Adapted from Former First Lady Jacqueline B. Kennedy Source: John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum

President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (1961), courtesy of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum.

Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy and John Kennedy talking at their wedding reception, Newport, Rhode Island. Photo Credit Toni Frissell
During this time, Jacqueline met John F. Kennedy, who was a congressman and soon to be elected a senator from Massachusetts. On September 12, 1953, they married at St. Mary's Church in Newport, Rhode Island. After their honeymoon in Mexico, the Kennedys returned to Washington D. C. Early on in their marriage, Senator Kennedy suffered crippling pain in his back from football and wartime injuries and had two operations. While recovering from surgery, Mrs. Kennedy encouraged him to write a book about several US senators who had risked their careers to fight for the things they believed in. The book, called Profiles in Courage, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for biography in 1957. That same year, the Kennedys' first child, Caroline, was born.

John F. Kennedy leaving the hospital following spinal surgery, with his wife Jacqueline by his side. Photo Credit: DeMarsico
In January 1960, Senator John F. Kennedy announced his candidacy for the presidency of the United States. He began traveling all around the country and Jacqueline often accompanied him. On November 8, 1960, John F. Kennedy beat Republican Richard M. Nixon in a very close race. Two and-a-half weeks later, Mrs. Kennedy gave birth to their second child, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Jr. On January 20, 1961, John Fitzgerald Kennedy took the oath of the office to become the nation's 35th president. At age 31, Jacqueline Kennedy was the first lady.

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Senator Kennedy suffered crippling pain in his
back from football and wartime injuries and had
two operations.
At age 31, Jacqueline Kennedy was the first lady.
On September 12, 1953, they married at
St. Mary's Church in Newport, Rhode Island.
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at their wedding reception.
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exiting a building with his wife in 1961.
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the hospital with her husband.
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