... same year, September 12, 1953, he married Jacqueline Lee Bouiver. He met her at a dinner party in Washington D.C, whom was also the daughter of a wealthy Wall Street broker, John V. Bouiver III. They had three children: Caroline, John F. Fitzgerald Jr., and Patrick Bouiver. In 1956 Kennedy almost gained the Democratic nomination for Vice President, but not until for years later, in 1960 ... , did he become a first ballot nominee for president in Los Angeles. Winning against Richard Nixon with 118,574 votes, he became the first Roman Catholic president and also the youngest ever to take o...

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