john f. kennedy was the youngest person elected president of the united states.
john f. kennedy was the youngest person elected president of the united states.
who was the youngest person elected president of the united states?
john f. kennedy
on november 8, 1960, kennedy defeated nixon in one of the closest presidential elections of the 20th century. kennedy won the popular vote by a narrow margin of 120,000 votes out of a record 68.8 million ballots cast. he won the electoral vote by a wider margin, receiving 303 votes to nixon's 219. 14 unpledged electors from two states—alabama and mississippi—voted for senator harry f. byrd of virginia, as did one faithless elector in oklahoma. in the concurrent congressional elections, democrats retained wide majorities in both the house of representatives and the senate. kennedy was the first person born in the 20th century to be elected president, and, at age 43, the youngest person elected to the office. he was also the first roman catholic elected to the presidency.
presidency of john f. kennedy
over the decades, ketchikan has produced a number of political figures of note to alaska in general. in territorial days, norman ray "doc" walker, a canadian-born pharmacist practicing in ketchikan, was arguably the first career member of the alaska legislature. walker served in the territorial senate for 16 years before losing reelection in 1948 following a feud with territorial governor ernest gruening. during the first governorship of walter hickel in the 1960s, two members of his cabinet (frank murkowski and robert w. ward) held strong ties to ketchikan. following hickel's resignation, ward ascended to the office of secretary of state when keith h. miller became governor. ketchikan native walter l. kubley, deputy commissioner of commerce under hickel, became commissioner of the department under miller. another ketchikan native, terry gardiner, was notable as the youngest person elected to the alaska house of representatives (at age 22), as well as the youngest person elected speaker of the house (at age 28).
ketchikan, alaska