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Essay / Who killed John F. Kennedy? - 786
Who killed John F. Kennedy? This issue has been a very controversial issue in the United States for a very long time. His assassination may have happened over 40 years ago, but people still care. They also want to know the truth. Who would have the power to cover up such a serious incident? With all the evidence that has been provided over the last four decades, Lee Harvey Oswald could not have single-handedly assassinated John F. Kennedy, it is simply not possible. It must have been someone close to Kennedy, someone who had the motive to kill the president. Do you already have any clues? Lyndon B. JOnson would be the ideal candidate for this. Born John Fitzgerald Kennedy on May 29, 1917 in Brookline, MA. John went to Harvard in 1936. Shortly after graduating from Harvard, John and his brother Joe joined the Navy. Shortly after Kennedy's brother Joe was killed in a horrific plane crash in Europe, he returned home to the United States. In 1952, he was elected to the United States Senate. And soon after, he ran for president in 1960 and won against Republican Richard Nixon in a very close race. Kennedy was the youngest president in history: at age 43, he was the 35th president. But his presidency did not last long after his assassination on November 21, 1963. Lyndon B. Johnson was born on August 27, 1908, in Stonewall, Texas. He was born Lyndon Baines Johnson. In 1934, Johnson attended law school at Georgetown University. On July 13, 1960, Johnson was named chairman of the Democratic National Convention. Lyndon B. Johnson became the 36th president of the United States. After the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Johnson wants to become president of the United States. Lyndon B. Johnson and John F. Kennedy were actually rivals, and no one knows it. There is...... middle of paper...... behind the assassination of JFK. He had all the connections and it just makes sense. People all over the United States believe in different theories. Even though the majority of people believe that the CIA was behind the murder of JFK. I believe it was Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, and then once JFK was assassinated, he became the 36th President of the United States. He wanted to be president since he was a young child. So why wouldn't he take the opportunity to kill the president, so he can become president? Many people asked him why didn't he just wait until John F. Kennedy's presidency was over. Well because a lot of people doubted he would even be elected because he was from the south and no president has ever been elected in the south. So he took the opportunity while it was offered to him. And he killed the president of the United States.