What was Kennedy's road to the presidency like?
Published in Daily Trivia
Kennedy served his home state of Massachusetts in the U.S. Congress during 1947-60, as both a member of the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate. In 1956 he entered the presidential ring when he nearly gained the Democratic nomination for Vice President. Only four years later he was a first-ballot nominee for President. He won by a narrow margin in the popular vote and became the first Roman Catholic President of the United States. During his thousand days in office he had a landmark showdown in October of 1962 with the Soviet Union when he imposed a quarantine on all offensive weapons bound for Cuba. The months following the Cuban missile crisis resulted in significant progress toward his goal of "a world of law and free choice, banishing the world of war and coercion."
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