John F. Kennedy is the youngest ever elected president of the United States

In 1960, John F. Kennedy was elected to the 44th quadrennial presidential election. He was a member of the Democratic Party, and he defeated his Republican opponent, Richard Nixon. Kennedy ran a well-organized and well-funded campaign that helped him win, and before becoming President of the United States, he served as a Senator representing Massachusetts. Kennedy was President from 1961 to 1963, when he was assassinated.

John F. Kennedy beat incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon to become the 35th President of the United States in the 1960 presidential election. He was and still is the youngest president of the United States, having been elected at the age of 43. Theodore Roosevelt, on the other hand, is the youngest president of the United States. Following the assassination of President McKinley, he was elected president at the age of 42. JFK is the only president to have won a Pulitzer Prize, which he received in 1957 for Profiles in Courage, a collection of short biographies. He is also the only Roman Catholic president in the United States.