Although JFK did not serve a full term as President he affected our nation in many positive ways and was on the best presidents we ever had. John Fitzgerald Kennedy also known as “JFK” because of his initials was the 35th President of the United States and served in office from 1961 to 1963 ( “John F. Kennedy” ). Kennedy was born on May 29, 1917 in Brookline, Massachusetts to his father Joseph Kennedy Sr. and to his mother Rose Kennedy. ( “ John. F Kennedy General Summary” ) JFK’s father Joseph Sr. was a wealthy investor and expected John and his brothers to be politically ambiguous at a young age.
Apart from infusing a sense of obligation in the crowd, Kennedy’s greatest element in his speech was the aptitude to arouse a feeling of esteem in the audience. Kennedy constantly uses phrases about freedom and sovereignty to remind the people they still are. “The heirs of that first revolution.” This dialect portrays America as a powerful and patriarch republic that possesses greater philanthropy of all the other nations around the world. Even though much of the address is fervent in tone, Kennedy devotes a large section of his topic to outline his ethos to all inhabitants of the world. JFK introduced the use of ethos at the inception of his address.
Clintons self confidence allow his followers to believe in his work. From the start of the presidency, he was passionate about accomplishing what he promised. Clinton has excellent communication skills. He was able to persuade his ways for various laws and for people to support him. His words was able to increase the morals of his followers.
John Kennedy's father, Joseph Patrick Kennedy became a very wealthy businessman, an adviser to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and the United States Ambassador to Great Britain from 1938 to 1940. John Kennedy moved to New York when he was ten years old. Since the family spent the summer months at their home in Hyannis, Cape Cod, Jack still lived a good part of his life in Massachusetts. After graduating from the Choate School in Connecticut in 1935, he went on to Harvard College and graduated in 1940. That same year he wrote a best-selling book, Why England Slept, about some of the decisions which led to World War II.
John F. Kennedy was born May 29, 1917 into a rich Boston family of Irish-Catholics. He was one of eight siblings that enjoyed a childhood of the most elite private schools, boats, servants, and summer homes. During his adolescence, John or "Jack" Kennedy suffered from many serious illnesses, this however, did not seem to stop him, he strove for the best. To prove he could make his own way Kennedy wrote a best-selling book while attending college at Harvard and after graduating he entered World War II through joining the U.S. Navy. Commanding a small motor-torpedo boat in the South Pacific Kennedy and his crew participated to free thousands of islands from Japanese control.
Whenever FDR's name is mentioned, not too many people realize that this notable man went to Harvard. While he attended Harvard, he studied about many different views about government that would help FDR develop his political philosophy (Uschan 22). Education played a minor but imperative role for Franklin on the mission to becoming the greatest President so far. The road for FDR to become President was not harsh or smooth, but it is was he did during those three astonishing terms that really makes this former president outstanding. FDR first term officially started on March 4, 1933, and he entered term faced with the burden o... ... middle of paper ... ... second term, FDR created the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis.
Once the US had entered the war 1941, he spent much time in meetings with Allied leaders. Born in Hyde Park, New York, of a wealthy family, Roosevelt was educated in Europe and at Harvard and Columbia universities, and became a lawyer. In 1910 he was elected to the New York state senate. He held the assistant secretaryship of the navy in Wilson’s administrations 1913-21, and did much to increase the efficiency of the navy during World War I. He suffered from polio from 1921 but returned to politics, winning the governorship of New York State in 1929.
The speeches he gave were over the radio and called Fireside Chats. Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the most significant American person of the Twentieth Century. One reason why Franklin D. Roosevelt was the most significant person of the 20th century was because of the way he was viewed at by the public. Roosevelt was the only president to be elected more than two times, four times in total. Being elected that many times showed that people liked him.
Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919), 26th president of the United States (1901-09), the first president to exploit the public dimensions of his office in an age of mass communications, a reform leader at home and a skilled diplomat abroad. In his lifetime Roosevelt became a personal model, particularly for the country's youth, in a way that no public figure has matched. He was one of the most popular presidents in American history. The son of a wealthy, socially prominent merchant, Roosevelt was born in New York City on October 27, 1858. He was educated by private tutors and studied at Harvard University, graduating in 1880 as a member of Phi Beta Kappa and the most prestigious social clubs.
The founding father of the clan, Joseph Kennedy, came from immigrant stock with all the eccentric genius and anger of his ruined kin, but he was touched by the magic of America. He went to the superior Boston Latin School; on to Harvard; and then in the roaring twenties, with little regard for ethics or even the law, plunged into the worlds of banking and moviemaking, but fortunately he cashed in before the market crash of 1929. When Franklin Roosevelt called Joe to Washington to clean up the Securities and Exchange Commission, but whe... ... middle of paper ... ...w. “Kennedy curse strikes again”. http://www.suntimes.co.za/1999/07/18/news/news01.htm (Dec. 11, 2001) Fetzer, John H., ed. Murder in Dealey Plaza: What We Know Now That We Didn't Know Then about the Death of JFK.