1. John F. Kennedy
... for years. Nevertheless, JFK felt sufficiently secure in his popularity to mount a run for the U.S. Senate from Massachusetts in 1952. He was up against Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., a Republican and a member of the wealthy, Anglo-Saxon, and Protestant elite of New England. The race was a contest, ... anti-Communism he had displayed during the McCarthy era, in favor of an emphasis on economic aid to the Third World. Additionally, he denounced France's ongoing effort to hold onto its colony in Algeria, a stance that endeared him to liberals. On civil rights issues, meanwhile, JFK tried ... On...
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