Object Details
- Artist
- Arnold A. Newman, 3 Mar 1918 - 6 Jun 2006
- Sitter
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 29 May 1917 - 22 Nov 1963
- Exhibition Label
- Born Brookline, Massachusetts
- When elected to the U.S. Senate in 1953, Democrat John Fitzgerald Kennedy was no stranger to the U.S. Capitol Building, having served Massachusetts in the House of Representatives from 1947 to 1953. He then won the Senate seat from Republican incumbent Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., even though the Republican candidate Dwight D. Eisenhower carried Massachusetts in the presidential election. During his time in the Senate, Kennedy was especially responsive to constituent issues, despite suffering major health issues in the first years of his term. At the height of Joseph McCarthy’s Red Scare, Kennedy condemned the senator’s methods. In doing so, he risked political backlash in his home state, where McCarthy was popular. As senator, Kennedy crusaded for labor reform and civil rights, concerns that would characterize his political career. In 1961, eight years after being elected senator, Kennedy would become the thirty-fifth president of the United States.
- Nacido en Brookline, Massachusetts
- Cuando fue elegido senador de los Estados Unidos en 1953, el demócrata John Fitzgerald Kennedy estaba ya familiarizado con el Capitolio de EE.UU., habiendo servido por Massachusetts en la Cámara de Representantes entre 1947 y 1953. Luego, le ganó su escaño al entonces senador republicano Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., aunque el candidato repu- blicano Dwight D. Eisenhower ganó en Massachusetts en la elección presidencial. Durante su tiempo en el Senado, Kennedy se mostró especialmente atento a los problemas de los votantes, a pesar de sufrir graves problemas de salud en los primeros años de su mandato. En el punto álgido del período de temor rojo de Joseph McCarthy, Kennedy condenó los métodos del senador. Al hacerlo, se arriesgó a recibir una repre- salia política en su estado natal, donde McCarthy era popular. Como senador, Kennedy hizo campaña en favor de la reforma laboral y los derechos civiles, preocupaciones que caracterizarían su carrera política. Ocho años después de haber sido elegido senador, en 1961, Kennedy se convertiría en el trigé- simo quinto presidente de los Estados Unidos.
- Credit Line
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
- 1953
- Object number
- NPG.91.89.42
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Copyright
- © Arnold Newman
- Type
- Photograph
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions
- Image: 32.2 × 25.8 cm (12 11/16 × 10 3/16")
- Sheet: 35.4 × 27.7 cm (13 15/16 × 10 7/8")
- Place
- United States\District of Columbia\Washington
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- National Portrait Gallery Collection
- Location
- Currently not on view
- National Portrait Gallery
- Topic
- Architecture\Balustrade
- Costume\Dress Accessory\Handkerchief
- Architecture\Column
- Architecture\Building\Capitol\US Capitol
- Exterior\Architecture\Portico
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy: Male
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy: Arts and Culture\Literature\Writer
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy: Politics and Government\Government official\US Congressman\Massachusetts
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy: Military and Intelligence\Navy\Officer
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy: Politics and Government\Government official\President of US
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy: Politics and Government\Government official\US Senator\Massachusetts
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy: Literary awards\Pulitzer Prize
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy: Civilian awards\Presidential Medal of Freedom
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy: Military award\Purple Heart
- Portrait
- Record ID
- npg_NPG.91.89.42
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm420d2f0bf-fb65-4234-b45d-784de347a4b5
