THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
JOHN F KENNEDY AND THE COLD WAR
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Detailed explanation-1: -President Kennedy was the only Catholic to have held the highest office in the land until Joseph Biden was inaugurated in 2021.
Detailed explanation-2: -Kennedy ran in the 1960 presidential election. His campaign gained momentum after the first televised presidential debates in American history, and he was elected president, narrowly defeating Republican opponent Richard Nixon, who was the incumbent vice president. He was the first Catholic elected president.
Detailed explanation-3: -Mainline Protestants predominate, with Episcopalians and Presbyterians being the most prevalent. John F. Kennedy was the first Catholic president and Joe Biden, the current one, is the second. There have been at least four nontrinitarian presidents.
Detailed explanation-4: -John F. Kennedy: The First Catholic President | Faith and the Presidency: From George Washington to George W.