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Kennedy ran for president in the 1960 presidential election. His
campaign gained momentum after the first televised presidential
debates in American history, and he was elected president,
narrowly defeating Republican opponent Richard Nixon, the
incumbent vice president.
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Kennedy, 43, became the youngest man ever to be elected
elected president of the United States, narrowly beating
Republican Vice President Richard Nixon. He was also the
first Catholic to become president.
Keith Wilson (61) was born in Portland, Oregon. He graduated
from Roosevelt High School, earned an associate degree from
Portland Community College in 1983, a bachelor’s degree from
Oregon State University in 1986, and a graduate degree from
the University of Portland in 1998. His career experience
includes working as a CEO.
Abraham Lincoln was elected the 16th president of the United
States over a deeply divided Democratic Party, becoming the
first Republican to win the presidency.
Lincoln received only 40 percent of the popular vote but handily
defeated the three other candidates: Southern Democrat John
C. Breckinridge, Constitutional Union candidate John Bell, and
Northern Democrat Stephen Douglas, a U.S. senator for Illinois.
