'Secret Society' Speech)
• Special Message to the Congress on Urgent National Needs (including his declaration to explore the Moon) (25 May 1961)
• The Berlin Crisis, (25 July 1961)
• Address on the First Anniversary of the Alliance for Progress, (13 March 1962)
• We choose to go to the moon, (12 September 1962)
• Cuban Missile Crisis, (22 October 1962)
• Honourary Citizenship Award for Winston Churchill, (9 April 1963)
• A Strategy of Peace, (10 June 1963, Commencement Address at American University)
• Civil Rights Message, (11 June 1963)
• Ich bin ein Berliner, (26 June 1963)
• John F. Kennedy's Address Before the 18th General Assembly of the United Nations, (20 September 1963)
• Remarks Prepared for Delivery at the Trade Mart in Dallas, (22 November 1963)

Presidential press conferences

• John F. Kennedy's first presidential press conference (25 January 1961)

Letters

• John F. Kennedy response to Albert Schweitzer, 1962

Executive Orders

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