JFK elected: In a closely contested election, Democrat John F. Kennedy defeated incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon, the Republican Party nominee. ... Kennedy won a 303 to 219 Electoral College victory, and is generally considered to have won the national popular vote by 112,827, a margin of 0.17 percent. (mar 31, 1962 – dec 22, 1965)
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mar 31, 1962
dec 22, 1965
~ 3 years and 8 months