John F' Kennedy

1
John F. Kennedy

• Kellie Charles
• Professor Ryan
• Seminar A

2
Topics of Discussion

• Biographical Information
• Populations
• College Graduate
• President of the United States
• population served
• approval ratings
• scandals

3
Biographical Information

• Born May 29, 1917
• Massachusetts
• wealthy family
• Marked by tragedy
• Harrison, 1992

4
Population 1 - College Graduate

• degree in journalism from Harvard (1940)
• Only 1,989,941 of 65,727,662 men graduate
• four or more years
• Census, 1940

5
Prior to the Presidency

• Entered the Navy
• Democratic Congressman in Boston
• Massachusetts Senator (1953)

6
World War II

• commander of the PT-109
• boat was struck
• saved the crew members lives

7
After the War

• Discharged due to sickness
• malaria
• back problems
• Received a Purple Heart for all of his efforts

8
Population 2 - The Presidency

• Elected President in November 1960
• 35th president
• youngest man to be elected

9

The Election

• Republican opponent
• Richard Nixon
• Won by a slight margin in the popular vote
• Kennedy 34,226,731 49.7
• Nixon 34,108,157 49.5

10
Total Population in 1960

• Highest populated city
• New York City
• Democratic state
• 45 electoral votes

Census, 1960
11
Electoral Votes

• Narrow margin - popular vote
• Clear victory - electoral votes
• Kennedy 303
• Nixon 219

12
Electoral College
Presidential Elections 1789-1992, 1995
13
Opinion Polls

• American citizens overall
• White/Non-White
• Compared to other presidents

14
Presidential Approval A Sourcebook, 1990
15
Presidential Approval A Sourcebook, 1990
16
Gallup Polls, 1999
17
Accomplishments

• Immigration Reform
• future Immigration Reform Bill in the making at
  time of death
• limited the amount of immigrants each year, each
  hemisphere
• became a bill in 1965

18
Accomplishments continued

• Created NASA
• first man walked on the moon
• Created the Peace Corps
• Civil Rights advancements
• moved to ban nuclear weapons

19
Scandals

• Bill Clinton - not the only one
• 59 of Americans believe that others are guilty

20
Scandals continued

• Kennedy is also guilty
• information not known until years later
• not so hush-hush
• now public knowledge
• changed opinion polls, but only slightly

21
New Polls

• 84 of Americans approved of his job
• After the scandal
• 85 believe the accusations
• 75 approval rating
• Gallup Polls, 1999

22
Overall Rating

• Name three of the greatest presidents
• Gallup Poll, 1999
• Lincoln topped them all 18
• Kennedy 12
• Washington 12
• Clinton 12
• Reagan 12

23
Post WWII Era Rating

• Kennedy at the top with 27
• Slight decline from 1986
• one in three picked Kennedy
• Gallup, 1999

24
The Kennedy Assassination

• youngest man to die in office
• November 22, 1963, age 46
• Dallas, Texas
• in a motorcade

25
Conclusion

• Populations
• College Graduate
• President of the United States
• well-accomplished

26
Sources

• Electronic Sources
• Gallop Polls
• http//www.gallop.com
• Census Data
• http//www.census.gov

27
Sources continued

• Books
• Edwards, George. Presidential Approval A
  Sourcebook. Johns Hopkins University Press
  Baltimore 1990.
• Presidential Elections 1789-1992.
  Congressional Quarterly, Inc. Washington,
  D.C. 1995