... candidacy early in 1960. Kennedy won the nomination on the first ballot and then persuaded Lyndon B. Johnson to become his running mate. Two weeks later the Republicans nominated Vice President Richard Nixon for president and Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., who was ambassador to the United Nations and whom Kennedy had defeated for the Senate in 1952, for vice president. In the ... the promised inspection. Many felt that both World War I and World War II had begun because of weak responses to acts of aggression, and Kennedy may have prevented World War III by displaying courage and strength. As ...

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... 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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• Grade Level: High School