John F. Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963) was an American politician who served as the 35th
president of the United States from 1961 until
his assassination in 1963. He was the youngest person to assume the presidency by election and the youngest president at the end of his tenure. Kennedy served at the height of the
Cold War, and the majority of his foreign policy concerned relations with the Soviet Union and Cuba. A
Democrat from
Massachusetts, Kennedy served in both houses of the
United States Congress prior to his presidency. This photograph of Kennedy in his
presidential state car was taken by Walt Cisco of The Dallas Morning News minutes before his assassination in
Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963.Photograph credit: Walt Cisco