US President John Fitzgerald Kennedy delivers his inaugural address, on January 20, 1961 at United States Capitol Building, Washington DC, during inaugural ceremony, as First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (L), former President Dwight D. Eisenhower (2nf L), and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (R, behind Kennedy) look on. John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917-1963) became the 35th President of the United States on January 20, 1961 and was the first Catholic, and the youngest to be elected to this office. He