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He was a US Senator when he ran for President. Before that he was a Congressman .

Before he entered politics, he went to college, joined the navy, served until the war ended and worked as a magazine writer.

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- Author (his senior thesis Appeasment in Munich,retitled Why England Slept(1940); and Pulitzer Prize-winning Profiles in Courage (1956) as a senator, although there is much controversy over the authorship).

- Intelligence officer, sailor (US Navy/US Navy Reserve) in WWII: served 1940-1945

- Journalist: c. 1946

- Congressman 1946-1952

- US Senator 1952-1960

- US President-elect Oct 1960-Jan 1961

Then President from 1961-63

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he was an author, navy officer,congressmen, and a senator

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John F. Kennedy was in the army and later in the US Senate before he became president. He also wrote the book Profiles in Courage.

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He was in his second term as US Senator when he was elected president.

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Kennedy was a congressman and senator before he was president. He was also in the navy and worked briefly as a journalist.

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US Senator from Boston, MA.

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Senator from Massachusetts.

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