How long did John Kennedy serve as president?

John F. Kennedy served as president for 3 years, from 1961 until he was assassinated on November 22, of 1963. It is widely believed that Kennedy's assassination was the result of a conspiracy, not the work of one man, Lee Harvey Oswald. read more

John F. Kennedy, in full John Fitzgerald Kennedy, byname JFK, (born May 29, 1917, Brookline, Massachusetts, U.S.—died November 22, 1963, Dallas, Texas), 35th president of the United States (1961–63), who faced a number of foreign crises, especially in Cuba and Berlin, but managed to secure such achievements as the Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty and the Alliance for Progress. read more