John+F.+Kennedy

John F. Kennedy was elected president in 1961.

 * He ran against Richard Nixon,a Republican.
 * Kennedy was in office for only two years. (1961-1963)
 * While in office, Kennedy created the Presidential Commission on the Status of Women. This made it so women had the right to be paid the same amount of money that the men did, he wanted gender discrimination gone.
 * JFK brought the President's Panel on Mental Retardation to life. This was to fund for developmental disabilities and educational and vocational programs for people with developmental disabilities.
 * Kennedy also thought President Ike was too fond of nuclear weapons, and decided to build up our army with men and conventional weapons, instead of relying on nuclear weapons. [[image:http://photos.upi.com/slideshow/lbox/835a5d06b0ec684a3c26cca76a51143e/President-John-F-Kennedy.jpg width="400" height="311" caption="John F. Kennedy and his wife Jackie" link="John F. kennedy assasination"]][[image:http://imagecache.allposters.com/images/pic/LIFPOD/5919609%7EPresident-John-F-Kennedy-Making-Inaugural-Address-Posters.jpg width="230" height="314" align="right" caption="JFK's inagural adress"]]