How Did John F Kennedy Contribute To Government

John Franklin Kennedy, also known as Jack Kennedy was born on May 29th, 2917 in Brookline, Massachusetts. Kennedy attended Princeton but was forced to withdraw due to illness. He attended Harvard after he got over his illness, and majored in Government and International Relations. He later attended Stanford for his graduate studies. In 1946 Kennedy became a candidate for the House of Representatives from Massachusetts. His brothers managed his campaigns, and his sisters held social events to raise money. He won the primary, the fall election and reelection in 1948 and 1950. In 1949 he became a member of the Joint Committee on Labor-Management Relations. In 1952 he ran for a seat on the Senate and won by 70,000 votes. He served on the Labor and Public Welfare Committee, Government Operations Committee, Select-Committee on Labor Management Relations, Foreign Relations Committee, and Joint Economic Committee. John F. Kennedy’s fathers strong views influenced him, but not as much as it did his brothers Robert and Joseph. When Joseph became the ambassador to England, John became very interested in government and world affairs. While John was in the Navy, his brother Joe was killed when his plane exploded. After that happened, Joseph convinced John to pursue a career in politics.
The public absolutely loved his press conferences. He helped to enlarge the role of television as a news medium.The New Deal Coalition helped Kennedy win the 1960 election, the coalition included oil industries, labor unions, minorities, farmers and intellectuals. In the 1960 election, he had 303 Electoral Votes while the next closest was Richard Nixon with 219. He also won the Popular vote with 34,227,096 votes compared to Nixon's 34,107,646. Kennedy used strategies such as the New Deal Coalition and used the media to his advantage. He also tried and succeeded at winning back the voted of the Conservative