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Assassination of JFK

Assassination of JFK. Cameron Paktinat. John F. Kennedy. 35th  President of the United States In office: January 20 , 1961  –  November 22 , 1963 Vice Presidents: Lyndon B. Johnson Preceded by: Dwight D. Eisenhower Succeeded by: Lyndon B. Johnson. John F. Kennedy.

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Assassination of JFK

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  1. Assassination of JFK Cameron Paktinat

  2. John F. Kennedy • 35th President of the United States • In office:January 20, 1961 – November 22, 1963 • Vice Presidents: Lyndon B. Johnson • Preceded by: Dwight D. Eisenhower • Succeeded by: Lyndon B. Johnson

  3. John F. Kennedy • Born: May 29, 1917Brookline, Massachusetts • Died: November 22, 1963 (aged 46) 1:00 PMParkland Memorial Hospital, Dallas, Texas • Political party: Democratic • Spouse: Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy • Occupation: Politician • Religion: Roman Catholic

  4. Reasons for going • Kennedy had chosen to visit Dallas for three main reasons: • To help generate more Democratic Party presidential campaign fund contributions in advance of the November 1964 presidential election; • To begin his quest for re-election; and, as the Kennedy-Johnson ticket had barely won Texas (and had lost Dallas) in 1960, • To mend political fences among several leading Texas Democratic Party members who appeared to be fighting politically amongst themselves.

  5. Presidential Motorcade Route

  6. Assassination • Who: Lee Harvey Oswald • When: Friday, November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas, USA at 12:30 p.m CST • Many people in the crown say that they heard 3 shots • First shot went in his back and out through his neck • Second shot hit the president in the head causing “a grapefruit-size hole exploded out from the right side of President Kennedy's head ” • President died soon after

  7. Others Wounded • Governor Connally, riding in the same limousine in a seat in front of the President, was also critically injured, but survived. Doctors later stated that after the Governor was shot, Mrs. Connally pulled the Governor onto her lap, and the resulting posture helped close his front chest wound (which was causing air to be sucked directly into his chest around his collapsed right lung). • James Tague, a spectator and witness to the assassination, also received a minor wound to his right cheek while standing 270 feet (82 meters) in front of where Kennedy was shot. The injury resulted from debris ejected when a bullet or bullet fragment struck a nearby curb.

  8. Aftermath • Lee Harvey Oswald was also killed while handcuffed • Shooter Jack Ruby • Lyndon B. Johnson was the Vice President

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