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John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Birth-Death: (1917 - 1963 ) Term: (1961-1963 )

President Kennedy fought for two things as President of the United States: world peace and human equality. He signed the nuclear test-ban agreement, established the Peace Corps, and moved the United States closer towards racial equality.

Administration of John Kennedy


Vice President
Lyndon B. Johnson (1961-1963)

Secretary of State
Dean Rusk (1961-63)

Secretary of the Treasury
C. Douglas Dillon (1961-63)

Secretary of Defense
Robert S. McNamara (1961-63)

Attorney General
Robert F. Kennedy (1961-63)

Postmaster General
J. Edward Day (1961-63)
John A. Gronouski Jr. (1963)

Secretary of the Interior
Stewart L. Udall (1961-63)

Secretary of Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman (1961-63)

Secretary of Commerce
Luther H. Hodges (1961-63)

Secretary of Labor
Arthur J. Goldberg (1961-62)
W. Willard Wirtz (1962-63)

Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare
Abraham A. Ribicoff (1961-62)
Anthony J. Celebrezze (1962-63)

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