Ruler · 1917 – 1963

John F. Kennedy

Lived 1917 – 1963; statesperson, politician, writer. President of the United States (United States), 1961 – 1963.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 1917 – 1963; 46 years
In office: 2 years; one reign
Lines: 1; United States
Left it: killed in office; Wikidata's manner of death

President of the United States

United States · the 36th of 48 dated reigns · 1789 – 2025

32 before

Franklin D. Roosevelt1933 – 1945

Harry S. Truman1945 – 1953

Dwight D. Eisenhower1953 – 1961

John F. Kennedy1961 – 1963

Lyndon B. Johnson1963 – 1969

Richard Nixon1969 – 1974

Gerald Ford1974 – 1977

9 after

killed, executed or dead in battledied in officeleft alive by a regular roadstill in officeending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1961 – 1963 · 2 years · came to it aged 44

Left it: killed in officeWikidata's manner of death: homicide; shot to the head

the term records: death in office · the article also: killed

On November 22, 1963, Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas.

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