Kennedy Onassis was born on July 28, 1929 in Southampton, New York, to Wall Street stockbroker John Vernou Bouvier III and socialite Janet Lee Bouvier. In 1951, she graduated from George Washington University and worked for the "Washington Times-Herald" as a photographer. The following year, she met then-U.S. Representative John F. Kennedy at a dinner party in Washington, D.C.. He was elected to the Senate that same year, and the couple married on September 12, 1953, in Newport, Rhode Island. They had four children, two of which died in infancy. After her husband was elected President of the United States in 1960, Kennedy was known for her restoration of the White House and support of arts and culture. At age 31, she was the third-youngest first lady of the United States when her husband was inaugurated in 1961.