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Official portrait of John F. Kennedy

The Desk · Presidencies · 35th

John F. Kennedy

Democratic administration. Credits below cover Floor watchlist bills signed or vetoed in this term, plus curated Desk instruments, not every presidential action from the archive.

Birthday
May 29, 1917
Party
Democratic
Term
Jan 20, 1961 – Nov 22, 1963
Vice president
Lyndon Baines Johnson
All presidenciesActions for this administrationBioguideJohn F. Kennedy Presidential Library

Signed and vetoed

Floor watchlist bills that reached a presidential signature or veto during this term, not every enrolled bill from Congress.gov.

No Floor watchlist bills signed or vetoed in this term yet.

On the Desk watchlist

  • Executive Order 10924

    Mar 1, 1961 · Executive order · No. 10924

    Created the Peace Corps as an agency in the Department of State.

Term dates follow standard presidential succession chronology. Non-consecutive terms (Cleveland, Trump) appear as separate ordinals. Birthday and vice-president fields merge the unitedstates executive catalog (Bioguide when present). Library links come from NARA; Federal Register counts cover modern presidential documents only. Signed and vetoed credits come from The Floor watchlist by outcome date. Desk actions are editorial, not a full Federal Register dump.

In the news

Recent reporting that mentions John F. Kennedy.

In the news

Recent reporting that mentions John F. Kennedy.

  • NOLA.com·Nov 8, 2026

    After Douglass-Kennedy school merger in NOLA, efforts to honor past while forging ahead

  • The New York Times·Nov 8, 2026

    From the Front Page: Kennedy Is Elected President on Nov. 8, 1960

  • OK Magazine·Nov 7, 2026

    Jackie Kennedy Had Doubts About Aristotle Onassis Marriage

  • Parade Magazine·Nov 7, 2026

    Jackie Kennedy Reportedly Told Her Secret Lover That Marrying Aristotle Onassis Was the 'Biggest Mistake' She Had Ever Made

  • En Pareja·Nov 7, 2026

    Jackie Kennedy Called Her Marriage to Aristotle Onassis ‘the Biggest Mistake’ of Her Life, Memoir Reveals

  • Inside Outer Space·Nov 7, 2026

    President Trump at Kennedy Space Center

  • InStyle·Nov 7, 2026

    16 Rarely Seen Photos of a Young Jackie Kennedy, an American Muse in the Making

  • CoinWeek·Nov 7, 2026

    The Kennedy Half Dollars the U.S. Mint Made When Proof Sets Disappeared

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