'Autobiographical Sketch of the Political Career Of John F. Kennedy\r'

'From my birth in 1917 I was plain destined for a political career. I am bath Fitzgerald Kennedy, and my middle cry of Fitzgerald would serve to remind the voters of Boston and mammy of my maternal grandfather, Honey Fitz Fitzgerald, a costly former mayor of Boston. During World struggle II I pulled every(prenominal) the political strings my wealthy family possessed in an effort to be sent to the fighting, for I knew that after the war I would be a more viable vista as a combat veteran.Virtually all of my early life revolved near politics, and both my older comrade and I understood we were meant for high office. My father, Joseph P. Kennedy often express that his son would be America’s first off Catholic chair while. He would instal to be prophetic.After the war, in 1946, I conducted my first campaign for congress (jfk library n.d.), recruitment the help of my sisters, my mother and my popular grandfather, sacking door-to-door on crutches as I recovered from my w ar wounds. I was elective on my first try.My goal from the set-back was the presidency of the United States and I employ my family’s money and political connections toward that end. I first had to have a case platform and I chose to seek a seat in the U.S. Senate. I was choose in 1953 and immediately began my assault on the next obstacle. In 1956 I stone-broke a tradition of the Democratic ships company by actively seeking the nomination for vice-present on the ticket headed by Adlai Stevenson (White House.gov n.d.).My brother Robert once joked that that I have been deliver from that mistake by being denied the nomination, as Stevenson lost to the sitting president, Dwight Eisenhower, in a landslide. Still this honed my political skills and allowed me to build a national base for my assault on the presidential nomination in quaternity years.In 1960 I was elected 35th president of the United States in the closest election ever conducted, signly beating emerge the sitting vice-president, Richard Nixon (ibid).On November 22 of 1963 I do an ill-fated trip to Texas to mend most political fences within the party. I over-rode the advice of my gage detail, which wanted me to ride in a limo with a bulletproof canopy. I wanted the work party to have a better view of my wife and me as we drove past them on the narrow streets of Dallas on a beautiful dexterous day.  As we were clear of the downtown canyon shots rang out and I was assassinated as my wife and a cheering crowd looked on in horror. I was the youngest gay ever elected president and the youngest man to die in office.Works CitedJohn F. Kennedy Library and Museum   Biographies and Profiles: KennethP. O’Donnell  Retrieved 3-2-08 from:http://www.jfklibrary.org/Historical+Resources/Biographies+and+Profiles/Profiles/Kenneth+P.+ODonnell.htm    The White House   John Kennedy  Retrieved 3-2-08 from:http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/jk35.html  Ã‚ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â \r\n'